Art Abandoned

TAST Fly stitch and closing in on my cross stitch project

Well the good news is I stitched all weekend – the bad news? I didn’t get around to posting my stitches and projects until today.

My first excuse is that I don’t think I really LOVE the fly stitch. I did end up liking my second example and I’ll play with it more in the [...]

Projects for 2012

This post has taken me longer than I originally thought it would – making goals and organizing my year has become a yearly goal, but this year I’m looking back and my fiber art really took an interesting turn. I’ve had some time to evaluate and have really loved a lot of the projects I’ve [...]

No, “Art Abandoned” isn’t abandoned

Yikes! I haven’t posted since Halloween! I can’t believe it!

I’m actually still “finding my feet” on the new direction of this blog, but here’s an update on what’s going on with me.

I’m busily working on 3 towels for a friend for Christmas – I’ll be happy when it’s done. I’m not great at [...]

The buttonhole stitch and other weekend endeavors

So, this weekend, I’m leading a class on embellishment at the Rocky Mountain Crazy Quilters. Which is kind of like saying “I’ll teach you how to make a crazy quilt in a day” sort of class – overwhelmed? Added to that is the fact that we have “beginners” and “way, way, advanced” and so how [...]

Day 12: Something I’m OCD About

Ok, this is going to seem really really “out of the blue” – however, back in November, I had decided to do a meme about 30 days of me and I got through exactly 11 of them! ha ha. Either I don’t like structure (this is my bet) or I don’t love talking about myself [...]

Crafty weekends – a series of posts!

Note ** I have had so much going on, that I’m WAY behind on my posts, this is a post, I started two weekends ago – eek! Since then I’ve done a ton more, so the next few days will be post heavy! (brace yourselves, ha ha)**

So, the first weekend of Feb I went [...]

Finishing old projects and starting 2011 with new goals!

Here’s what I ended up doing with my Spirit Dolls. I found this “hat” at the thrift store and thought it would work great to hang the dolls from it in a circular pattern. The cool thing is you can now see the bottom and both sides of all the dolls. (and yes, that’s a [...]

Back to Crazy!

Oh my! HUGE news in the CQ world today – check out this FABULOUS Crazy Quilt (not mine, but it’s a HUGE inspiration – isn’t it?) What’s more fabulous? It just sold for $70,000!! Woo hoo! Validation for anyone who does hand work – there are people out there who are amazed by the work [...]

It’s not too early for Halloween

I’m horribly behind on my blog reading, but I ran across this adorable item:

Isn’t that the cutest? Now it’s a pattern and I’m not really hip to patterns, but I have many many friends who love em – if you want them – they’re here: http://www.valeriebothell.com – she’s a very talented Crazy quilter and [...]

A Crazy June brings my crazy BJP

Well, here she is! Maybe one of the most chaotic months of my life and I finished what I think is my favorite spirit doll yet: I crazy pieced her with flour sack patterns I had sitting around (as I mentioned she was pieced before the month got “crazy” …pun intended…ha ha) – I think [...]