December 2015 – weeknight quilting

Craft Empire, Bigger

I have crafted and sewn for years on my beloved large slab of wood desk in our bedroom upstairs. Our house is old and the bedroom is often too cold or stifling hot. In the summer I had to strike a balance between using the iron and running the room air conditioner. And it wasContinue reading “Craft Empire, Bigger”

Grown Up

I have an awesome, all-to-myself, craft and sewing room. A couple months ago my husband powered through and moved my cramped sewing space in our bedroom to a space of its own. It is almost too wonderful to be true. Which may explain why I suddenly have no desire to sew… but that is aContinue reading “Grown Up”

The Best Thing I Ever Painted

There have been ups and downs since my diatribe on learning to paint. I did a truly scary self portrait. I did a passable landscape (the worst of all those done in my class, but it didn’t induce wretching). But the best thing I have painted is a blueberry Le Crueset little dish I have.Continue reading “The Best Thing I Ever Painted”