It's been almost a whole year since I updated this blog! Where DID the time go?!?!? So I have a LOT to catch you up on! Here goes... This is one of my new favorites, inspired by my sister's love of all things butterfly! Here's one side, then the other, some closeups & the inside!
Every day, my lovely new sewing machine calls to me, "Come play with me!" Like a child at the door, calling me away from chores & responsibilities! And many days lately, I've been listening...sometimes even ignoring the other things I should be doing,*blush*.... ...so I've set up this blog to share with the world some of the things that have come out of my hands & ideas... ...& just sew ya know, I don't use patterns, preferring to learn on my own, & make things up as I go along! Otherwise, I feel like I'm just copying, rather than creating! (Yes, I use my seam-ripper lots!) I do read lotsa quilting & sewing books, magazines & websites for inspiration & tips, though, & have been working on selling more of the things I create, {but still often end up giving things away to my friends & loved ones!} Feel free to write & let me know if you're interested in anything I'm posting, though, & I'll get right back to you to let you know if it's available for purchase! stazia@telus.net Thanks for visiting my blog! Hope it inspires you to go express your own creativity!
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." ~Pablo Picasso~
To me, quilting, sewing, making something out of pieces of fabric is my art...it brings out my creativity in a way only playing guitar, singing, & songwriting has ever affected me... ...so deeply it changes me, moves me beyond myself into a realm of possibilities there is no other way for me to enter... ...so go do something creative already, whatever it is for you!!! It'll make your day more wonderful!!!
Me & my sisters, 20 YEARS AGO! I'm in the middle!
I made my outfit out of a sheet the night before!
Even then, when sewing, I'd be up all night!
The pants lasted this one wearing...then split up the middle when I got home! {At least they waited until then!}
~Me in 30 more years~
~How I'd love to sleep under the stars!~
~Sewing by lamplight~
~Even dogs love quilts!~
~Quilting Bee Jigsaw Puzzle~
~Babies LOVE quilts!~
~Even dolls love to quilt!~
~Bedtime for babydoll~
~To quilt, or not to quilt?~
~Fellowship at the quilting bee~
~Come on over for tea~
~At my mother's knee~
~East African women hand sewing~
~Kids & a quilt from yesteryear~
~Japanese woman sewing~
~Someone's memory~
~mother & child selling their hand-sewing~
~Busy hands are happy hands~
~Stitching the time away~
~Sewing, even with imperfect hands~
~Harder to do back in the day~
~The kitchen table will do~
~An old fashioned sewing circle~
~Hmmmmm~
~Girl's sewing class~
~What shall I make today?~
~Sew wonderful to help a young one learn~
~Sewing in the past~
~Sewing class in India~
~Woman hand sewing with machine in Togo~
{These words were under the picture...) "This lady in the central market in Kara sewed my ripped shorts with this hand driven sewing machine. When I commented that I had never seen a hand driven machine before (only a pedal driven machine like the one my grandmother had) she swung her legs around to show me how small and crippled they were from polio." {& yet what a smile!!!}
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