Fitness is my love. It is a benefit from being diagnosed with cancer. It is one thing that I can do to instill a benefit, without popping pills. It is fun. It helps keep my weight at a comfortable place. It helps me feel confident and engaged and it helps me feel and know myContinue reading “Moxi Melly, beginning at the beginning.”
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Fleur de Lis, plus an update
I am on a new and different life path, it has been a long time in the coming and is a welcome change. I have decided to become a certified personal trainer and to broaden my employment skillset. I have discovered that I love lifting weights and that I love cardiovascular aerobic exercise! WhoContinue reading “Fleur de Lis, plus an update”
‘I love to embroider’ kit and mini class.
I have two handprint embroidery kits in my Etsy right now. Consider this to be a mini prototype class, for two, in a private FB group. I hope to make into a full online class, with your help. Are you game? This online class, held in a closed FB group, will consist of video, photographic andContinue reading “‘I love to embroider’ kit and mini class.”
What makes me happy
Recently, I have been on a quest. I am cultivating enjoyment. I am exploring what makes me happy and I am following those leads. Cancer, as much as it happened 7+ years go has greatly affected me. The waves of healing, self introspection, the acceptance and embrace of my changed body, while standing present toContinue reading “What makes me happy”
one in eight- a series
(The voice over volume is low, turn the volume up, if you are interested in hearing about the techniques used to print the piece in the video) I am printing, making, steaming, embroidering. All the things I love best. The weather is changing, it is cooling down. Change is in the air. All is well. Continue reading “one in eight- a series”
The Avant Gardener by Lindsay Katt
Last night my Good Man and I met up with a friend, ate a delicious meal together, then headed to Joe’s Pub, for the NYC premiere of The Avant Gardener by Lindsay Katt, watch the trailer, here (I made it into the trailer!). WOOT! Check out Lindsay’s Music page on FB too. I remain consistently amazedContinue reading “The Avant Gardener by Lindsay Katt”
Bird Buta Motif Making
This week, I finished steaming and washing the Buta prints. Then, I went and bought a magnifying glass, which makes me want to design and carve! This is a perfect opportunity for me. It means I can cut and piece a new quilt top, but also design and start thinking about my next my nextContinue reading “Bird Buta Motif Making”
Blowsy Rose hankies! An update.
In all, the Blowsy Rose print in Florabunda is a four color design, or as we call it in Playful Fabric Printing, a four color multicolor set. In this case, the set consists of one hand carved rubber layer and three fun foam layers that color the background, the leaves and the petals. In my opinion,Continue reading “Blowsy Rose hankies! An update.”
Silk Hankies, METAvivor, Anaono Intimates and #cancerland
Beth Fairchild is a woman to admire. She works with METAvivor, is a tireless advocate for breast cancer patients, she is a mother, an artist and a mermaid. Last summer we met at a rooftop bar in Manhattan to watch the sun set with friends. It was a magical night (and the first time IContinue reading “Silk Hankies, METAvivor, Anaono Intimates and #cancerland”
Solids and Semisolids
Having recently created a great portfolio based motifs with an Indian theme, I found myself in need of a single color all over print. These prints help support and draw out the multicolor prints, they allow the eye a resting place within a quilt block. And needless to say, if you want to make aContinue reading “Solids and Semisolids”
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