I have (started to) learned how to dye wool! Oh what fun! Colors mix and mingle and mold themselves into something beautiful!! When I am stirring the pot, sometimes an image pops up into my head of the witch stirring her cauldron to produce a magic potion. My magic is the gorgeous wool my pot produces. My mentor/teacher/friend Karen over… View Post
We spent a January day at the Dade Battlefield watching the re-enactment of the war between the Seminole Indians along with former slaves and the US Soldiers. There is so much history through out this world, I enjoy spending my time learning each new tidbit of history, I learn about people, and realize that people/humanity throughout the ages has not… View Post
I have discovered wool applique! Never was I interest in picking up a needle and stitching until I met Karen Duncklee of Shady Hill Rug Hooking. She showed up at a hook in with the cutest pumpkin wool applique sample for a class she was getting ready to teach in Tampa. The pretty threads, stitches, layered technique and hand dyed… View Post
I met Martha a year or so ago at a rug hooking “hook in” put on by the North Florida Rug Hooking Guild (NFRHG) at Coquina Crossing in St. Augustine, Florida. She arrived with Karen (ShadyHillRugHooking.com) whom I had met the year before plus shared a few emails with. Martha had moved full time to her winter home in the… View Post
This recipe ROCKS! These onions taste good on everything!