Design possiblities

by | Jul 5, 2015 | Design, Quilting

Some months ago, I participated in a quilting retreat.  One of the projects was a quilt with 12 star patterns using a variety of patterns with a common plain colour center.  When I was laying out the blocks to play with colours, I decided to turn half of the star...

Friday finishes

by | Jul 3, 2015 | Repurposing

I recently finished a restoration project that has been in the queue for a few months.  It wasn’t even that big a job but I had put it off to the side several times and decided that it was time to get it off the list and into the finished column. We have a...

Getting started at woodworking

by | Jul 1, 2015 | Woodworking

Today is the first day of a new month.  I’m beginning this month with a target of 3 posts per week on this blog. And on the topics of beginnings, I thought it would be a good day to talk about getting started in woodworking.  As members of the Atlantic...

We’ve been busy

by | Jun 24, 2015 | Design, Quilting, Woodworking

Just because I haven’t been posting, doesn’t mean we have not been busy creating in our West Chezzetcook studios. It was a long, snowy and icy winter here on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore.  That meant lots of shovelling and snow activity but also...

Blog revisited

by | Jun 21, 2015 | Marketing, Repurposing

I started this blog with big intentions to post everyday and then read some advice that might be unrealistic and I should start more slowly and ramp-up to daily over time, if at all.  I fell into the mire of over-thinking and over planning and, after falling behind in...