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    Upcycling linens

    November 2, 2013 - By 

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    It has taken me quite some time to bring myself to cut into these beautifully stitched linens even though they were all either stained, ripped or tattered in some way. When I finally decided what they could become, I held my breath and took the first slice.

    The process was very similar to the first time I ripped into a book or tore a photograph. Once you get the first one over with…the next come easier.

    Now I have a few beautiful tissue cases all ready to go for gifts or my etsy store.

    Of course, I still love patchwork…  I think I could stitch patchwork all day and never get sick of it…as long as there is no pattern I have to follow. I hate patterns. Saying that makes me wonder why I bought a pattern for a shirt the other day. Yeah, I know…what was I thinking?
    I blame Pinterest. I saw this really cool make-over of a regular t-shirt into something stylish and girlie. We’ll see if I follow through on that one. Wish me luck!

  • Blog - Kitchen

    T Tuesday: handmade edition

    October 29, 2013 - By 

    Thanks for joining me for another edition of T stands for Tuesday brought to us by Elizabeth at Altered book lover.

    Today is my typical kind of Tuesday…busy, busy, busy. I always make time for a good breakfast though. Poached egg on toast is my favorite. With coffee, of course.

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    Today though I have a bit of a different schedule. I have my job orientation! I’m very excited to be starting this new phase of my life.

    Over the past week I’ve been very domestic. I cooked a pie pumpkin that yielded 7 cups of pumpkin puree. I’ve made 2 pies, 2 large loaves of pumpkin bread and a batch of pumpkin chia pudding.

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    I’ve also been sewing quite a bit. I’ve been upcycling some stained or torn vintage linens. As well as using up scraps for additional projects. More on all that in a later post.

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    Miss Gracie has been keeping me company, that is when she isn’t busy watching for critters out the window.

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    I’m off to start my day now but I’ll be back later to visit all my blogging friends.

    What are you doing today?

     

  • Art - Blog

    I found my journal!

    October 28, 2013 - By 

    the wallI can’t begin to tell you how annoyed I have been with myself for the past week or so. I misplaced my kira-kira journal.  Since I haven’t started a new one yet after finishing my cursed journal, it was my only journal space.  Yesterday, I stumbled upon it. I sat down with no idea in mind… just started with blue hues.

    A week or so ago I picked up a bunch of rubber stamps at Goodwill…one of them was a brick pattern. I stamped the bricks all over the page for texture. Then I was feeling I needed to use pink. As soon as I spritzed the pink along the top to make it run, I thought of Pink Floyd: The Wall.  There was no need to go any further. I just needed to write the words.