It’s finishing time!

It’s finishing time!

As in, time to finish these quilts! I’ve been good about finishing smaller quilted works, banners and small wall pieces. Less good about finishing larger quilts. (My excuse is that I need nice weather so I can use spray-on basting glue.) Let’s take a look...
Monsters Show!

Monsters Show!

When Mary Lynn Mahoney, the outreach librarian at the Orland Park Public Library put out a call for “Mythical Monsters,” I naturally went first to Greek Mythology. My kids and I listened to nearly all of the Percy Jackson and related books by Rick Riordon....
A Look Back; A Look Forward

A Look Back; A Look Forward

On Looking Back I usually do a year in review post, but I didn’t for 2022. So here’s a mini look back and a look forward. I did extensive reviewing of the year on my own, back in November. Quite possibly too much reviewing and goal setting, as I did the...
Dollhouse Art Center Take Over with Mel Kolstad

Dollhouse Art Center Take Over with Mel Kolstad

When I saw that Mel Kolstad was working on 1,000 collages, each one individually made and just 1″ x 1″, I thought that would be a cool art show for the pink “Angelica Kauffman Dollhouse Art Center.” I thought we’d install the art not only...