One of the problems with blogging is that the subject matter is feast or famine. On one day, you have nothing but silly and trivial thoughts to share and on another, everything is a ten-page essay. For the last few days I’ve had a myriad of possible posts swirling like leaves though the windy space…
Author: VickyTH
athlete * powerlifter * photographer * gardener *
Quick review: Fabric Art Journals by Pam Sussman and Handmade Paper Collage by Dawn Ackerman
I’m not a great buyer of quilting or fibre arts books, mainly because they’re rather expensive and generally don’t tell me anything I couldn’t figure out for myself or get from the QuiltArt group online. I do have a subscription to Quilting Arts Magazine which is worth it’s weight in gold (and it’s rather heavy…
Come on, Men!
Okay, last night was night two of the “guys get together and watch weird movies” night. Our friend Larry has a bizarre fetish (actually, he has several that I’ve head about, but I’m only posting one here) about bad cinematography and film. He has a collection of wacky, weird and wild films, some of which…
Warm, wet weekend
I wrote this once and my geriatric computer couldn’t handle working just one more second while it saved and so I’m now writing it again. Hopefully as well as before. The weekend was unseasonably warm and, not being fools, we decided to drop the normal housework and take full advantage of being able to wear…
Images and text on fabric
One of my current projects is to update and improve my skills at transferring images onto fabric. I’m also working on my ability to put text onto fabric, which often amounts to the same set of techniques, give or take. The practical applications of this range from simply being able to make labels for art pieces through…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 