Followers of this blog know I have an ongoing fascination with brick stitch embroidery, and used a motif found in Burgundian roof tile as ...

Last summer we took a trip to the Burgandy region of France. At a stop in the town of Paray Le Monial I came across an art/craft school (clo...

The finished tabletop An industrial arts organization for which I volunteer is making a vibrating sofa for this year's Edwardian B...

I'm at home for 5 more weeks convalescence following major surgery. My jaw is broken and banded shut, but that doesn't impede my s...

Now that I am occasionally drawing and painting larger, and using an upright easel, I can see the advantages of using a mahl stick. I loo...

I was commissioned a while ago to make a Dia de Los Muertos themed shadow box, and other than making the figures (similar to those for th...

detail of shoe St. Veronica, attributed to the workshop of Roger Campin, circa 1428-30 Recently I went on vacation to the Can...

For half a dozen years or more I've been wanting to take a Beginning Millinery class offered over three Saturdays at a local community...

Well, Hello!! It's been so long since I've done anything "medieval" that I haven't had anything to post to the blo...

In a natural setting in all its glory, here is the finished side of a new purse. As usual (since I am still using up a large back stock) it ...

I have been working industriously on the new pattern. As those of you with busy, demanding lives know, finding time for embroidery isn't...

Here it is, the preliminary version of Pattern #21. Although larger than many other designs, it is a repeat. Once the first repeat is stitch...

Has it really been two years since I last published a pattern? I guess so! Well, here it is: Pattern #21 in brick stitch. The pattern is ba...

OK, so what in the heck happened to me? I haven't really posted since March! My decade-plus relationship went kablewy! in a rather drama...

I will be going with my BF to Germany in May. He is going for work, so we'll be in Erlangen for the week and I will be at my leisure du...

I have a house whose architectural style is called "Spanish Eclectic", and this house needs furniture that fits it. A while back ...

The third assignment for my art class is to recreate a painting from 1500 to 1700 in oil. Lots to choose from, right? I didn't want a ...

Here is the new progress! I worked a lot on the face, using a dozen or more colors and working the light tints into the midtones and the mi...

Here is a picture I took yesterday of my setup for painting. I put my painting on an old towel so I can wipe my brush on it, it is really v...

This photo was taken indoor, at night, using a flash, so the painting looks a little different in person. I have a lot more work to do on t...