Production!
Face masks are finished! Ken doll clothes are happening. There is a great disparity in sizes between free online patterns and commercial patterns. Knife sheath attempt after all. Can’t get my domestic machine to sew through the suede leather, even with a leather...
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In the Making…
Doll clothes, face masks, rug hooking, and studio status.
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Not Rug Hooking but…
Current sewing, line up of rug hooking projects, and studio status.
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The Painting is Done!
A studio renovation update and what I’ve been doing lately.
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And it’s Out!
Studio progress, some reading, and online classes.
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More Culling and An Offer We Can’t Refuse!
A look at culling possessions and rethinking how we do things. Plus, an offer we can’t refuse!
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Studio Update
It’s been busy in my studio! Charlie and I put together more IKEA Besta storage last weekend. This time it was a console storage and a freestanding unit. I unpacked and sorted sewing and quilting supplies before packing them in bins and putting them on the shelves in...
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Weekly review on my rug hooking studio makeover and other happenings.
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Happy Monday!
Good Monday morning everyone! Charlie finished painting the first studio wall this weekend. It looks wonderful! I painted 37 year old cabinets and bookcases he’d made for me as a young wife. What a sweetheart! Those cabinets have been used in every home we’ve lived...
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Weekly Review
Our furniture has arrived! And other news.
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Planning
I'm excited to be planning my new-to-me studio! It's the family room in the basement of our new home. Furniture arrives next week sometime, according to IKEA. But we shall see. With Covid-19 nothing is a sure thing! Whether it comes or not, we won't be ready for it. I...
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My Reading List
Hi everyone! Today I thought I’d take a look in my reading pile by the chair and let you know what I’m reading, why, and what it’s inspired. One book I’ve been paying close attention to is “Creative Time and Space” by Rice Freeman-Zachary. It is subtitled “Making Room...
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