Banquet Journal

poppytalk

This shape was the leftovers from a project with Cy, and as simple as it is, it hits just the right note. I must extend a big thank you to Jan over at PoppyTalk for giving me a mention this week. ...

homesteading

Finally made the famous no-knead bread, and for twenty minutes of actual labour, it's pretty fantastic. Usually I use bread as a vehicle for marmalade, but butter works very nicely here as well. A...

more violets

Things are starting to feel a little bit lighter around here...

more thoughts on quilts...

Love these old concrete builders. Yes, that's snow on the ground. So much for gloating about our early West Coast spring. Another quilter I admire is Ian Hundley.

quilting

My quilt obsession is growing. I bought the brilliant Quilt's of Gee's Bend for myself recently, and it's doing nothing to still my itchy fingers. Like these two, by Annie E. Pettway and Annie Be...

open to cool

I have a small side project with an old friend who now lives far far away. Found here, it's a blog of what could best be described as back-and-forth-postcards without the posties. Open to Cool was...

re-use

A small design job from over the holidays, and I think a quite brilliant idea (not my own...) And more thrifted fabric in the background. Lovely lilac and yellow roses.

violets

Feeling rushed, I had some tags printed for the tee shirts. After I had sent the design off, I thought Violets?!? But last night I read that violets contain the chemical ionine, which can short ci...

more flowers

Just picked up some ladies tees from the printers. A bouquet, obviously inspired by the flowers I've been looking at over the last few weeks, and a mille-fleur design (like the unicorn tapestries)...

agenda

I love this beautiful layered font, from the February French Vogue...