New Purse Idea!!

I'd love to thank Annie J. for the wonderful purse idea!! She e-mailed me a while ago, saying that she liked the style of my box purses, ( THANK_YOU !!!) but they really didn't work for her.(Too bulky) Soooo...she asked me to think of an envelope style purse. Something with a longer strap that she could wear across her chest and keep it out of the way. It needed to be large enough for a cell phone, drivers licence, and a couple of small items. Here's what I came up with. I'm really looking forward to expanding on this idea!! They are a lot of fun to make. (notice the postcard re-purposing??)

Pretty Nice Day In Ohio

It's about time we had a nice day!!!! Maybe I should explain...... The definition of a "Pretty Nice Day In Ohio"(As well as out neighboring states up here by the lake) is "Any weather that you don't have to Rake,Shovel, scrape off of your car, or pump out of your basement". Last Friday night we had some crazy wind, which split our big front yard tree,right in half!!!! The left half of it was laying on the power lines.Yikes! Luckily, the tree service came out on Saturday and munched it up in about 40 minutes!! They had a giant crane and muncher and just lifted it right over the house!!!

So.....today was a pretty nice day in Ohio. Hot and Humid with hardly any funnel clouds!! Sure makes it hard to focus on work!!!!

New Classes For Georgia Quilt Show !!!!

Dumpster Diving Friend

Sorry Teri!!!! I just had to put this in!!!! I must admit.....I have beautiful TRASH!!!! I take regular dives in there myself!!

My Stuff in Two New Books( I Just Got Lucky)

I just got the O.K. to show the front cover of Cate Pratos new book by Interweave Press.(Cloth Paper Scissors, Quilting Arts) I can hardly wait to see the inside!!!!!

It's called "Mixed Media Self-Portraits"and is due to be released in July.I love the colors on the cover!!!!

Thanks to Joanna, (Surface Design Group), I was able to have a piece appear in the book. Thank-You Cate and Joanna!

The other book is published by "That Patchwork Place, Martingale Press". It's written by Leigh Mc Donald and is called "Adventures In Circles" Quilt Designs from Start To Finish. It will also be released in July.I have 2 quilts in Leigh's book. "Sunspots" and "Really Really Broken Dishes".I just wish it didn't take soooo long! I can't wait to see the whole, finished book. It sounds wonderful, and I know Leigh has been working on it for a long time.(While, at the same time, moving to Kentucky AND getting her masters!!!) I wonder what she did in her spare time. Congratulations and Thank-You Leigh!!

New Mixed Media Stuff for Pear Tree

May has been a busy month!!! I just delivered a bunch of mixed media Journals and purses to Pear Tree.

I found a great resource for clip art!! "The Vintage Workshop" and "Twisted Papers".You can purchase and download right from the website or buy the CD and install it at home. The image collections are wonderful. It's hard to know when to say "ENOUGH ALREADY!!!!".