Sweet talking....

So, I did me some sweet talking to my sewing machine and with lots of TLC she agreed to continue working for me. I tried a new needle...after all the other fuss and she took right off, happy as can be! So I promised you some new pics and here they are. My pretty velvet tarot bags, almost complet...

Bored

I came to the realization today that I am bored with EVERYTHING I am working on right now. Well...besides the silk velvet bags. They are not getting worked on right now because my machine is being hard to get along with...but that's another story.I need some BRIGHT in my life. I love my color. i think thats why I went off on the wild tangent of dyeing a gazillion skeins of floss. I NEEDED the color....

Cymberfloss

I am quite excited to announce the opening of my new shop Cymberfloss! I will be selling my hand dyed floss and also plan on introducing other hand dyed items. I am considering hand dyed silk velvet and also imagination packs but that is a future consideration. In the meantime...enjoy the beautiful selection of colors and if you want to take advantage of the opening sale please join my facebook page...the...

Furrowing

I'm still crazy busy with the new shop but I thought I would give you a quick peek at the progress on Mushroom Love. It is not something that comes quickly! *gr...

Two is better than one

Heath & HeatherToday I made a big decision. I have decided to open another etsy shop. My floss has overshadowed my art for too long now.Since I added floss to my shop I haven't sold a SINGLE art item.I have been reading about it and it seems that people who have separated their items into two different shops have on the most part been very happy with the results. Since I have just finished dyeing...

I can see clearly now...

I have been a busy, busy girl the last few days. I didn't stop working yesterday until it was time to sleep. Today I hopped out of bed and set to work immediately. I am just now taking my first breather. I did a big dye bath yesterday. Lots of nice juicy colors. Today I did more. I dreamed colorways last night. This morning my fingers itched for the dyes. I didn't even have coffee before I started....

Back in the saddle again!

Great News! Veronique from Au Fil du Jardin has loaned me a camera until we are able to buy a new one! What a wonderful and generous person to help someone she has never even met! I am so grateful Veronique!So...I immediately snapped some photos of the Mushroom Love project so you can better understand the process I was talking about before.drafting the patternfirst mushroom pattern piecefirst section...

Food Poisoning

I gave myself food poisoning. I forget sometimes about how things are different here. Here when you buy mozzarella cheese it is fresh, it is nothing like back home. It comes in the balls, like fresh mozzarella back home in the deli, but it also comes in a brick. That is how I was deceived. I knew it was a lot softer than brick mozzarella back home but I assumed it was pretty much the same. It isn't....

A new technique

So yesterday I finally started working on Mushroom Love. This piece is really going to stretch me as I'm thinking of using a few techniques that I have never tried before.The first new technique I am going to try is called furrowing. This is a page from the book 'The Art of Manipulating Fabric' A much read and loved gift from my hubby. If you love to play with fabric and have never seen this book...

Update

Hello Everyone! Hope you are all having a wonderful day. I woke up this morning feeling clearer of mind then I have for awhile. It seems that anemia can cause confusion and unclear thinking besides the terrible fatigue. I believe it. I feel like I lived in a fog for awhile there. Night before last I slept for over 12 hours, catching up I guess. So today I have ideas...and more ideas, my mind seems...

Canon Powershot A85 RIP

I had a wonderful post planned for you all today. Really, I did! I have been the busiest of bees and stitching my little fingers off. I have been working on my velvet bags and they are all looking so nice. Unfortunately when I went to take pictures today...I got the black screen of death (which is somewhat similar to the blue screen of death :p)So no new pictures today :(No new postings on my shop...

Facebook FanPage

Just want to let you all know. I am rearranging things and trying to get my facebook page a little more organized and useful. I will be having special sales and giveaways hosted on my fanpage. If you are interested in this sort of thing then I urge you to scroll down the page here about halfway and you will see the link to my facebook fan page and the button you can click to become a fan. It's a nice...

Home Sweet Home

I'm back, hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I have mixed reviews myself.We arrived Friday afternoon in good time to the Cissac-Medoc area which is where the festival is held each year. Just trying to get to the village where the festival is became a long waiting game though. The cars were backed up forever. It was crazy! After we finally got through we drove to the same field we have camped at...

Reggea Sun Ska Festival

I leave tomorrow for the weekend to attend the Reggea Sun Ska Festival for the third year in a row. I am really looking forward to this. It's so much fun although a little much for me. I am hoping I have enough energy for this year. I started my iron supplements today. I don't know how long it will be before it starts taking affect. I love camping here though, you can just set your tent in any field...

Organizing my thoughts

Thanks for the responses to yesterdays question. I believe the more information I have the better I can help others. I have many questions, probably too many *hehe* I would like to encourage you all to join my facebook fan page if you are interested in specials and contests. I will be conducting some in the near future. I will also be doing a giveaway here in the near future.This morning I spent...

What do you look for in a hand dyed floss?

I have been pondering this question today as I finished wrapping and tying my latest batch of floss to dye.I myself prefer the soft mix of colors as in Harvest or Siren Song.Something that gives an all over feel of the mixture. I wonder how many of you feel the same? This is something I haven't really found in floss before, and since I started making it I want every color variation my mind can think...

More progress

Last night I don't think even a minute passed between me closing my eyes and me being asleep! YAY! Best night yet. I am so happy that I am sleeping again. I wake up and I dont feel drugged. My mind is clear and I want to do things. You don't know how afraid I was that that feeling was gone for good.So this morning I spent winding floss and tying it off, getting it ready to dye. I plan on another big...

Full Steam Ahead!

So this morning I hit the ground running, I finally feel like I have my energy back! I set right to work on 'Small World' and was determined to finish the rest of the stitching this morning. I am happy to say I did! I have a few sore fingers for it, but thats ok...finally at long last it's done!After I finished the stitching, I started working on the frame. I think it's going to be exactly what I...

Thinking...

So I haven't had a lot of energy to do anything the past few weeks, but that hasn't stopped me from thinking. I admit some days the thoughts were coming slow but I still managed to gather a pile of them. If I could see those thoughts into reality I would have a PILE of goodies to show you. Baby steps.This is one thought that has taken some time to bring about. I had this back when I was getting ready...