Posted in Creativity, WIP, craft, metal art, projects, tagged beaded on metal, metal jewelry, recession, US Economy, Wall Street fiasco on October 9, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Here is a picture of my previously shown copper patina, metal formed, and textured bracelet with some new beaded embellishment:
Hope you liked my bracelet!!
Onto more dire topics:
What a roller coaster week the US economy has taken… only problem is that is headed south. Everyone I know is filled with FUD- Fear, Uncertaincy and Doubt. There [...]
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Posted in Creativity, WIP, craft, freeform crochet, machine quilting, metal art, projects, quilting, tagged class homework, crochet scarf, etching, etching metal, fun with metal, metal and quilting, metal art class, metal etching, scarf on October 3, 2008 | 15 Comments »
Who says you can’t combine metal and quilting?? Yesterday, I trekked over to Faith’s house in Lodi, CA (remember the song about Lodi? LOL!) where Faith kindly shared with me how to etch metal. It was FUN!! I am hooked on etching now. Here’s my first attempts:
Sorry for the blurry image, but this [...]
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Watch for my new Carla Freeform Crochet Tutorial coming soon! I have almost finished writing it, so keep checking back. Over the last 2 years, I have had numerous requests for how I create my freeform crochet projects, so I finally decided to share. This will be a beginner lesson, by the way.
I was first [...]
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Remember Woody the Redneck Contractor?? He’s the colorful character who helped build my house. Anyway, Woody is back on the jobsite finishing some chores around here and yes, finally completing the infamous Woody Gate.
In true Woody fashion, he sees me and yells, “CARLA, HOWTHEHELLAREYOU??” and “Come here and give me a HUG!!” He is pretty [...]
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Posted in Creativity, WIP, craft, fabric, machine quilting, projects, quilting, tagged bird tutorial, Carla Bird, Carla tutorial, fabric bird, Tutorial on September 19, 2008 | 15 Comments »
I coordinated the Inchie Swap on a machine quilting site called MQ Resource. It is all ready to go, but I was waiting on one person to send theirs before I could mail them. They arrived yesterday, so this morning I will visit my post office and mail them out.
Of course, I couldn’t just send [...]
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Posted in Creativity, WIP, craft, projects, tagged bargello quilt, metal art, jewelry book, new book, class homework, flex shaft, new toy on September 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
With my Metal Arts class this semester, I have a good reason to engage in some shopping therapy- all in the name of education!! Today, I visited a lapidary store and picked up a flex shaft set to use on my metal homework. A flex shaft is basically like a Dremel tool, only on steroids. [...]
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Posted in Creativity, WIP, craft, fabric, longarm, machine quilting, projects, quilting, sewing, technology, travel, tagged quilt, quilting, machine quilting, longarm, heart quilt, roomba update, travel plans, trip to Kauai, bargello, bargello quilt, bargello quilting, heart bargello on September 15, 2008 | 7 Comments »
The quilt I just loaded onto my longarm table is this bargello heart quilt:
I just pieced the backing- which is a medium shade of the salmon color fabric. I’ve drawn out the quilting plan, but I want to work on it a bit before I start the quilting. Check back and I will show you [...]
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Posted in ATC or Inchie, Creativity, WIP, beading, craft, embellishment, fiber art, projects, quilts, tagged inchie, inchie preview, one inch quilts on September 12, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I organized an inchie swap on a machine quilting list I belong to. I am getting ready to mail them out in a day or so, once the last one arrives. Here is a delightful photo of all those wonderful inchies that have arrived to date:
Aren’t they terrific?! Once the last one arrives, I will [...]
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I’ve been busy the last few days organizing a vacation trip to Kauai for Joe and I. We can’t wait and I’m already investigating what to do, places to go and eat, where to find sea glass, and of course, the best places to snorkel:
If anyone has any suggestions with regards to things to [...]
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Posted in Creativity, Quilting Friends, WIP, craft, longarm, machine quilting, metal art, projects, quilting, quilts, tagged copper leaf, custom quilting, heart quilting, metal art class copper bird, quilt, quilting longarm quilting, Valentine Quilt on September 7, 2008 | 12 Comments »
I am happy to report that I finished the antique Valentine quilt for Jayne! I confess it was a lot of work, but do think it has potential as a local show quilt. I’ll let you know how it does in the guild show later this month. Here is a picture [...]
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