ORANGE AND BLUE :: BLUE GINGERS THAT IS : : GINGER JEANS

April 5, 2015 by

        Hi everyone! I’m here. At the seaside. With Vancouver’s Sunset Beach as a backdrop. Thanks bunches for your comments on my last post. It was actually with great effort that I resisted loading up on balloons again today. For the moment I’m carrying this crazy idea in my head that a photo op without balloons is blah-blah-boring. I’m sure I’ll get over it…eventually…but actually no…I don’t think I will…so there will indeed be balloons featured in the future. Anyhoo…onwards, we’ve got another pair of Ginger Jeans to discuss. Okay, so what have I been up to? Not a whole lot really. I have, however, been eating a whole lotta Girl Guide cookies. Whomever created the concept of sending young girls door to door, armed with sweet smiles and even sweeter…

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99 PINK BALLOONS DRESS : : SIMPLICITY 2339

March 19, 2015 by

    Hey Peeps! Happy to see you again! Things have been ticking along at an easy pace these past few weeks. I have been sewing, but I’ve been slow sewing. ‘What is, and why?’ you ask. Well, most textile arts are thoughtful, calming, even meditative. Machine sewing however, has always held for me, an urgent nature. It’s been all about the finished garment. Speed is impressive, yes? ‘You made that in two days? Impressive!’ said the masses a few of my friends each time I paraded out a new outfit. Gradually, over the last year or so, I’ve been intentionally slowing things down. I’m taking time to learn new techniques. I tweak patterns and work on improving my hand stitching. I don’t rush the fabric selection, or the design, or the finishing details.…

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ORANGE :: PINK :: BURDA COAT :: 02/2015 #120

March 3, 2015 by

  Hey guys {and by guys I mostly mean ladies} …. hope all is well with you! After my last post, I pretty much jumped right into working on my orange and pink coat. Not an expected way to find inspiration, but that’s the cool thing about inspiration..anywhere, anything. Before I forget….a very big thank you for your suggestions on the photography class conundrum!  Your words really helped me sort things out. I realized that I have not one, but two, Craftsy Photography classes sitting in my Craftsy account. And no. They were not just purchased. Errmm…they’ve been languishing there for months. You see, as creative as photography is, it’s as much, or more so, technical in the beginning. Yes? It’s now apparent that self teaching and technical doesn’t work that well for me.…

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BEADED WRAPPED LEATHER BRACELET

February 26, 2015 by

  Oh, hey guys…me again. I know I just posted a few days ago, but it turns out that creative expression doesn’t necessarily follow a bimonthly pattern. Oooh yes…it could be that I’m feeling a little rebellious. I want to share my most recent beading project…and I want to share it….now… This beaded, wrapped, leather bracelet was pretty straightforward as far as projects go, but oh boy, this baby was a long time in the making..I actually started it in December, and thought I’d have it finished in a day….erm…it turned out to be a bit fiddly working with the long threads, and I have the attention span of a gnat. Early on, I’d whoop with delight if I got half a dozen rows done, about a half hour’s effort. Anything beyond that, and…

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