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have been working quite diligently to prepare the pieces for my 50 piece exhibition of the Wave Landscape Patchwork Technique. Of course my students have seen my works and they know that I am nearing completion. 2 weeks ago they came to me together and told me that they had decided to each create a piece and would I allow them to participate. Of course my answer was yes, in fact if I had known that they wanted to participate I would have let them make many more pieces.

The end of winter is nearing so I began sorting the umbrellas that I had used and found this broken umbrella. I initially tried to reattach the metal frame but parts of it had broken. I took a good look at it to see what I could salvage from it and came to the conclusion that if I unpicked the metal frame I would have a decent sized piece of nylon fabric which after some reconstruction could serve as a good strong lightweight shopping bag, I could make something practical

I am making some crumb patchwork pants and saw when lining up that I was creating so many scraps. I put them in a bowl as I work and saw that the pile was growing and that the mix created a pleasing visual effect.

I had a bunch of narrow strips left over when creating last week and decided to make some woven fabric from them.

This week I worked with all of my autumn scraps and while sorting saw some beautiful colored scraps, which I envision as coming up roses

Now that I have the pattern I want to see the tunic finished! I am doing it very systematically. I chose to begin working with the center front and center back panels. I will first piece all of them. I am creating all the pieces with mosaic patchwork and will then heavily overquilt all the pieces. I will have to choose some music while I do this as it is quite repetitive.

I have a goal. To complete my mosaic patchwork tunic or coat before this winter finally gets to us - 1.

This morning a friend on facebook asked in a post what our obessions are. I was just thinking about that! Standing with a cup of coffee in my studio and looking at all the things that I have created this week. Making new fabric from scraps is what I would call my obsessions. It is the technique that I connect with the most.

Every time I create with small pieces I wonder how I can work so small and then I work with even smaller piece

I have spent the last 2 weeks going through boxes and mounds or rather hills of fabric that I have collected over the years. Why do I...

We run sewing workshops where we teach sewing from scratch from children up to adults. All of the materials used in the sewing studio are upcycled and remnants from other projects. Nothing gets thrown away, even the smallest of pieces are used so the result is Zero Waste.

He came by yesterday morning and asked to be allowed to finish his landscape as he wanted to gift it over the holidays. These are the...

Many students can envision a landscape in their mind's eye, others need inspiration either from nature or from a picture. Some can paint...

She had another idea 2 weeks ago. Its my own fault, I introduced her to charity stores and now she can't purchase new clothing anymore....

I always run a class or 2 like this every year.The students never know when its going to happen. Those that have been with me longer, ...

At High Hopes Dyes & Gifts They sell artsy tie dyed clothing and gifts for people who want something truly unique. That definitely is the...

People often ask me what I do with all those fabric scraps that I save and how do I store them. When I sort fabrics I first do so...

When opening the boxes this morning I found some t shirts that I had put aside to use for teaching. I decided many years ago to never buy...

A huge amount of sorting and packing. The packing wasn't really the problem I have a huge amount of used t shirts and t shirt pieces...

The pieces in the scrap pile change every week as they are remnants from the week's sewing work