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Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers:4 5 Heather said... I have two boys in school this year and their favorties are tuna, which can make a HUGE mess and PB&J. I saw your site off of Jane4Girls $800 Annual. I have never heard of these before and am keeping my fingers crossed that I can win to try these out!!!Heather Mrs. M said... Our favorite lunch is pita pockets with hummus and fresh veggies (we are vegetarians). Cut up veggies instead of chips, and fruit. I would love to test and see how these work with fresh foods. I am sooo tired of plastic. We don't want too many plastic containers, because dd has to haul lunch around with her in her backpack all day. UGH! Congratulations!

I taught at Articulture last week where I taught the students to make food related art objects in preparation of an end of the week party with the food they learned to cook in the afternoon portions of the class. There first try at wet felting. Most were impatient with the process but were intrigued on how the different colors stayed together. What kid doesn't like pizza?!?! I taught them how to sew using just commercial felt in a pie shape. They needed to have boxes for their recipes. Vases for the centerpiece with paper flowers. We also made were sun painted napkins, napkin rings, fabric mache^ bowls and favor boxes for our place settings . The centerpiece was made of all recycled items. A very festive party!

I just wrapped up a 9 hr workshop for the class that I teach that for art quilting called Color Creativity and Composition. We focus on the Elements of art and make quilts using that knowledge as a base. I always post pictures about my student work but sometimes I get wrapped in teaching I forget to take out the camera. Such was the case here. I did manage to take a picture of Elizabeth's. She pushed herself from doing flowers in a vase to this abstract scene. I knew she could do things other than what she was used to! I was one proud mama!

I don't normally post a multitude of vacation pictures but I loved looking at all the lines created in these pictures during last weekends trip. I know I will be working on one of these in an art quilt in the near future!

Friends of Friends are great, aren't they? Last year I said yes (of course) when they were purging and wanted to get rid of a huge box of Hot Air Balloon Fabric-aka. Ripstop Nylon ! Thrilled yet confused about how to use this awesome stuff it sat in the studio for over a year until I got my light bulb moment. I wanted to make a reusable shopping bag that I could fit in a small purse and would hold a ton! I placed 6 jars of spaghetti sauce in this bag hung it on the door for 24 hrs. Seams stayed intact and when I put it through the washing machine, it came out the same as it went in. Test one...Check! Here is how small it gets when put in its own attached pocket. Product number 2: Reusable baggies! My kids aren't in school yet so we haven't tried the true test but I did my best to simulate the ultimate messy sandwich. I made a really icky peanut butter and jelly sandwich and placed it in my new reusable sandwich baggie. Built in the same style as a fold over sandwich bag ...

More projects made from that class . In total we made 4 bracelets, 3 necklaces, 3 hair clips, 2 rings and 1 anklet. Next time I'm going to tackle embellished belts, shoes and pocket books. Make it more of an accessories class 'cause every girls gotta have a purse to go with her bling-bling!

I got an e-mail from an Etsy client wanting to buy this Artist Sketch Bag that was in my Flickr uploads. I showed the one that I already had finished... But a green one was requested so I made this... It is now on it's way to Taipei (Taiwan). Interesting enough the first green one I made was sent to Ireland...My only 2 international sales being almost identical green artist bags.

I finished the wall hanging for Mrs. B, who lives in Atlanta which will be a gift to her mother and father. The quilt that I made for her and her daughter turned out wonderful but of course I forgot to take a picture of it before sending it off. But I did manage to take pictures of the wall hanging. It's 40 inches square with the same snowball block as the big quilt. I also did on-point blocks in the middle with corner sets. Loved the brown fabric because it set off the plale fabric it is paired with. And then bound it with the light fabric again to bring it out too! What do you think???

Who doesn't love to save money?!?! I've been following a couple blogs that don't deal with fiber arts ( yes, shock and awe) that deal with how to get the most for your money with groceries and beauty products. This one blogger has a budget of $800 a YEAR for groceries and toiletries for her family of 5. Are you kidding? I spend that much a month and I use coupons too! She tells you about internet coupons, special promotions, reward points card coupons and how to use them on a frequent basis to lower your bills. This is the other blogger. Now as I have professed before here there are a few difference between the regions north and south of the Maison-Dixon Line. I don't have unlimited double coupons, I don't have cellfire (coupons sent to your phone ), a rewards card with coupons linked to it. As extreme as couponing can get up here in the North I can get double coupons if I spend $25 and I can only have 5. Humph.... Last week I played the check out game...4 d...

We did this in my Abracadabra Class(6-8 yr olds)...Lovely sun catchers! The background in the embroidery hoop is made with tracing paper, markers and alcohol. Then we poked a pattern to follow and learned how to sew! They turned out so cute !

So the summer rattles on and I finished up one more class last week. This time I taught 11, 10-14 yr olds how to dye with natural products. We worked with red cabbage, red onion skins, carrots, blueberries and strawberries. Then I taught them how to make and paint with their own stamps using recycled materials. What an awesome time. I have to say, watching them learn how to sew on the machine was the best! The bag in the middle is patchwork made from scraps we had left made into a group bag for the summer camp show at the Textile Center . Curious about how to do it? Check out this web site for amazing tutorials and dye list!