Hi there Reader! Still playing with surface pattern design to make repeating patterns for fabric and wallpaper. I get my inspiration from taking photographs of my flowers, upload to Adobe Illustrator, and use the pencil tool and the pen tool to outline them, then color them up. It is intense but so rewarding. I'll share my portfolio soon. I'm working on it. In the meantime, here is an alteration tip for you... Weekly DIY Alterations on a sequined dress for Homecoming Court. I always have...
7 months ago • 3 min read
Hi there Reader, My only excitement this week is a drawing today for a quilt I made. It's a raffle for my quilt - to help pay for a trip to Washington D.C. next summer for my grandson. It will be very educational. He will be going with a group from school. Side note: I designed the fabric and everything. I have it on Spoonflower. btw - we are the Panhandle Panthers. Gotta love small town sports. Turned out to be a pretty good fundraiser. Weekly DIY I heard scrunchies are back. Here is a...
7 months ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader I have finally found my favorite fabric basket. It turned out to be more sturdy than the others. Winner, winner, chicken dinner!!! Weekly DIY I have now made three different fabric baskets. You can read all about it on this new blog post: 3 Ways to make Fabric Baskets If you make one of these, reply and let me know which one you picked. Community Spotlight This week, our spotlight is on Laura K. Thank you so much for sending this in Laura. She made this iPad case with a small one...
7 months ago • 1 min read
Hey hey there, Reader, I just wanted to take a moment to say THANK YOU for letting me occupy your inbox a whole bunch the last week and a half. I sure do appreciate you for sticking with me through the LAUNCH of my membership. I'm excited to nurture those new members. I'm starting a new quilt tomorrow to add to the portal. Weekly DIY I've been super busy the last week. I had a customer that wanted a t-shirt quilt made. It turned out so good. She had me make it for her son, who is in college...
over 1 year ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Hello my wonderful peeps! Hope you are doing swell today. The weather is getting nicer, so I wanted to share a downloadable PDF with you. We are at the start of summer, (and I love the warmer weather) and a lot of you are planning vacations. This is a Beach Travel Planner. Hopefully it will help you organize and plan your trip. Let me know where you are vacationing this summer. I hope you have a fantastic time and make tons of memories. It is FREE for everyone on my email list....
almost 2 years ago • 1 min read
As a child, I took piano lessons, oil painting classes, cooking demonstrations, and sewing classes. These experiences pointed me toward all things creative. I learned that I find so much joy when I am creating something. These days you will even find me using my Cricut to decorate t-shirts and wood signs. Today, I want to share something I created. Hopefully, you will want to create one too! Weekly DIY This is a pinwheel quilt. I discovered a fast way to make the 1/2 square triangles that...
almost 2 years ago • 1 min read
Hey there Reader, My Daddy and Moma drugged me as a child. They drug me to church every time the doors were open. LOL. They drug me to Sunday School. They drug me to church. They drug me to prayer meeting. They drug me to church camp every summer. This instilled a strong faith in my beliefs. I accepted Christ in my youth. The good LORD has helped me through many situations in my life. He is my rock. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. I am so thankful that I was drugged as a child. I...
about 2 years ago • 1 min read
Good morning, DIYers! One way to make money is... wait for it, lol, is to take in alterations. You can become the go to person in your town. I've been taking in alterations for over 30 years. It is a lost art, so not many people still do it. You will get better and better the more you do it. In my little rural town of 2,800, that person is me. My husband was a football coach so we moved around alot. I became that person in each town, and was able to become established pretty quickly, because...
about 2 years ago • 1 min read
When I was young, watching my parents work extra to make ends meet left a lasting impression on me as a child. It instilled a strong work ethic in me. They took on extra jobs to support our family. You learn lots of things when observing others. To this day, I work as diligently as possible to achieve the results I want. For instance, I'm in a big program right now called Powerhouse to learn how to better run this business. It's intense y'all!! It is very interesting to say the least. I have...
about 2 years ago • 1 min read
