Making a Clothing Form for Alaina

My latest project has been trying to create a form to felt a size 2T coat for Alaina, but I knew I would have a hard time felting it to size. The coat is for next year so after talking with Emily Ann we figured she will be about a 2T by then. The pattern is by Nani [...]

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New Watercolors Pictures from Class

These are the new watercolor that were done since January 2009.

 
 

 

 
Again I can’t say enough about how wonderful my teacher Judy is. You can see her work @ JudyPaint!
I just love and enjoy my classes and my two classes mates. Each have such wonderful talents! Thanks Karin and Linda for you encouragement, support, and [...]

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Tracking all our Adventures!

Me and Sock Monkey thought it would be fun to put together a map of all the places the family has visited over the last 40 years. So we got a world map. We mounted it and took a few color pins and went to work. Black pins are for Paul’s work travels, red Emily’s, [...]

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Hello!!!!!

 
Sorry it has been so long since I been blogging but life got in the way. We have traveled a lot visited family and friends. Had weddings and funerals, cried some and laughed a lot! I have finished several projects and started some new ones. I thought I put up some pictures of the projects [...]

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Whats been happen for the last four weeks??? Welllllllll

Hello Everyone
I know it has been a while since my last blog entry but I have been a very busy girl. Since I last wrote I have visited back home in Michigan, had Emily and Alaina visit here for a four day weekend, finished Tracy’s brown Ana Sweater, finished the Mystery Stole 4, worked on [...]

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One Scarf Done and Eleven to Go

 
I wanted to share with you the latest projects I have been working on. I just finished my first shawl for Joe and Sarah’s wedding. It has been a long journey to the first one done. I first had a problem finding and getting pure white long shawls. I thought I had them ordered from [...]

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Acid Dying Class

I had a great time last Friday at Gale’s Art studio! Gale has a small independent dyeing studio in Stone Mountain GA. She teaches there in small class of four people or less.
 
    
 
My class was 10:30 am to 2:30pm with open studio after. I learned a whole lot and enjoyed myself very much. We [...]

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Digestive System Knitting Update

I am having a great time knitting the digestive system. The pattern has a few flaws but they are easy to overcome. It is really interesting to see what comes next and how it is attached to the next. But the wildest was the small intestines. Who knew it was 7 yards long. That’s right [...]

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My First Watercolor Portrait!

HI Everyone
I wanted to quickly share with you the watercolor I did of Alaina. I do not do portraits well. I have tried them in the past and FAILED! But my watercolor teacher encouraged me to try something challenging so we picked a watercolor portrait! Oh course the only picture I had with me was [...]

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Obsessed with Lace and Cables

     
It seems lately that I have become obsessed with lace and cables patterns. I am bored by stockinette stitch, going crazy with changing colors in intarsia, and not interested in felting things in this heat.  Knitting the intricate patterns and watching them unfolding has really been quite satisfying. I have been home a lot [...]

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