Starting New Projects and finishing others

The big quilt I've been working on is finally ready for the binding. I pulled my sewing cabinet out so I could open up the flap on the back and get some working room. This will be my big project for next week. I'm almost there Becky!

Jack and I went to the crafts fair this weekend and he got me this wonderful pig. He's a photo that has been transferred to wood and the method she used causes the cracks and slight distressed look. She also had one the same size of an old camera I got that one for my sister. http://joanschulte.com/521745/flea-market-finds/

I have started a very minor update in the master bath. The vanity cabinets were not making me happy so I have been wanting to paint them since I moved in and now I've started.

They are getting a pretty base coat of ivory chalk paint. I'm going to accented with a light green called celery. I'll then sand and put on a glaze. Going for the shabby chic look

Was at JoAnns a few weeks ago and my dear friend Amanda who is the manager showed me a new Tim Holtz fabric that is for quilt backing so it's wide - this will be my shower curtain. All I've had since I moved was the liner. I just couldn't find one I liked so I'm making it. This is the fabric.

The postal stamps are about 7" across.

I put my entry form for the Mall Crawl in the mail today.

Here is what I decided to enter.

If I'm lucky enough to sell I'll have to replace the

octopus in the guest bath which my nephew Ian calls "his bathroom".

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Holidays - Oh how I love them

I've just put the last show of the year behind me and now it's time to really get going for the holidays. I have a quilt on the machine ready to be quilted. Fabric stacked on the other machine ready to be cut. Canvases ready for backgrounds - well in other words - fun stuff a-plenty.

The weather has turned cool - cold and it will soon be Thanksgiving. Since this is my first Thanksgiving in my new home we will have our dinner here. The turkey is waiting in the frig and the menu settled and the shopping done - I think I'm ready.

For some reason the days before the holidays I always feel the need to do something new to the house. Why... don't you have enough on your plate? I guess not. Yesterday I painted an accent wall in the kitchen and hung a shelf and photos. The kitchen is yellow, it's a nice color of yellow, but I'm just not crazy about yellow. I went grey on this wall and I really like it.

This is only part of the wall, there are more photos etc, but this sh…

Another Big Change...

that I'm thrilled about.

Next week unless something unforeseen happens I'll be closing on the sale of my 1925 house in East Nashville and moving away from the part of town I was born, grew up and lived in for the bulk of 61 years.

This little town is no longer little, or quite, or like I remember. It's growing by leaps and bounds. I like change don't get me wrong but this is too much too fast. I think it's great that for the first time in my memory there is a restaurant close enough to walk to.
There are great little art galleries, shops and wonderful restaurants popping up all over the place. The meat and three I've eaten at for 15+ years is now very popular. All of this is good - great even.

But now I want slow and quite. I've heard that 90+ people a day are moving to Nashville! So I figure this is the time to sell my house and move out of town to a nice quite place. So I call a friend who just happens to be a great realtor and bam! She finds me a house…

Managing Time

One thing I have found during the last 10 months is I have trouble managing my time like I have in the past. Seems like distractions and life run all over the schedules I make. I sometimes wonder if I'm like the little dog in UP and get the squirrel distraction.
For what ever the reasons this blog has drifted off into my Scarlet area of "I'll deal with it tomorrow. "

With my first show of the year just a few weeks out I'd normally be in full swing of creating new pieces for the show. I have only started creating again a few months back and seem to be getting into the flow of working at my bench once again, thou now as regular as I did in the past. Here are a few of the recent items.

This brass butterfly was given a rusted look with alcohol inks.
An old sewing machine bulb, the end of a fork and some wings created this pendant
The focal element of this necklace is from a vintage bracelet
Then one day I decided to get out the poly clay again. I've not done anythin…

A Creative Life

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