Out of My Comfort Zone – Desert Modernism Challenge
Why do I love Spoonflower so much? As an independent designer (as well as consumer), I get a terrific way to create custom textiles for my own use, as well as to sell 20+ different types of fabrics (plus wallpaper, gift wrap and ready-made home decor items) printed with my original artwork to designers and […]
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Adding Structure with Soft and Stable – Review & Tips
One of the really great things about sewing is that you aren’t dependent on what you can find (or afford) in the store – you can create or customize all kinds of things to your specific tastes and needs. Lately, I’ve been on a streak of making totes, bags and purses. Since my work (both […]
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The 241 Tote from Noodlehead – Review, Part 2
As anyone who sews or quilts can tell you, individual patterns have gotten more and more expensive over the years, especially if you like to seek out and support independent designers. Being able to download patterns and save them as pdfs can help (as opposed to buying printed patterns, with or without paying additional for […]
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The 241 Tote from Noodlehead – Review, Part I
Did you ever experience a breathless moment in time when you looked up and knew in that brief instant that THIS was THE ONE? Ok, let’s get our minds back on track here… I don’t know what you are thinking about, but I’m talking about tote bags. 😉 I love totebags. Cute little purses just […]
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December Wrap-Up & Link Love
What a month! Not only is late November through December extra-busy with the holidays AND one of the most demanding times of the year for my day job as Creative Director for Lakeshore Sewing, but our plumbing saga continued with more water in the basement, where my studio is located. Needless to say, my creative […]
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Adventures with Spoonflower – Changing Seasons
In my last post, I shared the origins of my Around the World and Back Again collection. This time, I’d like to share a bit of the inspiration behind the designs in my collection Changing Seasons. For several years, my dear friend June Mears Driedger and I co-hosted Storytelling in Fiber retreats at the Hermitage […]
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Adventures with Spoonflower – Around the World and Back Again
I haven’t been posting lately, but I HAVE been creating. 🙂 Working on designs for a couple of new fabric collections has made me reflect a bit on previous work. Today I thought it would be fun to revisit the first fabric designs I ever uploaded to my shop on Spoonflower.com. Around the World and […]
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My Adventures with Spoonflower
Sadly, the repairs, unpacking, and setting up again of my basement studio has yet to be finished, which has really been cramping my creative style… However, Spoonflower is having a fantastic half price sale on fat quarters (all fat quarters – not just mine!) now through midnight on Nov. 8, 2018 – which also reminded me […]
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Fun with Paints – Acrylic Pours
I am very grateful to note that the dryer, hot water tank, chimney and furnace I mentioned in my last post have all been repaired and/or replaced. Yay! But my sewing machines, fabrics, and tools have yet to be unpacked and sorted out. (They will be soon – I just haven’t had time!) Meanwhile, I […]
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Quilts on the Grand 2018
So I’ve been offline for a bit, for both good and not-so-good reasons. First, the good – John and I took a WONDERFUL trip to the Finger Lakes region of New York to stay with my sister and brother-in-law. While we were there, we were also able to get together with my parents and with […]
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