In September I walked into the Fabric Addict in Lethbridge (the day after our arrival) and there sat a new shipment of smocking pleaters waiting to be unpacked.  Now I have been thinking about exploring this media for a while.  It’s one of the few things I have never tackled, mainly because my Mother smocked dresses for two generations of girls in the family and I didn’t want to tread on her space.  She passed away last spring and...

          On September 23 I drove to Calgary to check out the results on two entries in the quilting and fiber art competition at the Calgary Creative Stitches and Crafting Alive Show and was ecstatic to find that I received a first on my Wearable Art entry – Memories of Arizona and a second on one of my memory quilts – The Fabric of my life.       Memory Quilt – The Fabric of my Life...

A Collage of the Painted Fabric – (Later Incorporated as a layer in ‘paper cloth’) Just did the heat set and thought I would publish the results.   The Fabric Before Painting   I’m going to challenge myself to use each of the pieces someway over the next few days.  I’m doing a series of small and ‘quicks’ so it may work out okay. Thought I would throw in a shot of this morning’s...

I do have a lot of activities on the go – I just haven’t blogged about them.  There is a smocked dress, a pair of socks, samples of free motion quilting based on Leah Day’s work, a challenge piece posted to Dale Anne Potter’s facebook fan page …..  All this and now I have my days to myself so there will be lots more.  Let’s hope the weather continues to be fair!  The combines will run!!!! A little personal...