Fabric Paper is all the rage these days, and we got to try making it back in May at CQFA  I missed the first stage where the actual fabri...

 The tangled mess of threads left after washing a huge pile of batik fabric.  Into the thread scraps jar it goes. The nicely colored  S...

 We just went to the pet store to get some new fish for my little tank.  But this guy came home with us too.  Alex had been wanting a rat ...

 Found some interesting old textiles at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles rummage sale back in May.  Not sure what I'll real...

I had to try it.   Gummi Vodka Bears . Apparently the "new thing" in bars, replacing Jell-O shots. I used the Big Bear size, w...

Earlier this summer, we had an animal attack, and only one of our 3 chickens survived.  Either raccoon or fox made a hole in the chick...

Hey long time no post! Fun summer stuff has been keeping me away from blogging, sorry about that.  So to celebrate how about this for a fi...

 A simple blouse made for a friend out of a nice, substantial rayon from Dharma Trading. Dye painted before assembling the garmen...

 All of a sudden May is over! I swear I feel like I live near a time vortex or something. I get sucked in, pop back out and month has gone...

 I recently made up a new salad that was so delicious and looked so good I decided to take some pictures and share it with you here.  Let...

 Kaleidoscopic views of the Oregon Coast from our recent road trip...

 More post-rain, momentarily-sunny spring-is-finally-sprung pictures.  That one big drop of water turning the colors because of t...

More work-in-progress, which is currently titled "Bending The Calendar".  This one features the calendar portions of a vintage l...

 More work-in-progress pictures.  Maybe it is due to eating jelly beans recently, but these colors and that particular shape is saying jel...

 A recent spontaneous trip up the Northern California to Oregon coast to deliver our son Zach back to college after spring break led to u...