every-single-day

Spacious, Well Lit? No.

But Oh So Happy!

A little more than three years ago, I dyed fabric on my knees, leaning over my bathtub in an apartment. Now I have my fabulous basement and I couldn't be happier!
I used to worry about dyeing the grout, no more! Now I just plain dye when I want to! As soon as we moved in we installed a slop sink, and we moved into the basement with the idea that it be my dye studio. So we most certainly have storage items down there, but we keep a large segment of the area clean and ready for my use.

Here you can see bit of a fabric I worked on today! I love it!
The colors are quite bold. I have no idea what I will do with it, it was inspired by a painting I did in my journal last week. I just wanted to see if I could recreate something from my journal in fabric. Yup, no prob.

Mailed Gifts Really are Better than Shopping!

Deb and I have been talking back and forth alot lately! So we decided to do a Fabric Gift Exchange! Excitement abounds! I got my package first, she will be getting hers soon.

I am not sure which pieces are my favorite yet. I LOOoooooVe the yellow, There is a purple that fell out of this photograph that is scrumdiddly! And she sent me a Bead Soup!
I pawed through this fabu stash and saw some really great encitements! I'm going to have to loosen up in my approach to beading as a result. See if this stash can make me work differently. Perhaps I will make a piece totally geared toward using bead soup, instead of my staid, compartmentalized approach to separate beads in tiny little comaprtments!

I loved opening the package to find it wrapped in a green ribbon, I thought the purple bag would contain candy and laughed out loud after opening it and finding beads! Yum!
Can't wait for Deb to get her package!! Expect it, Deb! Big hugs!

Happy Birthday Dear Blog!

Here is the completed Chair!

I have a small series of chairs, this chair was my first. Completed almost four years ago and inspired by an oil painting I found in the advertisements of ArtNews Magazine. My second set of chairs was completed for an art trade with the illustrious Thomas Sweeney, who has a web site that I cannot locate.
I have a third chair that I gave away before I photographed it, Angela. Hi homey! A Dog! Girly friend of mine!

This is every-single-day's one year anniversary! This was my first post!

I really didn't know what blogging was about until I found B R A I N Y L A D Y's blog. Being a dyslexic, and phonetic type person I hesitate to use grammar around her.
I have met many people and loved the whole process of keeping a blog!
I have eatten withcupcakes the best of them, Melissa.
Have befriended a fabulous woman who purchase some art from me, I have been given permission to use her first name- one Miss Andree! I don't know if she would have comissioned the piece if I hadn't started blogging.
And just recently I feel I have finally found my blogging community! meeting such folk as Arlee of Albedo Designs, Erica of mmm....coffee... and Deb over at ::Whiffs, Glimmers and Left Oeuvers::
Thanks everybody! I am incredibly glad to have finally found my internet home, and to be getting to know such helpful, fun and playful folk.

Can You Believe It?

I am making a pattern to teach art quilting! Does this seem like an oxymoron to you? This is the piece I am making a pattern for.

This is the first year that my guild has asked me to teach a Super Saturday workshop that requires the use of a sewing machine! This is BIG in my book! For the last two years I taught an embellishment class, which is alot of fun and I am quite good at it but I have been wanting to teach a class with a sewing machine!
The name of my class is Small Works, Big Impact! We will be making 4x6 inch works of art and I hope to get some embellishment techniques in there too!

I have never made a pattern before. All of the steps I use make total sense to me but that doesn't mean it will translate to the members of my class! I would love it if two interested people would read the pattern over and tell me if it makes sense to them. This is, of course, if I can figure out how to email it.

Will You Be Mine? or Saffron is the New Purple!

This Valentine has David’s name all over it!
Will you be mine?

My Man and I went on a Valentine's date today and walked through Central Park to experience the Christo and Jeanne-Claude installation. The photographs on thier website don't do the Saffron justice, our photos are better! :)

I actually told my Man that Orange is the new Purple today. For years my favorite color has been plummy-purple. Lately I am drawn to all things Orange, or should I say Saffron?

I liked the installation very much. It is a temporary piece that is interactive with the public, making people walk through and under fabric, surrounding themselves in a color that is beautiful. It also plays with elements of the earth. Metal, Air, Earth.
I agree with my Man when he said he would love to see this piece in the snow. Perhaps we should invoke snow within the next two weeks before the installation is dismantled!
Orange and White.
It was amazing to see so many people out, walking, discussing the work. It was pretty cold out today too! I am glad they did it, glad we saw it, walked through and under it, became part of it.

Thanks, music and thoughts!

Thanks for all the comments about the Doo. I have been thinking it through and would like an updated look but I think I am going to do it in two stages. I have been admiring long layers for a while now. One of my bosses has a great layered long hairstyle, with hair quite like mine. It gives her a bit of lift and fun strands when she puts it up. I think it would be good to cut it a bit above my shoulder blades first.
I would like to be brave and go the whole way, but I am a little hesitant. I do lean over and look down at work each day and need to keep my hair out of my eyes. I am also not a very detail oriented female, having just begun to plug my eyebrows at a scant thirty-five years of age!

Music...
My Man and I recently bought a set of Ipods for ourselves. Mine is pink and his is _ _ _ _ (can you guess?). I had wanted lime green but... it is a long story.
I have been happily listening to some great music at work; it is great to have a job where I can listen to music and audio books all-day-long!
I am now in love with Iron & Wine, I was introduced to them by Rachel. It is gently beautiful, with great lyrics.
The Decemberists, odd pop, reminiscent of the Smiths, David Bowie (in his Ziggy Stardust period) and Belle and Sebastian in a dark sort of way.
Calexico reminds me of the wind blown south western desert. Yum.
And I am now stuck on, addicted to, and thoroughly enjoying The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. I never thought I would fall so deeply in love with a Stephen King story. I have to say I have never read or listened to any Stephen King books, I have seen some movies. I have held him at arms length (on principle) because he is a figurehead, he is too well known. I am proven wrong!
I can't and won't read or listen to horror; this book is more akin to fantasy and is in no way horror related.
Good stuff!

Art
Joanie has put the Second Miniature Art Textiles Exhibit! web site together and it looks fantastic! Check it out and support an artist!

Should I cut my hair?

I hung out with my friends Day and Alison this week. Both have tres stylish haircuts. I have had long straight hair for about15 years. I looked at thier fabu haircuts and immediately wanted an update!
So I went to this web site: Click here!
And pasted my face on this haircut!

Opinions anyone?
This is the original photo of me with long hair.