Blog is moving

Please follow me on my new blog, October Eight

I have BO

Bird Obessession! I love these fabrics that are hand printed and bird related. I found a new artist on Etsy, Cicada Studio (New York), who did the blue birds in the foreground. The middle fabric is from Pippijoe again, another Etsy artist from Australia. Printed on hemp and linen/cotton. Lovely. I can't wait to use them.

(For close ups, see my Flickr page)

Clothesline 2

I bought this amazing hemp/cotton hand printed fabric from an artist in Australia, Pippijoe on Etsy. I just love it. I already ordered more with a clothesline theme if you can believe it! I pre-washed them the other day and hung them out to dry. Almost didn't want to take them down, they made the yard look so pretty.

Clothesline

When I was really young, growing up in the Midwest in the 1960's, I remember having a clothesline in the yard and my mother hanging clothes to dry. Since that time, we always had and used a dryer. Clotheslines must have meant "can't afford a dryer" or something.

From 1995-1997 I lived in Tucson, Arizona with my aunt and uncle and my aunt dried her laundry in that hot desert sun. I loved it! Instead of hearing the dryer whirring, we stood out in the sun and listened to things like birds and dogs barking, kids playing. I loved it!

My yard in Colorado is landscaped. The clotheslines that every house used to have was cut down from my yard, the ends of the metal pipe were in my garden until a landscaping project removed the last sign of those times.

Yesterday, one of our first warm days here, I decided to resurrect the clothesline! Granted, it is not the most beautiful line but it works. I tried 3 loads of laundry yesterday in the sun. I like that it's up against the blooming lilacs, maybe it will make my sheets smell like lilac?

My husband is from Cuba. He said "Why are drying things like in Cuba?" hehehe

Aprons in Cuba

My Cuban husband visited Cuba in March. Before he left I made two aprons, one to give to his mother and one to give to his Madrina (Godmother)whom I have never met but have been corresponding with through letters.

His mother chose one and his Godmother chose this one. This week I received a note from her that said:





Thanks for your presents. I liked the apron very much because it is made with your hands. I wear the apron when I cook or wash the dishes. I will think of you when I wear it and always because you are my God-Daughter too.

Things like this just make me feel like life is worth living. I really hope I meet her one day. She is old, she was sick last year. There is a chance I won't ever meet her.

Needle Felting the Dog

My first attempt at needle felting my dog! Hm, it's a little hairy, but so is the dog! He is so unimpressed by my sculpting, darn. I used his fur for part of it, I washed it and carded it this summer.

Needle Felting

My first needle felting project. I took a class at Fancy Tiger here in Denver, I'm loving it!