The McKenzie Baby Bump

The McKenzie Baby Bump

I didn’t get back to the project until late in the day yesterday as an invite to lunch could not be turned down!  The next step was to added the surface design.  I considered using white glue and decided it would take too long to dry.  I considered getting ‘stringing compound’ and decided it would be too expensive.  So in the end I chose to use my old standby, quick drying and paintable, DAP.  I had part of a tube on hand so...

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Baby Bump Sculpture

Baby Bump Sculpture

I’ve been told that the in-thing is to do a casting of the ‘baby bump’ and to decorate it as a piece of art.  My young’uns decided that the kit was too expensive so after a discussion with me they purchased the plaster embedded tape at the local ‘M’ store and got out the jar of Vaseline and went to work.  Then they announced that it was over to me to decorate!         I spent all day...

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Mommy and Baby Gifts

Mommy and Baby Gifts

Back in the winter I undertook to make a couple of crib quilts – one for a niece’s baby and one for a new grandchild expected in July.  The baby quilts were finished earlier in the spring and one delivered in March when we were back in Ontario.  I was using a pattern ‘Twisted Triangles’ that I found on allpeoplequilt.com.  I just checked and I can’t find the instructions but the link shows the original pattern...

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What Do You Do to Get Yourself Out of a Creative Slump or Vacuum?

What Do You Do to Get Yourself Out of a Creative Slump or Vacuum?

I’ve been gradually getting back to doing some of my ‘ art shoulds’ that have accumulated during my wrist healing experience and one of the items on my list is blogging here more often.  I’ve been able to get back to some of my quilting projects (more on this to come shortly) and have started to plan my re-entry into my ‘art’ work so hope to have lots to share in the next few entries. Today I want to share my...

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