If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least have a talking dog?
Paper collage fascinates me. Most styles of quilting are a form of collage — putting together pieces of many different fabrics to build up a pattern or picture — but the limitations caused by the need to sew seams* keeps me from achieving the truly detailed results I want from my animal art. While looking... Continue Reading →
Last week, I posted about a book I made to commemorate a gathering of friends and where I went wrong. Here are instructions for how to make the book the right way as well as my way. The separate sets of pages make this book a great choice for group projects such as collaborations or... Continue Reading →
Do not be hasty, that’s my motto. –Treebeard, The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien Do you ever have a sudden vision of an enticing project and find that you can’t turn your back on it? A project that you don't have time for but you can't resist doing anyway? It happens to me all the... Continue Reading →
Here's another project from the past, originally posted in 2011. The Jan/Feb 2011 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors had an article on how to turn an ordinary office file folder into a little book with pockets for journaling. I don't know if it was because it was an office supply or an opportunity to make... Continue Reading →
The Jan/Feb 2011 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors had an article on how to turn an ordinary office file folder into a little book with pockets for journaling. I don't know if it was because it was an office supply or an opportunity to make a book or both, but I could not resist making... Continue Reading →
