Category: Making

Host of Hearts Quilt

Remember this? My three crewel-work patches, posted in Finishing, stopping, going from March 24, 2024 These three crewel blocks were contributed to a group project that I didn’t expect to be completed any time...

Winter cyanotypes

The cyanotype experiment worked out pretty well. I could have gotten more of the fragile stems to show up by pressing the glass or acrylic top more firmly onto the plant material. But they...

Holding on

The sky has been red or pink both morning and night for a few days. I wake up disoriented and in the dark, not knowing if it’s midnight or morning. To my relief, it’s...

Biddeford visit

Combining missions: I wanted to visit my sister in southern Maine and also to give Sam an experiential gift (the best kind for him). So we went to visit and stayed overnight at The...

A gray day

More snow last night. At least it warmed up into the 30’s today. Sam and I are both learning how to dress in order to keep warm on our daily walk. You would think...

Home … and new rules

I had my fiber group over last Friday. In the non-summer months, we take turns meeting at people’s houses. When it’s my turn, there’s a lot of cleaning involved. Normally my partner and I...