Yes, this was supposed to be a post about my Crooked Rail Fence quilt. But I got distracted. It all started out innocently enough, when I thought I’d tidy up my sewing room a little bit. I put away some fabric and thread, dusted a bit and tossed some papers and other such things. Then [...]
Posts Tagged ‘beads’
Ooo, Shiny
Posted in beading, tagged beading, beads, Creativ Festival, Houston, International Quilt Festival, stringing, Swarovski, That Bead Lady on Tuesday November 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Creativ Festival
Posted in knitting, quilting, shopping, tagged beads, book, class, Creativ Festival, crochet, knitting, magazine, shopping on Sunday May 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Spring version of the Creativ Festival was last weekend in Toronto (okay, technically in Mississauga, since it was at the International Centre over by Pearson Airport). Yeah, this is old news now, but since I am slow at everything, I might as well be slow at writing about this, too.
The spring show is the [...]
With These Hands – Plant – a fabric book
Posted in fibre art, mixed media, quilting, tagged applique, beads, book, fibre art, flowers, free-motion, quilting on Wednesday February 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I took a class at the Creative Sewing and Needlework Festival (now called the CreativFestival) back in October of 2005. It was called Fabric Book Stories, and it was taught by fibre artist Debbie Bates. We used quilting and mixed media techniques to create a fibre book on a general theme of “With These Hands.” [...]





