Butterfly Wing Mural A few years ago I went back to teaching after a long break and have been teaching art at a local junior high. And yes...the classes are large and no...the pay is not great and sure it is a lot of work but honestly....I kind of love it. I get to hang out with quirky teens, work on crazy projects, and talk about all of my favorite artists and artworks. My current classroom takes up both sides of an older trailer parked behind the school. I call this trailer ... View the Post
How to Make a Windmill Quilt Block
How to Make a Windmill Quilt Block Last month I had the amazing opportunity to spend some time visiting my brother who is living in Amsterdam. And....since I would be visiting Amsterdam...and because it is so picturesque...I knew I would need to bring along some quilts and quilt blocks. So before I left I whipped up 4 new quilts and 5 new quilt blocks to bring with me across the pond. Because so much time would be spent in the Netherlands I, of course, had to make some Windmill ... View the Post
Go To Quilt Pattern Using Scraps
Go To Quilt Pattern Using Scraps We all know I save everything....like everything. I even have my scrap fabrics sorted into colors and sizes. Does this make me wicked organized or obsessively crazy? Maybe both? Either way it always lets me have a bonus quilt slowly coming together while I work on other quilts. I keep the pieces for whatever scrap quilt I am working on in a basket next to my sewing machine and use them to chain piece while I am sewing up other projects. ... View the Post
How to Make a Bandana Quilt
How to Make a Bandana Quilt A while back I was at a big box store and ran across a rack full of different colored bandanas and they were so cute I bought 10. Why 10? I don't know. But I didn't have a plan for them yet...so....why not 10? It seemed like a good round number. Plus they were only $2 soooooo 10 of them went into my cart. Time went by and then one afternoon I was downstairs in the sewing room wanting to work on a quick project...when I ran across the ... View the Post
Rag Heart Quilt Tutorial
Rag Heart Quilt Tutorial Recently I was invited to a wedding and as soon as I received the invitation I knew a quilt was in order. However....I was short on time. Like, really, extremely, incredibly short on time....because my life had gone haywire. But I wanted to make a quilt full of love. In the end I only had three evenings to put something together...and decided that a ragged quilt was my best option. So this is what I did: Evening #1: I cut the fabric and batting ... View the Post
Easy DIY Ramen Bar
Easy DIY Ramen Bar Recently my teens have been into Ramen...really into Ramen. So we've started creating our own Ramen Bars almost weekly. This is hands down one of the easiest and cheapest meals that we make. Here's what we do: First of all everyone grabs a pack (or two) of Ramen in the flavors they like best. Then they open the packages and pull out their flavor packets to save for later. While the flavor packets wait on the counter top all of the noodles go ... View the Post
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