Kitchen Fabric

I just received this fabric in the mail last week. 

It is not fabulous? I love the colors and I love that it has Pyrex. I love to feed my obsession with Pyrex. I bought this from Fabric Worm It is by Andrea Muller Riley Blake the collection is called Vintage Kitchen. Here is the link for this fat quarter bundle I bought. 

http://www.fabricworm.com/vintage-kitchen-fq.html 

I am not sure what I am going to make with this yet, but I am sure happy to be adding to my stash. My stash is still small but it is growing slowing. Thank you for reading as always. 

Liesl 

An armful

Hello all!! This is my arm, I love a good armful of bangles. I wear these everyday, there are about 22  that I wear on this one arm!! I love them! Some are made by me, some are vintage, some Steve had made for me. Can you guess which ones he had made? I love that I jingle when I walk and move. Everyone at work can hear me coming,a and to think I hardly notice anymore. I have been wearing and adding to my collection of bangles for at least 10 years if not longer. On my other arm, I wear cuff bracelets or a couple of really big bangles. 

I just love bracelets. They make me happy. And really everyone should do and be what makes them happy. 

We watched this great documentary on Iris Apfel the other week and I loved it. I suggest that you all check it out. I just love her. So fearless. 

Anyways before I go and on I will end this. Hopefully I will be adding to arm soon. Do you wear an armful? I hope so or maybe it is a neckful? 

Thank you for always reading. 

More to follow soon

Liesl 

Pyrex makes fabulous gifts!!

Happy New Year everyone!!! I hope that everyone's new year has started off well. Mine has been interesting to say the least. It is going to busy year for us here.But I am hoping it is going to be a good one. Now let's talk Pyrex! 

 The above one is the set that Steve gave me for Christmas. He is amazing. Feeding my obsession so nicely. He even went and printed out all of the information about the pattern. Love him! 

So it is a small set of casserole, I love casserole dishes. The patter is the Autumn Floral from 1966. It came right before the 1967 standard pattern Verde (which I have the Cinderella mixing bowel set of). It is hard to see in my bad picture but it is a a golden yellow square floral on a mustard yellow background. And well yellow is my favorite color! 

 Now this is one is really special. It is the 1961 Zodiac. I found it in my Grandmother/Aunts basement. They had no problem with me taking it home. (thank goodness) It is forest green with the 12 zodiac's in gold, the lid below has a beautiful starburst on it. It came with a 4 legged trivet and candle warmer. ( my aunt emailed me saying she found it) . So exciting. 

So now why it this one so special. It is not perfect. There are some scratches on the green and the starburst is faded in places. 

So here is the story that goes with it. And we all know I love stories that goes with objects. 

So back in 1961 my Great Uncle gifted this amazing piece to my Grandmother. ( She is now 100 years old) Crazy! So it has been in the family for the whole time!!! I LOVE it! 

Here is a link to a great site about the patterns and history of Pyrex. Enjoy! 

http://pyrex.cmog.org/

Thank you for reading. 

Liesl

A necklace gift

This a fabulous necklace!! My friends husband asked me to make this for her. It is the letter texture that I love to make that has been oxidized to bring it out. It has a lovely peridot that is the birthstone of their new daughter. It is one inch square. And let me tell you it looked amazing one her. I enjoyed making if for them, it took most of a day, not bad I say. I am so happy that she loved it. 

I hope that you all have had a fabulous Christmas. I know that we did. 

Thank you for reading. 

Liesl

Quinn and his quilt

First Merry Christmas everyone!!! 

 Here is Quinn and I working on his quilt. I was working on it and he asked if he could learn and help. How amazing is that? So he is working on his square and is doing an amazing job. I am so impressed with how quickly he picked it up. 

He is a wonder. 

I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and I hope that you all have a joyful and wonder-filled one. 

Thank you all for following and reading. 

Happy holidays

Liesl 

Working away

 Yesterday was a great day to be working away in the studio. It was rainy and raw outside. 

But inside the studio was cozy and warm. The wood stove was working great. The above image is of me working hard on a pattern/texture that will be on a piece. I can feel all of that hammering today! Whoosh, it was a lot. But man it did feel good, I haven't made that in awhile. I will have to make up more to keep some on the ready.  

 Here is Steve chopping wood for the fire. He is the most amazing husband ever. Thank you for keeping me warm. 

Here I am working at my bench. I love my bench, its like home. I have to get the studio the more, hopefully the trend of the warmish winter will keep up. Once it gets too cold I will not be able to get in there as much I was would like. 

Thanks reading. 

Have a joyful and safe holiday season. 

Liesl

Close up Quilt

Here is a fabulous close up of Quinn's quilt. It is looking amazing. Slow going, I just keep plugging away at it. As my friend taught me it is about the process. It looks so cozy. 

Quinn is getting excited as it is half done. 

Thanks for reading.

Liesl