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I’m working on carving some rubber stamps this week. In my usual fashion, I’m attempting something that’s a little beyond my reach. I haven’t practiced enough to be good at fine detail or small designs, but that’s exactly what these are. It’s a practice-on-the-spot sort of thing. I’m getting a little tired of doing the [...]

There’s been a lot of stitch-picking in my creative space this week. Yeah, it’s been one of those days. But I did finally put the wraps on some hand-bound journals and some fabric pouches, all of which are destined to go into gift sets for Christmas … which means that’s about all I can say [...]

For the month of July I’ll be taking a little time off from regular blogging. Instead, I’ll be playing along with habit’s community participation project via their flickr pool. I’ll be posting to the pool as I feel inspired, but also here on my regular Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule. I hope you’ll enjoy the change of pace; [...]

I’m still shaking the sand out of my shorts, so rather than show you that vaguely creative mess, would you mind some shots from last week’s space? Sigh. As always, there’s a party going on at Kirsty’s place. Surf on over if you fancy some more creativity.

It’s some stitching for me this weekend. How about you?

What better way to ease back into blog world than by playing along with My Creative Space? One of the projects I’ve been working on during this little break involves piles and piles of felt and a rainbow of thread colors. What you see is the beginnings of felt play food for my daughter. (Though [...]

The hiss of a hot iron meeting damp fabric. The metallic sound of the shears, the whir of the rotary cutter. The swish of scraps and thread being brushed to the side. I’ve had a lot of prep work lately because I’ve been turning out Christmas gifts like a madwoman. I’m making good progress, but [...]

Welcome to my creative space. Or, as it is currently called, My “Just How Many Christmas Gifts Can Gretchen Make in the Very Short Time Left Before Christmas?” Space. (Unfortunately I can’t tell you what any of these photos are because they are gifts in the works. You’ll just have to use your imagination!) Last [...]