This weekend I took the most incredible workshop on Annie Sloan’s Chalk Paint and its uses. A California stockist, Anne Skougard and the mini stockist, Kari Saupstad led the workshop and inspired us all. The creative possibilities of this paint are vast. It is simply an amazing paint. I arrived home filled with so many [...]
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Annie Sloan’s Chalk Paint
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Clothing, Decorative, Fabric, Inspiration, Interior Design, Places on June 13, 2011 | 6 Comments »
“Meet Me At The Center Of The Earth”
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Clothing, Decorative, fabric/collage/applique, Going Green, Inspiration, Museums, Places, Travel on May 30, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Friday, the 27th, was my birthday. As I was to spend the day alone, and not looking forward to this, I decided to travel to Seattle to see an exhibit that I had read about and knew was ending soon. So I made the drive on the 26th, spent the night and took in the [...]
Informed by the Desert
Posted in Art, Clothing, Dyeing, Inspiration, Memories, Nature, Places, Travel on February 27, 2011 | 18 Comments »
For some reason, I have never been a huge fan of the desert. Maybe it is the heat and the lack of shade or lush foliage that leaves me feeling parched, both physically and spiritually. However, having spent two nights there on Thursday and Friday, I have come away with new awareness and appreciation. My [...]
Foundlings
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Clothing, compassion, Indomitable Women, Memories, Places, Ruminating on February 24, 2011 | 19 Comments »
I had never heard of the Foundling Hospital or its heart-wrenching history until Selvedge magazine came out with an article on this in the Sept/Oct 2010 issue, #36. To quote from the article written there: “Opening in 1741, the Foundling Hospital in London took in the babies of unmarried women. Not a hospital in the [...]
A Boro Class
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Clothing, fabric/collage/applique on February 20, 2011 | 17 Comments »
I have been quietly working on a weaving for a class project for Jude. Often my life is spent away from home, so the idea of taking a piece with me and being able to work on it is not only convenient, it is becoming more imperative if I want to accomplish and finish anything. [...]
Two Textile Museum Exhibits
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Clothing, Decorative, Dyeing, Going Green, Inspiration, Memories, Places, Travel on February 18, 2011 | 13 Comments »
Almost two weeks ago, my husband and I left on a flight to Alexandria, Virginia. We were finally meeting a new grandson and welcoming back a son and his family from Germany. We had such a memorable and wonderful time seeing our two grandchildren and catching up with news and life. One of the days [...]
Skirt embellishment
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Clothing, Decorative, Dyeing, Fabric, Seasons, Uncategorized, Vintage Clothing on November 6, 2010 | 5 Comments »
(The days have vanished. I have been so absorbed in this missing cat mystery that I have spent my spare time thinking and working this over. I finally went to an elementary school in the neighborhood where many of the cats have been missing and gave a talk to the middle school students on Wednesday. [...]
Delicate and Enduring
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Clothing, Decorative, Fabric, Inspiration, Interior Design, Memories, Ruminating, tagged A on October 7, 2010 | 24 Comments »
I like to think of my self as a strong woman, well not the bitch-type, but the one who can weather and endure the roller coaster ride of life, all those ups and downs inherent in living and yet still be comfortable in feminine yet alluring clothes. I can hold my own when I am [...]
Vintage Finds
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Clothing, Decorative, fabric/collage/applique, Quilts, Vintage Clothing on August 15, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Last Thursday, I took a small road trip from Mendocino through the Anderson wine country and ended on Hwy 101 driving south just a few miles. I stopped and washed my car in one of those quarter-consuming, do-it-yourself washes, hand-dried it with old towels and then headed into the town of Healdsburg. This is one [...]
Summer Solstice
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Clothing, Fabric, Indomitable Women, Inspiration, Memories, Places, Seasons, Slow Living on June 21, 2010 | 10 Comments »
I always think of my mother on this day for the last three years. She passed away here in our home on this very day, the day with the most light, the longest day of the year. It was almost as if she had ordained it because she loved sunshine and long days dreading the [...]
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