I’ve written about my tribulations with my Bernina. Suffice it to say that they are ongoing, but this time it is the repair person and not the machine with which I have certain issues. The machine was improperly fixed and is now worse than it was when I first had problems. It is soon to…
Author: VickyTH
athlete * powerlifter * photographer * gardener *
Bonds well with celluloid
We had a marvelous evening last night (thanks for babysitting, Mom!) watching Daniel Craig bounce over a construction site in Madagascar, demolish a Venician historic house, wreck yet another Bond car, have his gonads pulverised while make witty quips and and generally portray an excellent Bond. John and I are both fans of the books,…
Major meanie, that’s me.
It’s been a while since I worked in watercolours, but I decided to revisit them and see how my handling of composition and the flow of the medium has changed since working with fabric paints and surface design techniques. A trip to the art store (M. Francis Kelly on Golf Ave.) yielded some new brushes…
Craft Fair Recap, part 2 (the display)
If you were thinking I had a table at a little flea market affair, you’ll need to adjust your vision a tad. This fair (held by the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador) allocates booth space and bases the fees on a combination of on square footage, shape and location. Here’s the schedule of fees…
Craft Fair Recap, part 1 (the product)
I’m not quite sure how many parts this will turn out to be, but “one” seems like an appropriate place from which to start. The 33rd Annual Fine Craft and Design Fair was this past weekend. It’s a juried fair, which means that your product has to have passed certain standards of quality for you…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 