Studio
Throwback Thursday: Fan-fold pleater details
I just got a nice email from a Carol Soderlund student who asked about my homemade pleater. Since this post has been languishing since 2013, now is a good time to dust it off! Here are links to my two videos showing the pleater in use: Loading the Pleater and Removing Fabric from the Pleater. …
Spring Clean Your Studio Blog Hop
Oh, my. Where to start! This 12th century quote is attributed to St. Bernard: “Hell is full of good intentions or desires.” (That’s a hint.) Cheryl Sleboda annually holds a blog hop focused on cleaning our studios. When she announced it, I thought the timing couldn’t be better. I had just acquired this: That is …
Working and loving it!
Yesterday I spent a lot of time in the studio. I’m dyeing the fabric for a whole-cloth quilt that will go into the teacher’s row at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival next month. It’s inspired by the work of Alma Thomas, and you can see a study for it in the Painterly Class sample picture below.I …
End, or beginning of the year musings
Well, I promised Morna, my coach, that I’d put my CEO hat on and think about where I’m headed with DippyDyes. To inspire me, I took a look a look at her blog, and posts tagged planning, found here. One of the ideas mentioned includes focusing on a word for the year.* So for now …
Fan-fold pleater details
When I posted earlier about the Tale of Two Uglies, I showed a picture of green fabric in a pleater that I use. A couple people have asked me how I made it, so here are some pictures.The first picture shows an over-all view with a yardstick for scale.The second picture shows a closer look …
A busy week
On the job front – had a good interview that went nowhere. Got a call from the former employer – rather peculiar but as I said when asked “How are you doing?” “Calmer, which is good; unemployed, which isn’t.” Calm. Dyeing helps! Selling dyed goods also helped. Have gotten lots done on the studio and …
Actually got to dye something again
Well, it has been a topsy turvey week after leaving the ‘real’ job. This was a rather sudden departure (my choice), so the past week has been spent job-hunting and trying not to throw up thinking about the old one. Stress CAN be a great motivator, however (see yesterday’s post.) The dye workshop had been …
Trying to be serious about this
Well, I’ve accomplished a number of things today in the ‘yes, this really is a business’ department: Filed for sales tax license on-lineDecided against fictitious name registration at this point because of feesLooked at tax implications of for-profit vs. hobby incomePrinted up business cardsSet up new e-mail account for DippyDye Also got the left hand …