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In & Out of Studio 3D
Saturday, 2 March 2013
Field Trip - Sew and Stitchery Expo - Day 3
Topic: Field Trip

Today (like Thursday) is only a half day at the Expo so the list of workshops is shorter:

Quick Gifts From your Stash: Think all you can make from your treasured fabric scraps is Scrap Quilts? This class is filled with OTHER creative ways to use your mountain of scraps. Cindy has some great gift ideas and she will provide some unique sewing tips and techniques that will save time and money.

 

Stash Buster Scrap Quilts: Have more fabric than you can use in two lifetimes? This is all about making beautiful quilts from fabrics you already own. Marti’s trunk show is packed with tips about selecting fabrics, understanding and using color value effectively. Marti will share tricks and tools to make cutting and sewing scrap quilts easy and efficient.

 

Successful Quilt Piecing: Set yourself up for success!! Mech will review piecing and pressing techniques that help make quilting easier and more beautiful, whether you plan to do the quilting yourself or have it done. A great class for beginners. Limited to 30 people.

You'll note that I have focused mainly on quilts but did throw in some other workshops for using up fabrics in other ways.

Ddd


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PST
Friday, 1 March 2013
Field Trip - Sew and Stitchery Expo - Day 2
Topic: Field Trip

Another day on my field trip. Today's workshops are:

More Quick Gifts to Make: Sue is known for Quick, Quicker, and Quickest Gifts and this class is all about her newest and favorite gift projects. You will see ideas for every age and virtually every occasion. This is Sue’s favorite topic and many of these projects can be made  in two or three hours.

 

Spring Leaves Art Quilt: Festive leaves floating through the air cheer your soul. Make this gentle leaf quilt with fused fabrics, an easy pattern transfer process, and decorative rotary cutter blades. It’s a simple design with lots of variation and options for embellishment and personal design.

 

Successful Paper Piecing: Trouble getting to the point in your quilt piecing? Paper piecing is easy, precise and variable (you can enlarge or reduce the  blocks). Most importantly, you get perfect points every time. We supply pattern, fabric, and inspiration. Bring scissors and glue stick for this hands-on experience.

 

Top Secret Bindings: Learn how to make a perfect binding in this Know Before You Sew™ lecture. Problems like rounded, pointed, and tucked corners, lumpy finishes, and bindings that are not filled to the edge will be covered. Make your own sample and learn about bias, grain, double-fold, strip width, mitered corners and a smooth ending.

 

Eleanor Burns Five Perky Patterns: Eleanor shares her five newest patterns featuring accurate techniques and tools to achieve great perky points. Braid in a Day, Kylee’s Kite, Storm at Sea, Oriental Fan and Mini Dresden Plate offer a great range of variety—something for everyone! Come join the humorous presentation Eleanor is famous for.

 

Finishing Touches for Your Quilt: This is the class for alternative quilt binding techniques. Learn ways to do a scalloped edge, or how and when to consider a picot treatment instead of traditional binding. Learn how to use tools combined with tips and tricks to make a flawless, unique finish for your original quilts.

 

Kick It Up a Stitch: Nancy Zieman and her side kick—or should we say Sous Chef—Mary Mulari invite you to a second helping of Kick It Up a Stitch. “Lettuce entertain you” is the motto of their newest sewing and cooking extravaganza. If you attended the first helping of Kick It Up a Stitch, you know that sewing and cooking have a lot in common. You can sew or cook very simply—then Shazam! you’ll learn how to Kick It Up A Stitch. Nancy and Mary promise plenty of sizzle, spice, and sass, plus an entirely new menu for the second helping show.

With the exception of the last, these are all 45 minute sessions.

Ddd


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PST
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Field Trip - Sew and Stitchery Expo - Day 1
Topic: Field Trip

Today you will find me... gone! I am off to the Sew and Stitchery Expo in Puyallup Washington for a few days.

Today the workshops I will be taking are these:

Nancy's 30 Favorite Quilt Tips: Don’t miss this lecture featuring 30, yes, 30 tips to celebrate 30 years of Sewing With Nancy! Garnered over three decades, learn Nancy’s favorite cutting, piecing, layering and binding tips. You’ll ask, why didn’t I think of that?

Quilt Improvement Show Eleanor Burns: With years of experience and an impressive tool belt of quilting magic, Eleanor will once again bring her unique and humorous approach to the quilting stage. She will share insights into specific techniques she has pioneered aimed to help every quilter—from the beginner to the advanced. The long list of techniques discussed and quilts displayed will leave your head whirling.

These are a couple of ladies I have been watching on TV and the web for years so I am excited for the in-person exposure.

Ddd 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PST
Updated: Tuesday, 26 February 2013 9:39 AM PST
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Down By The Riverside
Topic: Field Trip

We went down to the river along a large rock bar the other day. The bar is covered with brush so you cannot see the shoreline of the bar from the embankment where we came in. Imagine our surprise when we walked to the far side and found about 25 little stacks of rocks that someone built over there. As access is difficult here and it is about 4 miles downstream from the local town, we assume a boater or rafter came ashore to do this.


