The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest. – Thomas Moore
Work lovingly done is the secret of all order and happiness. – Pierre-Auguste Renoir
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. – Duke Ellington
Nancy is inspired by spring colors for her yarns and is learning how to make slippers. helia’s dd11 continues her sewing classes on Wednesdays, helia's dd14 finished a knitted scarf, and helia taught a friend to cast off. Lynlee is half-way through her recent project and ready to start looking at layouts for her squares. Harmony is almost finished with the hand quilting for one baby quilt while beginning to think of the next. Lisa B is enjoying embroidery and learning needleturn appliqué. sherinjoy encourages us and will be visiting a San Francisco art museum that has an Amish quilt exhibition. BookSaver has learned how to make fabric beads and is planning to assembly-line sew some cat-mats to donate. Harriet has all the blocks finished for her quilt project and is starting to set them together.
We're wondering how Emptynester and Sunny enjoyed recent sewing projects (and whether Emptynester's machine is okay). And how Indiana and bittersweet are enjoying their yarn projects.
Come join us – we admire your creativity.