I had prepared these three bird patterns to do in gold for my next three CQJP.  I thought long and hard about which I wanted to do first.  ...

The sight in my right eye is pretty much a fun house mirror image like this picture (not only blurry but distorted as well) and because of...

Finished this cedar waxwing last night and will take a break from CQJP to reorganize and get other projects underway.. upcoming birds will ...

So far so good with Plan A..  Getting ready to position the waxwing and do more gold stuff.  Last night's dinner.  Duck crepes w...

Charting new waters or wading in over my head.  I'm about to start the waxwing and they have such a soft smooth look that I want to us...

One of the things I failed to mention last month that often I will print several paper copies of a bird (or other image) in various sizes an...

The January block was finished once my signature button was attached.  The first birds that come to mind now are waxwing, hummingbird, and s...

I know I said I would photograph how I did the bird and I had every intention of doing a step=by-step but I got started and so caught up tha...

Of all the things I have shared I feel my method of cutaway transfer is the absolute niftiest.  If I want to transfer a design or image to...

I have finished the "crème d la crème" part of the block and it is ready for the gold work bird which I am anxious to start.  P...

I'm about to start my first goldwork bird for by January CQJP and it's time to make a decision... mainly what will the first bird be...

Several years ago I did a series of RR blocks doing my version of goldwork using ticky-tacky Christmas trims and combining it with CQ.  Sinc...

I started auditioning laces today..I have a special drawer for my most special and prized laces.  They're usually very delicate, handmad...

Working on this lace journal cover as a Christmas gift.  Giving it a good blocking before I add more lace and final beading.  I use 1/8...

Last year one of my dearest friends gifted me some lace she had received as a bride in Italy almost 40 years ago.  I used almost all of it...