Making Faces

by | Oct 30, 2015 | Art Quilts, Design, Quilting

This has been a busy week with most of my creating art time spent working on several birthday and Christmas gifts (pictures later but don’t want to spoil the surprise for recipients). Last weekend, however, I had a chance to take a really fun workshop AND get in...

Make a Difference Day

by | Oct 24, 2015 | Inspiration

Make a Difference Day is a national day of community service that challenges people to volunteer in big and small ways to improve the lives of others. It was started by USA Today magazine in 1980 and continues to grow.   This year, 24 million volunteers are expected...

The Joy of Jigs, Part II

by | Oct 21, 2015 | Woodworking

This article is written by Stephen Parsons. In part I of this series I explained why jigs are so important to me as a woodworker. In this article I’d like to introduce you to  my favourite jig, and if you’ve been paying attention to any of my recent posts,...

Restoration project UFO

by | Oct 19, 2015 | Repurposing

In the interest of reducing my list of UFOs (unfinished projects) it is time to take out a side table project that I started in the spring.  It has been put aside due to lack of workshop room but time to get it out and do some more work to get this off the list. I...