Pathless Woods

Moonarchdancer created this gorgeous treasury

Studio Window

The white panels which are a reclaimed damask table cloth, were already there but apparently were not heavy enough.

Brrrrrrrrrrr

Big gap still the draft is now coming in under the new panel! I'm thinking a doubled over bit of fabric to make the panel hang properly.

I have a Maine Coon that is going to be VERY upset when he realizes I blocked his window off, every morning I'd come into my studio and find the curtians opened from said kitty. Reality bites!

Well it's REALLY cold here so to combat cranking the heat, which I currently have sitting at 67F (yeah I know very odd for me does that tell you just how cold it is here???) Sooooo I made another panel for my studio window, it needs some fabric on the bottom to make it longer. I might add I have a Maine Coon kitty cat that's going to be VERY upset as he figured out he could part the curtains and look outside - all the while letting my precious studio heat out through the window - well not anymore ;-)

I'm already noticing a huge difference the draft isn't there anymore and this window is caulked, mortited, etc... I can still feel a draft coming in under where the panel doesn't overlap the window sill, gotta fix that today! The fabric panel is some heavy Kona Cotton fabric that I painted with fabric paints and shiva paintstiks. This piece of art cloth is actually unfinished and quite frankly it won't be finished until next summer, it's too cold to care about what it looks like right now.

Clara's Depression Cooking

Peppers and Eggs part 1 & 2

Prairie Potholes Set

The set together this not a layout I really care for with the two larger pieces on the right side I think they need to be set out in their own space.

Prairie Potholes Set

I finally got them hung up on the wall for their official portrait together, I much prefer the green wall. These may end up looking blurry I'm having problems with resizing images of late for some reason.

Pepper

Asleep on a pile of my compost dyed fabric on my drafting table ~ this pic is several years old now.

Studio Mess

Still cleaning! I'm almost done cleaning my sewing table which has stuff on it again. But the floor is all picked up and the carpet ready to be cleaned - see previous post. Now to find a spot for the stuff on my table and I'm ready to start working on a new series.

Studio Clean Up

:Proof that I've been cleaning my studio - I may actually get the carpet cleaned this weekend I've found so much floor. Those are Angel Spots - caused by one incontinent sheltie

Got Wool?

My living room has turned into a wool room! Not for long though I have to clean the east bedroom and once it's cleaned I can move John's office out of the library and put my wool into the library with the rest of the left over inventory from the store - which isn't much these days. I'm hoping to sell the remaining fixtures etc., and soon. For now it's a good use of the space I just need to find room for my poor loom!

Dining Room - Found

Well half of it anyway, I had to make a space for mom's china cabinet. It's going into the corner near the window, there's a heat duct about a third of the way in from the doorway. It smells of kerosene and cigarette smoke - yuck!!! It's still warming up tomorrow I'll clean it up and John will help me put the top up on the base.

I'll also clean the rest of the dining room out tomorrow and maybe even, maybe, maybe, wash the floor - Resounding applause!!!!!!!!! There's a glimpse of the rest of the mess. the colors of the room is a dark mustard, walnut trim, and a dark pumpkin base, the colors are muted compared to what you are seeing here.

Turkey Enchilada's

two cans each green enchillda sauce, green chile's, chopped tomatoes, and tomato sauce.

Lots of turkey

Corn tortillias

three cheeses

The sauce mixed up and coming to a boil.

The sauce at a boil.

The sauce boiled and then simmered for 15 minutes with one healthy dollop of sour cream added. Skins are dipped in the sauce to soften and then filled with turkey and cheese.

Assemble enchilada's

Layer in a baking pan, cover with more sauce and some cheese.

Once a month cooking at it's finest - what else would I do with so much left over turkey???

Grandmother's Flower Garden Fabrics

I'm planning to make a small quiltlet based on the Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern, the one based on hexagons.

This and That No. 2

I started working on T&T altered embroidery no. 2 last night. I managed to get the gingham on backwards after getting all of the stitching to look the way I wanted to ;-(

Christmas Decorations

I was going to hang some decorations up for xmas and lo' if I can even find them! I have a lot of greenery for porch rails etc., it was supposed to be in the attic and granted we haven't drug it out in some five years or so but who knows where it's at? I found one tiny bit of greenery, not near enough to do the porch.

Off to search some more.

Vintage Pine Cone

My mom spray painted this rather large pine cone with silver paint over 30 years ago, I found it in her xmas stash I brought back in 2005

Prairie Potholes No. 15

At this point in time it's finished, I might work a bit more on the edging and take better photos of this piece but it's definately done for now!

This weekends canning short list

First up can the remaining unsalted butter and then start in on the salted butter - in half pints.

I have five heads of green cabbage that need to be canned up as cole slaw and then if I have any time or energy left I'm going to try my hand at canning a batch of carmalized onions.

A picture of the neighbors crabapple tree, the squirrels like this tree better than ours, the neighbors crabapples are sweeter.

Pepper in a Box

I couldn't resist taking this picture of Pepper.

Studio Helpers