Some were more elaborate than others.


They were interesting to look at and we had to look up online to see if they are meant to represent something or what other purpose they have. They are apparently just built for the satisfaction of having done it and for the entertainment of people who discover them.


Actually, we WERE entertained by them. I added a couple of small rocks to one as we were leaving.

Then, it started to rain a bit so we headed back. I found more beauty in the flowers that were struggling to survive on this rocky ground.



"Thanks on the great job on the outdoor decorations", to God and whoever the other guy was.

Ddd 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Saturday, 4 February 2012
From the High Seas - 2
Topic: Field Trip

As promised, today I'm showing the second card made on the cruise.

Here is the sample sheet:


Not much you could do when the houndstooth was already printed on the cardstock, the aperture already cut out and the embellishments were sized to fit. However, I did cut their strip apart so it would fit lenthwise and did not insert the filigree panel in the aperture. Instead, I used their white rubon to put the greeting on the black interior of the card so it could be read through the hole. I added rhinestones above and below.

Here is my card:


Ddd

 

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PST
Updated: Tuesday, 27 December 2011 10:29 AM PST
Friday, 3 February 2012
From the High Seas - 1
Topic: Field Trip

On a recent cruise one day's creative project was to make cards from kits that were provided to us. There were supplies for two cards in the kit - each with a couple of pictures of sample ideas.

This is the sample picture for the first card:


The scrolly thing was a frame to be mounted inside so a photo could be inserted. Not on MY card though! I cut it into four strips an layered them on the card front with the upper-most one up on foam dots. I used their doily diecut but not any of the pink plastic stickers they provided. Instead, I cut apart several of their rubons to create my own text boxes.

Here is my card:


The other card is for tomorrow...

Ddd

 

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PST
Updated: Tuesday, 27 December 2011 10:28 AM PST
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Cruise Card
Topic: Field Trip

This card is make from a kit of papers, paper flowers, buttons, cardstock, rubber stamps, and ribbon. This was another of the crafts offered on the cruise. Basically, this was the 'free' craft to entice everone into participating in the ones where you had to buy the kit.


These kits come with 'instructions' that show the appropriate layout. The table I sat at had three other ladies that either made cards, stamped, or did scrapbooking. Nobody followed the directions!

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
Vacation Crafts
Topic: Field Trip

Our recent vacation was a couple of cruises. On the first, they had crafts aboard! They gave us kits with frames, papers, rubons, and sticky-backed die-cuts.

I used my scissors to distress the parts and pieces and created this:

I don't have a photo for it yet so you'll have to use your imagination.

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT
Thursday, 15 October 2009
On Display
Topic: Field Trip

After that long string of making card with each of my hand-carved rubber stamps this is the result. I built a display out of foam-core board and poster board using straightpins to hold it all together. It comes apart into two side-by-side sections for transport. 

Each shelf has multiple cards, each with its stamp in front of it. This was to show the viewers the beginning and the end of the project.

I did a little presentation talking about the basic process - tools, transfers, materials, and uses. It was well received.

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
A Walk on the Beach
Topic: Field Trip

It's been over a year since we had been to the beach and then we went two weekends in a row! We were on different areas of the beach each time, both beautiful days with long walks on the shore.

This second weekend, I remembered to bring my camera along and snapped these two photos of a beautiful day.


Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
Down By the Riverside
Topic: Field Trip

A recent weekend took us to our southern place for an overnight stay. We took the table from the camper, the lawn chairs and our new gas grill over to the river side for a steak dinner al fresco.

 

As evening settled we watched the deer amble through the fields, spotted a bald eagle flying up the river with a freshly caught fish, and finally laid out to watch the stars. We saw 10 sattelites pass over in about an hour and a half.

In the morning, while dining back at the river, we watched while an osprey (sitting atop the snag directly above the table in the photo) issued a screaming/ flapping challenge to a passing great blue heron.

Ddd


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT
Friday, 3 July 2009
Down By the River Side
Topic: Field Trip

A little at a time we work on the country place. This is a recent project - clearing a path down to the river through the woods. 

So cool and secluded, and the entry to the access is well hidden so you have to know it is there to find it.

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT
Thursday, 2 July 2009
What Are YOU Lookin' At
Topic: Field Trip

On a weekend visit to the country place we were delighted to see a squirrel had found the feeder we installed. This was the biggest squirrel we had either ever seen. He was a foot long in the body.

As a measure, that is a gallon jar and look how far his tail hangs down from there. He just watched us from his feeder and kept on stuffing his face. 

This is some sort of gray squirrel. Up at our city place we only have redish squirrels about half this size and brown ones with red bellies that are the size of chipmunks.

