January Cornucopia

The first cornucopia post for the new year is here on this last day of January. One of the reasons that I like doing these cornucopia posts, they help me close tabs on my laptop as I'll put a link on these posts. The ones that are actually worth sharing with you that is.

The above picture is of the weak January raincloud filtered sunlight as seen through a piece of dried roasted seaweed in a moving car. I thought it ended up showing an interesting mix of color and texture. 

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This emoji that I'm using for a divider in this post is named "anger" but I don't think it looks like at all like that. It reminds me of embroidery stitches. So--to be clear--I'm not dividing this post with anger but with beautiful stitchery.

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JennB. has done the experiment (and the math) and proven how to successfully add borders to a quilt top without ending up with waviness. 

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I'm enjoying Nadia Embroidery's posts on Substack, a very interesting and beautiful follow if you like embroidery.

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I really like this Flower Breeze block, this video tutorial is a great explainer.

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A daily embroidery journal, over several years, very impressive and beautiful.

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I really like this free quilt pattern from Art Gallery Fabrics: Full Bloom 

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UC Berkeley's free earthquake app is pretty cool: My Shake

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I'm really enjoying the 30 Days of Drawing with WendyMac this month. I'm trying to do it on my iPad which has been a real challenge for me.

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The 2025 Declutter Challenge that Just Get It Done Quilts is hosting has been very useful. 

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I enjoyed listening to the first episode of The 100 Day Project podcast.

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This episode of The Smithsonian's podcast, There's More to That about How to Use Renaissance Paintings to Improve the Farming of Tomorrow was really worth a listen.

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I saw this great idea for doing a crocheted granny square for each book that one reads during the year based on the colors in the book cover. This would take a whole lot more colors of yarn than I have on hand (and I'm Not Buying Yarn). 

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A completely ridiculous game, "Click the Clicking Clicker." A fun and relaxing almost soothing relaxer.