Christmas has come and gone, and I haven't shared my big project with you all! I really did mean to put it on here last month, but once I was on vacation, being on my computer was the furthest thing from my mind. You may be wondering what was it that I did? I made a full-sized faux fireplace for my office!A few years back I painted a fireplace for Sister's cat, Hazel. We still have it and keep … [Read more...]
Christmas Polar Bear Painting
It was December 1st when Sister headed to the attic and brought down all the Christmas décor and let me know that it was time to get busy decorating. By all the décor I mean a box, just one single box. It is a rather large box, but still. When I had to sort through my house and decide what we were going to take to Korea with us a few years ago I knew that I wouldn't have much storage space to … [Read more...]
Cozy Hound’s Tooth Winter Quilt
I've been wanting to make a hound's tooth quilt for a while now. I tried making one as a baby blanket, but chose the wrong fabrics and it didn't go well. The trick to making this pattern work is extreme contrast in fabrics. I had chosen a hot pink solid and a multi colored paisley for the baby blanket. After all the little pieces went together they just blobbed into one pink paisley. So after … [Read more...]