I sat in your class trying to concentrate. Extraordinary view from the sun room, but I really did enjoy learning your applique technique. Its not perfect but it is ready for quilting.
Diane Rose is this week’s lucky winner. She’s receiving a set of 3 Clutch notebooks from Blackwing. I always have one of these with me (along with my pencil and sharpener). I really like these small notebooks because the paper is perfect AND the cover is sturdy. If you are not Diane and you still want the notebooks, click here to find them on my site.
Registration for next year’s Empty Spools Seminars has begun and I would love to see your smiling face in my class! I’ll be teaching a colorful independent study.
‘Independent’ means that you can work on any project you like. It can be one of my patterns or someone else’s design. It can be any style from traditional to modern to art, pieced or appliqued, by hand or machine.
‘Colorful’ means that I’ll share lots of information about color for an hour on set-up day. The next morning we will spend some no-sew time playing with color before you jump into your project. This is a simple, yet powerful, exercise that my students always love. What you learn will help you make fabric choices during the rest of the class.
If you’ve never been to an Empty Spools class, it is definitely time to treat yourself!
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Janis Tanner is this week’s lucky winner! She will be getting a Sweetpea Pods pattern by Joan Hawley of Lazy Girl Designs. It’s my last one, but I’m sure you can find it somewhere out there…
But listening to it on ukuleles is way more fun!
This is from the 2013 International Ukulele Contest. Honoka and Azita took 1st place in the Group Division along with the MVP award.
You can follow their “Honoka n Azita” channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/honokazita
Elanor spent the day catching up and shipping orders. Three big bags of packages will go to the post office first thing tomorrow morning.
There’s one order from class with no name or contact info for side-threading needles. If you think that’s you, please email me at becky.pieceocake@gmail.com.
I spent part of my day going to doctors. This morning I saw my foot doctor. I have a toe that curls under its neighbor and it has begun to hurt. For now, I can wear a tiny little silicone sleeve on it. In late July, he’s going to do a ‘1-stitch’ procedure to fix it. I think that means he’s going to lop off the offending underside of that toe. If it works, the other foot will be having the same thing.
My mother told me that when I was a baby she did her best to straighten up those two toes, wrapping them to make them grow straight. It didn’t work but, Moms, they know so much.
I went to the dermatologist this afternoon. I have a line under my thumbnail that a physician/student suggested it would be good to have it looked at. My doctor looked at it and my other fingernails. Turns out, I have a similar thing going on under other nails, just not so pronounced.
After much deliberation we both decided that it was probably not melanoma, but that it was prudent to watch it. I’ll be going back in 3 months. He measured but didn’t have to do a biopsy today. That’s all good news. The bad news is that I need to forego polish for 3 months. Dang!
Donna, who takes very good care of my nails so that they always look good on camera, will make even unpolished nails work for me. I’m sure of that. However, the transition from one to the other might not be so lovely so it’s good that I’m not on the road teaching again until August.
FYI: If the line under my nail gets wider and irregular, that’s bad. If you have that, go to the doctor NOW!
Side note: I wore a dress in case he needed to look me all over. Turns out, he did. Nothing of note, thankfully.
And, lastly, I should show you this room at the Grand Hotel. I took the photo as we walked by and the door was open, between guests. All of the rooms are decorated differently and I didn’t see that many, but I really like this one!
The predominant colors at the Grand Hotel are green, red, and aqua. This guest room also has a touch of periwinkle which is very nice. Many, if not most, of the ceilings are pale aqua… just like my very own bedroom at home. Sweet!
So much pattern! Big prints! Strong colors! I don’t want to bring it to my house now but it is loads of fun to visit :-). You should definitely visit the Grand Hotel and Mackinac Island. It’s an amazing place.
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