by Mary Elizabeth O'Toole | Jun 29, 2017 | Art Quilts, Design, Work In Progress
This week, I have finished up two projects that were focused on playing with colour. AND I have two more that just require binding but I will tell you about those another time. Colour Garden The first finished project is a small (20”x20”) wall hanging that I completed...
by Mary Elizabeth O'Toole | Jun 1, 2017 | Design, Work In Progress
Improvisation and Quilting I don’t know if it is a new trend or just something that I have recently become aware of in magazines and online articles but I have been seeing more discussions describing ‘improv quilting’ as a style. It seems to me that that it is more...
by Stephen Parsons | Mar 20, 2017 | Design, Inspiration, Marketing, Sustainability
This post was written by Stephen Parsons. Why do we do it? Why do art and craft entrepreneurs put their products and reputation out there in the marketplace? Business objectives are different for each business owner, I guess, but some would seem more important...
by Mary Elizabeth O'Toole | Mar 17, 2017 | Design, Materials, Work In Progress
This post was written by Mary Elizabeth O’Toole Organizing a creative work space can be a challenge. Keeping it organized even more so. Even when everything has its place, there are often times when not everything is in its place. At any given time there might be...
by Mary Elizabeth O'Toole | Mar 7, 2017 | Art Quilts, Design, Quilting, Technology in Art
This post was written by Mary Elizabeth O’Toole Increasingly my quilting preference is realistic art quilts from photos. Photography has been a hobby since I bought my first SLR camera in high school. We don’t need to discuss how many years ago that was. I have...
by Stephen Parsons | Feb 28, 2017 | Design, Technology in Art
Today’s post is written by Stephen Parsons In an earlier post we mentioned that we had bought a laser engraver from Gearbest – our first – to supplement some of the work in our shop, notably things like small engraving tasks and marking cuts for the...
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