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  • Oh Happy Day!

    This is the home page from the White House website. Isn’t that a glorious thing? This is a proud day for America. I can only imagine the world is also sharing our happiness with this change of administration, it has been a long eight years. It was snowing here in Chicago but even that couldn’t…

  • Have you been making New Years resolutions?

    I am not the best at making resolutions, my usual goal is just to get through the next year in one piece with a conscious effort to live it in gratitude and creativity. That includes making art myself and helping others make art by sharing the skills and techniques that I know. If you want…

  • Ho Ho Ho

    Here’s Abby taking a short break from keeping herself warm in someone’s shirt and posing for her Christmas portrait. Actually Nina added the antlers in Photoshop, Abby is not real fond of wearing any kind of clothes. Doesn’t she make a cute little reindeer? I hope you all have a wonderful holiday, thanks for visiting…

  • Holy Moly it’s cold!

    Last night the wind literally shrieked all night as it blew across the city and over our roof, following several inches of snow from earlier in the evening. We woke up this morning to -6°F with wind chills of -30°F!!!!!! and it did not warm up more than 3 degrees all day. Why is wind…

  • Embracing my inner silver and knitting berets

    I hate dying my hair! I know it is probably the easiest way to hold on to that illusion of youth, but the earth mama that resides within me has always hated the maintenance and the idea that toxic chemicals are being absorbed by my scalp. I have been dyeing my hair for at least…

  • Have you registered to vote?

    This is so important, evidently 4 out of 10 women are not registered to vote in the US. If you have not registered please register here and help us change the direction of this countries politics. Remember – friends don’t let friends get to November 4th without being registered to vote!

  • New Debbie Bliss Knitting

    This is a beautiful new knitting magazine to hit the store shelves. I found several patterns in here I would love to knit. Interweave knits has been one of my favorites for years, but the majority of the knit wear in the last several issues have not appealed to me at all. Frankly many of…

  • Sign up now for the next online Color Theory Class

    The next Color Theory Class is ready to go, it’s a six week course beginning September 1st. Did you know the color choices you make can transform an average piece of artwork into something spectacular? Be surprised and delighted by the effects and illusions you can create by understanding the mysteries of color. In this…

  • Barack is never gonna give you up

    OK I have tried to avoid posting any political type stuff, but this is too cute.

  • Going to Atlanta

    I am leaving for Atlanta tomorrow to do two workshops at Fiber On A Whim. In the meantime I have been working on a project for RIT dye. This will be for a segment they are doing on Quilting Arts TV taping at the end of August. This is a little teaser for you, I…

  • Talented knitting friends

    Tony Limuaco and I met as students at what was then called the Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles, back in the early 80’s. (Sometime between then and now the two schools ended their affiliation) After graduation Tony went to NYC to make his way in the world. Thanks to…

  • Thread and chihuahuas don’t mix

    This is what happens when a chihuahua finds a spool of thread that has dropped on the floor. She tugs on the top of the spool creating a lovely flower effect, she never eats any thread just makes a mess of it. This is what happens when you have a son with the mind of…

  • I Must Have Another…

    Must Have Cardigan. I made this sweater two years ago with Knitpicks Shine worsted cotton cream yarn. I made a size large thinking that would be the right size for me. Well, it came out lovely and BIG. It is such a classic sweater style. It was fun to knit, and the yarn is so…

  • The Surplice Lace Top

    Pattern: Surplice Lace Top by Gayle BunnSize: mediumNeedle: US 6, 2 & 4 Yarn: Elann Den-M-Nit Pure Dark Indigo Cotton The pattern called for knitting a front, back and three pieces for the top. I knit this in the round in one piece only seaming the shoulders and setting in the sleeves. I hate sewing…

  • 4th of July

    I wish I could catch in a photo what we see from our balcony. In the distance we see all the fireworks displays from every suburb, so the horizon is filled with fireworks, one right next to another. I can’t even count how many there are. Unfortunately the closest ones are blocked from our view…

  • Rust Dyeing with Lois Jarvis

    Bonnie McCaffery has put together another great Vidcast with fellow PAQA member Lois Jarvis from Wisconsin. In this interview Lois describes how she creates her beautiful fabric with rusty objects.

  • This is guaranteed to make you smile

    Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

  • A Bronze at Cannes!

    My husbands Ad “Muffin top” for Lifesavers won a Bronze Lion at Cannes!