Make Your Own Sewing Machine Table! Create a Stained Glass Wall Mosaic! DIY Squeaky Dog Toys! How to Knit a Frilled Cast-On! Working Artist Studios! Crochet a Blue Sunburst! Piece a Red, White and Blue Scrappy Quilt! Personalize your Journals Note (2024)

Artists or art that turns me on and feeds my muse! Like it or dislike it, what about this art inspires your own art or creativity? La Ragazza Allo SpecchiobyPicasso.

Look around you. Design is everywhere! How can you incorporate the beauty that surrounds you into your art or craft? I love this brickwork ceiling in theBasilica of St. Lawrencein Asheville, North Carolina – I’ll be visiting this joint in August (can’t wait).

Wow! I love this idea! It’s pretty, it’s fresh, it allows for personal creative freedom and color choices. Now, what wall of needlework am I going to take down? Check out how to make your own here:

http://www.apieceofrainbow.com/make-stained-glass-mosaic/

If you ever become weary of the same old cast-on knitting stitches then today, I am your hero. Here’s a simple tutorial for making a frilled cast on (never mind that often times my traditional cast-on looks frilled! Ouch!). Check out how to frillyour own here:

http://www.weareknitters.com/blog/knitting-tips/how-to-make-a-frilled-cast-on/

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Pages and pages of my Slow Stitching Movement article and photographs from April’s Slow Stitching Movement Getaway! (HINT: There are a few more Getaways planned this year! More on that later.)

Programs are are open to all members of WVQG. There is a $5 fee for non-members.

I needed some UMPH! so I simply Googled “Working Artist Studios” and this is what I found. Ahhhhhhh!

(just click on the photos to link to each photo’s respective hosting websites)

INGREDIENTS:

What a pretty crocheted sunburst pillow. Stop with the pillow or continue making squares to create a monochromatic and calming afghan for the chilly months! Here’s the pattern:

http://www.sewsimmerandshare.com/crocheted-sunburst-pillow/

Finished “An Unquenchable Thirst: A Memoir” by Mary Johnson last night. First of all, I LOVE memoirs, but this one made me think about my own spiritual journey in unexpected ways. Anyone else read it? Thoughts?

Mary Johnson as Sister Donata

Mary Johnson as Mary Johnson

This easy quilted Tree of Life pillow has a tutorial at the link. It would also be great enlarged as a center medallion quilt or even as individual quilt blocks.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1joWZeiXIXDGJtfwm9CmseY1-WoEt0g96uGChGbECoZw/preview?pli=1

Ingredients:

• Smirnoff® Whipped Cream
• blue curaçao
• lemon-lime soda

Forthe Full Recipe Click Here: http://us.thebar.com/drink-recipe/blue-breeze

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Oh, yes I did! I’m giving you projects for cold weather. Frosty winds will be here before you know it (only about 30+ days until September). Start your autumn projects now! Here’s how to make this fun and chunky infinity scarf:

http://www.knit1la.com/2011/11/save-date-knit-1-la-trunk-show.html

Customize your notebooks with quotes, names, or dates. I love this idea! It’s not so difficult, either. Start here:

http://soupybeans.com/2015/07/13/diy-bioshock-inspired-notebooks/

This recipe is a flavorful peach bread made with butter, canned peaches, and cinnamon. A layer of sliced peaches over the top of the quick bread makes it extra moist and delicious.

• sliced peaches
• butter
• eggs
• vanilla extract
• all-purpose flour
• granulated sugar
• baking powder
• baking soda
• salt
• cinnamon
• cinnamon-sugar

Candy Cigarettes

Ingredients:

• flour
• McCormick® Cream of Tartar
• baking soda
• salt
• sugar
• butter
• eggs
• McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract

FOR THE FULL RECIPE, CLICK HERE:http://www.mccormick.com/Recipes/Dessert/Vanilla-Sugar-Cookies?utm_source=google-bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=cookies_recipes&utm_content=Cookies_Phrase_recipelp&utm_campaign=bakingEG

Judith Leiber Quilted Shoulderbag$995*

Presented by Funky Finders, limited Judith Leiber textile shoulder bag featuring distinctive flower power prints on a statement quilted surround. Green leather cylinder accents frame the top of purse and compliment the matching color leather strap. we haven’t seen another of this style.

$995! REEEEALLY?

* Quilters, you are sitting on a GOLDMINE! LOL

Yet another use for old water bottles. Yes, cupcake, if you don’t recycle, then upcycle! Here’s how to make these pretty paper lanterns:

http://www.apieceofrainbow.com/make-paper-lanterns-3/

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Howzabout piecing half-square triangles to make this vintage-esque red, white and blue beauty (Labor Day, maybe?). Not into the colors shown? Then use this easy tutorial to make you own scrappy quilt — you know, your way! Here’s how:

http://www.diaryofaquilter.com/2009/07/hour-glass-block-tutorial.html

The ‘Pandora’ is the definitive statement shoe. In all gold, these stylish metallic leather, high-heel sandals provide all the drama with outstandingly crafted and beautiful filigree leaves with crystal details. Make them the focus of your outfit by teaming them with a sleek dress and let your heels do the talking.WAS $1,995.00 NOW$997.50

Make a squeaky two for Fido! I know that my Tulip, Petunia and Violet would love one (especially Violet – she’s a wild woman)! By the way, Petunia really rallied with her illness! She’s pretty much back to her old self and we couldn’t be happier (although pushing up daisies comes to us all). It cost a bunch (so the next time you see me I won’t have an arm or a leg) but she’s still with us (…and the vet sent her home with me for the weekend only to say ‘goodbye’). Another follow up visit this afternoon. Here’s how you make a toy for your hounds:

http://laura-griffin.com/blog/2011/01/07/squeaky-doggie-bone-tutorial/

Violet, Petunia, and Tulip

Spool art. Now if only we could find thread with wooden spools! LOL I like these as table place-cards or decorations, but look how cute they are on a windowsill. Maybe on top of the air conditioner? Here’s how to make some:

http://www.petscribbles.com/2013/03/spring-spool-craft-tutorial.html

A friend of ours passed away recently and another friend sent a terrarium! It got me to thinking that I would like a terrarium, too. With summer in full bloom, now’s the time to clip and dig and scrape moss and little plants for your own glass garden. Here’s how:

http://ourfairfieldhomeandgarden.com/diy-project-design-a-rustic-cottage-getaway-in-a-terrarium/

While in Montana I visited a bar called the Sip n’ Dip Lounge. Yes, behind the counter were swimming mermaids! Now I want one for my living room. I swear the next time I’m in Great Falls, Montana, Sip n’ Dip needs to prepare itself for a quilting manatee! I am SOOOO in that water!

It must have been a fertile time 9-months ago. Everyone I know is having babies or grand babies! Here’s how to make a simple baby sling pouch:

http://craftbits.com/project/baby-sling-pouch/

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• bananas
• semisweet chocolate or carob chips
• strawberries or peaches
• granola or graham cracker crumbs
• mini marshmallows
• chopped walnuts or pecans

FOR THE FULL RECIPE, CLICK HERE:http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipe/grilled-bananas-sweet-toppings

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