What fun!

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT
Thursday, 4 June 2009
Silly Sign
Topic: Field Trip

I think this comes under the category of "what were they thinking?"

The other day I was driving to an appointment. I pulled up to a T intersection and look straight ahead at a sign that reads:

 

Perennial Plant Sale

This Weekend Only

 

Hmmmmm... Somebody need a proofreader? LOL!

Made me want to show up the NEXT weekend to see if the perennial plant sale was still going on! How long SHOULD a perennial plant sale last? Forever, right?

Then I wondered if they were going to have an annual perennial plant sale. I got to laughing so hard the other drivers must have thought I lost my mind (I was in the car alone, after all). Of course, this leads to "if they just advertise an annual plant sale, can they sell any perennials?"

Oh, my.

Ddd


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT
Friday, 3 April 2009
All Aboard
Topic: Field Trip

Some things you go looking for and some just find you. This theatre marquee in across the parking lot from where I work. Their current notice of advance ticket sales cracks me up every time I see it.

I mean, really! Where do they think I am NOW?

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT
Thursday, 29 November 2007
Secret Garden
Now Playing: scenes from Abernethy Park
Topic: Field Trip

What was long-ago a Post Office in our town is now an events center where weddings, parties, and other celebrations are hosted. Across a back street and up a long path is hidden this garden they developed for outdoor gatherings.

There are wonderful little vignettes of waterfalls, streams, arches, gazebos, antique lampposts, stone walls, and a huge brick floor. My hubby and I discovered it one day this summer and I took photos of my favorite parts to use on cards.

Here are three of the best shots.


Ddd studio3d@ccwebster.net


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PST
Tuesday, 21 August 2007
Big Bird
Now Playing: sighted on our travels
Topic: Field Trip

On one of our drives south a couple of weeks ago we noted a HUGE nest of twigs and branches set atop a platform over a utility pole. We inquired of the ferry captain (Buena Vista Ferry) and he told us it was the nest of Osprey.

 

 

Sure enough, after crossing we parked the car and could see birds in the nest. This photo is taken with the extreme zoom on the camera, as it is a very tall pole!

 

 

The nest itself has got to be 3.5 feet across, at least.

Enjoy!

Ddd Studio3d@ccwebster.net


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT
Tuesday, 17 July 2007
Classy Act
Now Playing: sharing classwork completed by my friends
Topic: Field Trip

One of the classes I taught to my friends in Pittsburgh was the microscope slide necklace/pin from my website page at http://mystudio3d.com/SlidePin.htm  

Here are the results from the 8 ladies (myself included):

 

 

Now who wouldn't be proud to wear any one of these beautiful jewelry pieces?

Ddd studio3d@ccwebster.net  

Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT
Sunday, 15 July 2007
Inspired by Local Arts
Now Playing: view art performances
Topic: Field Trip

Today I'll be going to the First City Arts Faire in Oregon City (where I live).I thought I'd inspire you with some art from the web. I have always been fascinated by the sand painting artists featured on YouTube. Here's a link where you can go to view a bunch of them. Totally mesmerizing!

http://www.youtube.com/results?search=related&v=j94WnAUh0XM 

Ddd studio3d@ccwebster.net  

Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Meeting with Other Artists
Now Playing: I am off to play with some artist friends
Topic: Field Trip

Well as you read today's entry I will be winging my way to Pittsburgh. This is the 4th year I will meet with several ladies there.

We stay together at a local motel, eat the free breakfast, rent the breakfast room for the rest of the day (till 10 at nite!), and teach each other paper crafts.

This year I will teach a card and a piece of jewelry. In past years I have taught papermaking, making a stitched signature book, paste paper, making a flag book, carving rubber stamps, and other books and projects that now escape me.

We all take along a handmade item for each person (this year there will be 8 of us) and have a swap the first nite. I have made parchment liners for plastic mugs, paper bead necklaces (you can see these on my website), and parchment cards (the angels on the website). This year it will be the ceramic boxes marbled with alcohol inks shown previously on the blog.

We eat out for a late lunch/early dinner and reserve one day for shopping. My favorite place to shop is Pat Catan as they are a discount craft store and EVERYTHING IS ON SALE! I save up my craft money for this trip. In fact I have a list of things I want to get there. LOL!

One other activity is that everyone arrives with one craft supply for each person, identical. These are distributed to paper sacks so everyone has a set of supplies exactly the same as everyone else. The challenge is to make a card using at least 5 things out of the bag - secretly. We take these on another of our shopping trips to Stamp Fanci and the owner graciously acts as judge. The first year I won 1st place and last year came in 2nd.

I will be flying home on Saturday and give updates on the projects and activities starting Monday, July 16. In the meantime, I will pre-date my entries for this week so you can continue to see new materials every day while I'm gone.

Have a great week - I know I will!

Ddd studio3d@ccwebster.net  

Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT

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