Something About Nothing

Halloween is just around the corner and I decided I needed a new Halloween decoration. After playing around with some drawings I decided these ghostly images would make a great door or hallway decoration. One of the best parts of the pattern cannot be photographed - at least not without a more expensive camera!  The ghosts are made using a glow-in-the-dark fabric. They look very cool glowing in the dark!  I've written up a pattern and am selling it on Craftsy in my pattern shop.  I am also selling a second banner in my etsy shop.   Have you ever made anything using glow-in-the-dark fabric?

Congratulations!  "On what?," you ask?   I don't know - you tell me. Just pick a reason and celebrate. Maybe it's your birthday?  Or you're getting married, Or you just want to celebrate the summer,  any occasion will do! Whatever you are celebrating you will want to run over to my Etsy shop and have a look at ordering these new party decorations I have just added.  There are banners for birthdays, graduations, weddings or whatever you would like to celebrate as I can customize banners JUST FOR YOU! Once you are ready to make a purchase send me an email, or leave your email address in the comments section here and I will give you your own personal coupon code good for 10% OFF!   The coupon offer is good through June 15th.

My second child graduated from college last week and we had a party for her in the neighbor's yard. I decorated with this paper garland and star flowers . Lots of good food. . .  and wonderful people. And of course we had a quilt for everyone to sign: Happy Graduation baby girl!

This years Quilt Challenger for Quilters Holladay was based upon this website.   We were to make a quilt that was 50 cm wide by 2 meters long using any fiber or technique we wished to use.  I decided to experiment with soywax to make a batik.  I painted some swirls with thickened  Procion Dye and then flicked spots of dye allover.  I then waxed the swirls and all the spots I wanted to keep.  I did this on my back patio in October.  I really liked how easy it was to melt the soywax in my make-shift double boiler but soon realized why it's really best to use wax in a warm enviroment - the wax was cooling too quicky on the fabric.  Luckily my friend Anne, the fabulous batiker , showed me a little trick in her class this summer that saved me.  Anne likes to keep a knife hot by sitting it under the coils of the hot plate.  This hot knife can then be used to remelt any wax that has refused to pentrate the fabric...