NEW Etsy Shop!

Well, I finally did it - opened a second Etsy shop to exclusively offer my art work - fabric, quiltlets, other. I'd been housing all of that in my original shop, and it started to look like the world's funkiest mish-mash - vintage, art, de-stash - all in one place.

So now, I'm announcing the birth of PrairieArtScape, and my beautiful hand-dyed fabric has moved there, along with a couple of "new" pieces.

I added the link for ArtScape in the NavBar on the left side of the blog. Please visit if you are so inclined. Meantime, I'll share pics of a few of the new additions to my wares:



With apologies for the wonky line-up job, the blue is a full yard of a twisted-then-dyed piece. I really like the effect of the maniuplation on it. The green one is done in a similar manner, but (I think) folded first - it's only a half yard, and I wish it were bigger. It's the single piece that has had the most "views" since I put it in the shop. The other two are fat quarters of pre-printed white-on-white. I like the way the animals came out - and the other piece looks like fireworks to me - but it may just be the "season" we're in right now!

And finally, my roses bloomed last week - these are the "old-fashioned" ones that require no care - they just bloom every June regardless. The bushes were just loaded. This particular bush is out in the open near the garage; absolutley NO care whatsoever for at least the 21 years we've lived in this house (you can glimpse my life - house and minivan, anyway - in the background of the first picture). Well, I guess I did trim out the deadwood a few years ago. They need a trellis, I think, but I'm afraid to mess with success: