What started out as a small project for my newly adopted Poodle Sophia turned into a two-year marathon for my youngest daughter? I vaguely remember how all of this started. In the beginning, I dyed some of my machine spun Shetland yarn to make a sweater for Sophia. The people who spun it (some [...]
There has been a hard and time consuming lesson this week. It is that the silk that I purchased shrinks. I decided to line a scarf that I had knitted for one of my daughters. After dying and doing Shibori resist on lining #1 it came up a good 4” to short. I chalked this [...]
I published this post quite a while back, long before I was comfortable being in front of the camera. At that point in time, my blog was solely about art, design , sewing, kntting and poodles. The fitted blouse that I created from one of my mother's patterns has continued through the years to be [...]
Every time we visit the kids in Joplin, I admire this great motel sign. It is on the southern end of Main and close to Route 66. I understand that the motel has seen down times, as most motels from this era, I would imagine. I wish the owners would realize what a true mid [...]
Three years ago I decided to design a wrap that one could fling on and off and that would stay in place without the use of a shawl pin. While shopping in Saint Louis, I noticed this scarf that undulated in and out. I though I could do that same concept with a shawl. [...]
Sharing the work of Rachelle Gardner "Billboards are typically utilized as a way of advertising commercial products or services on a large scale. Playing on this idea, these images for the Missouri Bank Art Boards (Fall 2012) represent the largest structures in the universe presently known to mankind. In a time filled with economic [...]
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