tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118785342024-03-07T21:38:35.534-05:00The Scoop, Score and DealWhat’s the scoop, score and the deal? Good question. Here are some random notes on my disparate interests: crazy quilting, hand and machine embroidery, doll making, drawing, reading, philosophy, Flash animation, MIDI, cats, native plants – and other fun stuff…Connihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04228851212006344171noreply@blogger.comBlogger747125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878534.post-24230634670162830482017-02-05T18:09:00.000-05:002017-02-05T18:09:29.571-05:00Eastern Bluebird of Happiness...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />Connihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04228851212006344171noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878534.post-6123242092070612242017-01-09T21:47:00.000-05:002017-01-09T21:47:55.714-05:00Country Line Dancing, Anyone?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Connihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04228851212006344171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878534.post-14131452429429104262016-10-24T17:57:00.003-04:002016-10-24T18:59:10.438-04:00My Twinn "Mallory" as "Emma Woodhouse"<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"></span></span></span><br />
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bought this doll a couple of years ago because she reminded me of Jane Austen’s
Emma Woodhouse, right down to her “true hazel” eyes!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finally got around to sewing a dress for
her to model.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used a heavily modified
Morrissey pattern and a vintage floral chintz cotton print.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I added a tiny metal cross to a jump ring and
ran a length of organdy ribbon through and tied a bow at the back of her neck
for a quick Regency style necklace.</span></span></span><br />
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Connihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04228851212006344171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878534.post-84057423841565479352016-08-18T22:53:00.000-04:002016-08-18T22:53:40.370-04:00"Special Relationship"<br />
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I stamped on Kona cotton with a hand carved stamp a few years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This 6" </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">x 8" collage consists of <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">textured
linen, smooth cotton, satin and a flannel coffee cup.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Still
playing fast and loose!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is my
interpretation of a garden mannequin.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This little
piece (7” x 10”) is made from fabric scraps glued to a base and stitched down
by machine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was inspired by Oregon
artist Bonny Gorsuch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, these are
some of her scraps I purchased on Etsy (from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MyBonny?ref=l2-shopheader-name"><span style="color: #cc0000;">MyBonny</span></a>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few years ago she was featured in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sew Somerset</i> magazine (Winter 2010) and
told how she created small artworks from scraps of fabric glued to tag board,
then stitched.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her work is a joy to
behold!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her wearable art is amazing!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Some of Bonny’s scraps I used were cut from
thrift store clothing such as the dove (originally a sweatshirt motif, I think)
and the button tab from a roll-up sleeve shirt!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Other fabrics appear to have been snipped from decorator yardage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were words cut from fabric, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just started arranging a few pieces and a
bird cage magically appeared (to me, at least!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cut out the words “carry me” for a
title.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I added an old St.
Christopher medal I had found in a box of buttons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Legend has it that St. Christopher (patron
saint of travel) would carry people across a raging sea and one of them was
Jesus as a child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of a Catholic
prayer for protection ends like this: “Carry me safely to my destined place,
like you carried Christ in your close embrace.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The dove made me think of how we carry the Holy Spirit in our hearts</span>.</span></span></div>
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Connihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04228851212006344171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878534.post-25007142976598338912016-07-07T23:33:00.001-04:002016-07-07T23:33:27.914-04:00Santa Oceana<br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Here's another Santa, just finished and photographed.</span><br />
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<br />Connihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04228851212006344171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878534.post-74875607727287538502016-07-07T22:34:00.000-04:002016-07-07T22:39:42.096-04:00Old Hippie Santa<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">He's finally finished and uploaded to my Etsy store. His paisley shirt is made from a vintage tablecloth. I made him a little macramé belt consisting of square knots of leather and string.</span><br />
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<br />Connihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04228851212006344171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878534.post-18820914428016460442016-06-26T11:13:00.000-04:002016-06-26T11:25:58.781-04:00Raccoon<br />
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night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If he’s not outside by a certain
time, she waits for him in front of the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And we think she has five kits!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They all live under the little grey barn.</span></span></span><br />
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Connihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04228851212006344171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878534.post-6895461114987492392016-05-30T18:08:00.000-04:002016-05-30T18:08:53.932-04:00From My Workbench...
