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Creative Chrysalis
16 – Other pencil-like marks
Another thought on pencils while I’m at it. Woodless graphite sticks can be sharpened like pencils, but all of the graphite is…
Creative Chrysalis
15 – Pencil tribute
The Art Supply Providing the Most Bang for the Buck:the lowly pencil.Not the mundane, yellow #2 bubble-fillers (although those will do in…
Creative Chrysalis
6 – A list of ten things
The topic I want to explore with my art work is fear. That’s a nebulous concept. Preferring realism in my art, I…
India quilt
37 – One more thing – the kite string
Sorry to string you along, but I couldn’t resist, especially when I want to show how I sewed the kite strings. I…
India quilt
32 – A mess of loose ends
What a mess, right? After stitching on a section of my quilt-before quilting-and before washing away the stabilizer (clear, shiny on the…
India quilt
26 – WashAway Stabilizer and Stitching
My version of life on the wild side: I haven’t used this kind of wash away stabilizer before, so here it goes…and…
India quilt
25 – Organizing fabric scraps
Small fabric scraps can get out of hand quickly when doing a complicated #fabriccollage like my #indiaquilt. I use a hanging organizer…
India quilt
15 – Cutting templates
Tools I use for cutting freezer paper templates for #indiaquilt A mini cutting mat is easy to move around, making it quicker…