Fabric Trip! Britex and Stone Mountain
Tayo’s Fabrics of Fair Oaks sponsored a bus trip to the Bay Area to vist two landmark fabric stores: Britex Fabrics in San Francisco and Stone Mountain and Daughter in Berkeley. We were dropped off in Union Square, close to Britex. x Britex is a San Francisco landmark-if you are a sewist of any type […]
Details
I spent a lot of time working my guild’s recent show which gave me the opportunity to really immerse myself in all the quilts, garment and fiber creations. My take away from show this year was about detail and how much is enough. Some of these pieces had a lot of technique and detail yet […]
Seeing Red
I’m decompressing from all the work of my guild’s show and I see my surroundings with new eyes. And everywhere I look, it’s red-and not because it’s Valentine’s Day! I just have to share all this red with you. x x I love this red Cordyline set amongst the blue/gray/green of the Hen n Chicks-it’s just so […]
Folsom Quilt and Fiber Guild Show
The Folsom Quilt and Fiber Guild show opened today and it’s spectacular. I loaded up a fairly random group of quilts from the show that I especially enjoyed. It’s a lot of work to put on a large show like this and it has consumed my life as of late, but what a great show. […]
Epilogue
One of the unexpected benefits of all this organizing is the discovery of intriguing fabrics long ago lost. Look at this beautiful hand dye that I unearthed-it’s stunning in person and I see all kinds of possibilities with it. It has a kind of ethereal quality. I don’t know who I got it from, but […]
Still Organizing….
I had no idea the monumental task I was undertaking when I decided to organize my stash. DH called me a “whirling dervish” (in the nicest way!). x I decided to take over #1 Son’s room use an existing closet for storage. First thing was to get all the stuff-my car was filled with boxes […]