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June 24th, 2008

three blooms in one evening

The night-blooming cereus decided to grace my studio with not one, but three blooms last night!
Unfortunately, I was teaching for most of the evening, so here’s what they looked like just before I left:

And then the full bloom after the sun had set:

I definitely think there is a piece of embroidered fiber art in there […]

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June 23rd, 2008

setting up sewing rooms

It seems that seamstresses and fiber artists quite often have issues with setting up their sewing rooms & work areas… how often have you gotten up out of your sewing chair with an aching back?  Or does your ironing board leave you with sore knees?
I know my cutting table is about 8 inches too short […]

By Chloe -- 3 comments

June 23rd, 2008

I think they’re blooming tonight…

I’m so excited - my night-blooming cereus looks like it may have several blossoms tonight!

It certainly inspires me to get my sketch book out and start planning a piece of fiber art based on the flowers :-) I think painting the background and then using wool or silk fibers and fabric to form the […]

By Chloe -- 1 comment

June 6th, 2008

A view from my window

The Lifestyles channel is participating in a channel-wide challenge (boy, try saying that three times fast!) called “A View From My Window”.
I’m not sharing my window (you guys got to see that quite recently anyhow), but I am sharing what’s growing in my window.  I posted these photos last year, when I had three buds […]

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May 6th, 2008

Paper towel challenge

Sorry for the lack of posting yesterday - I had a glass light fixture fall off the ceiling in my studio!  Luckily I wasn’t in my studio at the time, but it made a heck of a racket and I have glass shards in boxes of fabric, on the floor and sprinkled onto my books.  […]

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April 29th, 2008

where I blog from

The Lifestyles channel is sharing our offices & blogging locations over the next couple of days.
I normally write in the mornings, in my studio/office… after the coffee has time to reach my neurons and wake me up :-) Here’s what the view is like from my studio window, which is right next my […]

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April 15th, 2008

organzing your sewing room

Keeping my fabric and notions organized seems to take constant effort for me - I usually store everything in large, clear plastic tubs or storage towers with drawers. My thread is stored in drawers on top of my sewing table and I keep things like elastic and trims in another tall set of drawers […]

By Chloe -- 3 comments