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I made a pair of bell bottoms for the Hippie Santa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The denim was recycled from an old dress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dress was out of style, but the fabric
was still in great shape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The floral
trim was from my mom’s old sewing box and hand </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">appliquéd</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> to the
lower edge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lace trim was taken from
pillowcases that had seen better days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
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Connihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04228851212006344171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878534.post-61553998669669333642016-05-21T14:23:00.000-04:002016-05-21T14:23:42.524-04:00Hippie Santa WIP<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br />I've begun to work on a Hippie Santa doll. I used Shisha embroidery, couching, straight stitches, lazy daisy stitches and buttons to embellish his wool felt vest. The edges were trimmed with up and down buttonhole stitches. The peace sign was cut from embossed craft felt and sewn by hand to the back. Embroidering on wool felt is pure joy!</span><br />
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Connihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04228851212006344171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878534.post-88676853113869300712016-03-19T16:17:00.000-04:002016-03-19T16:17:01.034-04:00Regency Dress for Miss Elinor Dashwood<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I made Elinor's dress from the same modified Morrissey pattern as Marianne's (see previous post) with two alterations. The sleeves were made from a contrasting fabric (to give the appearance of separate pieces) and the skirt was gathered in the back, leaving the front straight. I have a doll who wants to pretend she is Austen's Emma Woodhouse - so it's back to the sewing machine, I guess...</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It’s rainy
and cold, today – and hard to believe that temperatures reached into the upper
70s just a couple of days ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
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posted for a while because I’ve been really busy with our courtroom
presentation business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> But, </span>I have begun to
sew again, just a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I made a
pretty spring outfit for my American Girl doll, Saige.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fabric was from an old photography
backdrop that DH no longer needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
some sort of synthetic but it looks like slubbed silk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I made the gathered ribbon flower from the
same satin ribbon as the sash.</span></span></span><br />
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got around to making a Regency dress for one of my 23” dolls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used a heavily modified Morrissey pattern
and some leftover coordinated fabric I had used for bedroom curtains in the
80s!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, here is one of my favorite dolls
posing as Marianne Dashwood from Jane Austen’s SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was so pleased with the results that I added
it to my Etsy store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I intend to create
a couple more of these.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the very least,
I need to make an outfit for Marianne’s sister, Elinor.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">It was 70 degrees and rainy this afternoon in southern NJ. We even heard thunder nearby! Hope you had a great day - and received everything you asked for from Santa!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">My husband took this photo through the kitchen window the
other day of a deer visiting Brynn, one of our cats with feline leukemia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see her behind the cat fence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fence is attached to a screenhouse and that
is attached to an insulated shed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brynn
shares her home with Steffi who has leukemia and AIDS.</span> </span></div>
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Connihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04228851212006344171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878534.post-77194291910851558582015-03-05T17:21:00.000-05:002015-03-05T17:24:30.569-05:00Winter's Last Blast?<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">It has been snowing all day here in NJ. We'll probably end up with 6-8 inches. It's pretty - but it has been such an awfully long winter...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">We originally purchased this barn to use as a studio, It has been co-opted, however, by four cats: Jewel, Lotus Blossom, Sylvie and Fern. I guess it's true, if you build it, they will come...</span><br />
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<br />Connihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04228851212006344171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878534.post-41054488133995038842015-01-17T01:14:00.001-05:002015-01-17T01:23:36.094-05:00Nature Journal: Primrose<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br />Primrose is derived from the Latin “prima rosa” and means “first
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">While I was drawing these primroses, I couldn’t get the
song, “The Blacksmith,” out of my head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is a traditional English folksong I first heard performed by Steeleye Span.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an alternative verse to the one that I
wrote on my journal page that I had never heard before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The third line is wonderfully alliterative.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">“But where is my
love gone<br />
With his cheeks like roses<br />
And his good black Billycock on<br />
Decked around with primroses.”</span></span></div>
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Connihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04228851212006344171noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878534.post-68538250621324727692015-01-05T23:51:00.000-05:002015-01-05T23:54:19.806-05:00Nature Journal: American Holly (Ilex opaca)<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The big holly tree in my foundation garden was heavily laden with berries, but the birds have been feasting on them, leaving some branches with just a smattering.</span><br />
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<br />Connihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04228851212006344171noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878534.post-1498451588238890902014-12-28T22:13:00.000-05:002014-12-28T22:13:15.642-05:00Poinsettia<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />I
usually stall until my poinsettia flowers are well spent before I draw
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year, I decided to be a
little more proactive and draw the flowers while they were still nice and
fresh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I received a small (5 ½ x 8 ½) hardcover
Strathmore mixed media journal for Christmas and this was my first entry.</span></span><br />
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