altered paintbrush

over at craftster.org i joined the altered paintbrush swap that was organized by downtownmonsters. my partner was TheBrokenButterfly who had many terrific themes listed on her questionnaire.

the first two that she listed were Halloween and Pokemon, so I decided to do a mashup of those two themes. the swap called for using 2" paint brushes which are very affordable: mine was .99 at the local hardware store.

the paintbrush became a pokemon speed racer.

and the rider of the brush was this young witch:

as i wrote to Butterfly in my enclosed note, why should young wizards have all the fun?

bonnaroo bound

Aurora and her friends this morning before heading to Bonnaroo!

a morsbag, a mug rug and a wrist pincushion

leslie and i organized our second morsbag swap on craftster. i was partnered with the fabulous sharalee and this is what i made for her:

 a morsbag, of course! i went with four different fabrics for the bag and a fifth fabric for the handles. find out all about morsbags and how to make them here.

sharalee likes owls and listed a mug rug as an extra that she would like to have. this owl has one surprised eye that's perfect for a beverage. i also sent along a large kit kat which will fit nicely on the owl, too.

sharalee mentioned pin cushions and i found a great tute for a wrist pincushion here! 

she's a star wars fan and i already had some cool star wars blueprint fabric in my stash : )

newtown, ct

it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Macy's has a good word for all

great windows

a fabric alphabet

 i was lucky to be able to "angel" for a craftster swap last month. one of the things that lydiaharper had on her holiday wish list was a set of fabric letters to gift to a three-year-old boy.  there are a bunch of tutorials for this including this one at jandjhome.

it's a fun way to remember some favorite fabics that i've owned. the woodlands A, sidewalk B, atoms C, peacock D...

she really liked them. it's great when a first-time project turns out AOK

a last look at taormina