Posted by admin in Events, Quilts on 01. Mar, 2012 | 0 Comments
The Common Cod Fiber Guild hosted their first Ignite Craft in 2011. “Ignite” events feature 5 minute slide shows, each slide on the screen for 15 seconds. You get all kinds of viewpoints on a subject. It was quite the entertaining and inspiring evening… if I do say so myself. I was Secretary of the [...]
Posted by admin in Embroider, Knit, Sew on 10. May, 2012 | No Comments
Has anyone figured out how to create an additional 6 to 8 hours in a day? If so, please comment below. Spring sprouts projects! I jumped on board for my first sail of the season last Saturday. There had been no time to choose a new project, so a sleeve to the Lily sweater on [...]
Posted by admin in Knit on 01. May, 2012 | No Comments
No, not pick up lines! My favorite lines are found in textiles and on sailboats. In New England, the sailing season is six months long if you belong to a club. Now that the merry month of May has arrived, I am ready to combine my favorite lines. This requires not only pulling out the [...]
Posted by admin in Knit on 23. Apr, 2012 | No Comments
Perfection is a goal to which one can always aspire. We could probably debate the merits of perfection; is anything less acceptable, or when and why perfection should be our objective. Mistakes are inevitable. The real question: what we do once we’ve made the mistakes? Help is always around us if we ask. And that’s [...]
Posted by admin in Punch Needle on 10. Apr, 2012 | No Comments
Last week, while helping at Sit N Knit, Irene asked me about an embroidery project that she was about to attack. Someone had a small (four inches square) embroidery piece. They wanted Irene to add a name to the existing embroidery and then have it framed as a gift. What did I think about this? [...]
Posted by admin in Quilts on 07. Apr, 2012 | No Comments
Large chunks of last weekend were spent holed up in my winter studio space, working on a signature quilt from my sister’s wedding last summer. With all of the weekend diversions and mild weather this winter, there’s not been too many home retreats for personal quilting. It was sheer bliss, even though I discovered a [...]
Posted by admin in Knit on 26. Mar, 2012 | No Comments
Early in the winter, I deviated to Webs. I was not being devious, nor deviant, really. A friend had mentioned that Rowan’s recently discontinued yarn, “Calmer” was on sale at the Northampton, MA yarn mecca. Staying focused, I crossed that entire store of temptation, quickly identifying the proper warehouse aisle. My favorite colors are rarely [...]
Posted by admin in Knit, Sew on 13. Mar, 2012 | 1 Comment
Once upon a time, delightful dialogue and whimsical pictures inspired me to knit the “Chamonix” skirt from Knitting it Old School. In my stash was a kit for a shadow knit sweater whose gauge never worked, but with a gorgeous supply of Harrisville yarns. A quick gauge swatch revealed a perfect match. Obsessively, I cast [...]
Posted by admin in Events, Knit on 12. Mar, 2012 | No Comments
Fibercamp 2012: An inspiring open format conference for everyone who enjoys knitting, crochet and a whole host of other fiber arts. This year I learned about coiling from Jeanne and how to evaluate a fleece from Lucy. I also shared my experience with making a duct tape mannequin and enabled a session on seaming techniques [...]
Posted by admin in Events, Quilts on 05. Mar, 2012 | No Comments
Many many thanks to the Museum of Fine Arts for bringing the quilt documentary, “Stitched” to Boston this weekend. Can we have more film like this? Directed by Jenalia Moreno, produced by Nancy Sarnoff and with great camera work by Thomas Gandy, “Stitched” shares the stories of three well known American quilters: Caryl Bryer Fallert, [...]
