I've learned many hard lessons in my life. One of them was that I can say "NO". I can give myself permission to tell someone or a project....."NO, I'm not doing that" or "NO, I can't do that right now" or "NO, I'm done with that." It took me a long time to learn to just say 'NO'. I've come to believe that my "YES" has become more powerful instead. Last February I travelled to North Carolina to take part in Instructor Certification with Deb Tucker's Studio 180 Design prod

This past week we had some snow. Not a lot, but enough that my eye kept going to that expanse of white in my yard. I just had to do it...... Snow Dye I am seriously trying to keep my fabric shopping to a minimum this year and use up what I've got...but that's another post. I found a couple of pieces of white fabric, not sure what they are (manufacturer wise) but I do know they are all cotton. The first piece I played with was quite large, a couple of meters at least. We ar

I've been thinking a lot lately about how our lives have changed in the past 12 months. For many of us, we've been stuck at home or severely limited in our out of home activities. For some of us (hubby in healthcare), our lives haven't changed too much. We've been able to work (essential services) and shop (hubby has done all our grocery shopping) and spend limited time with family (child care). My income is based on teaching quilting classes, quilting customer quilts and hav