Making my studio space organized and cozy has been keeping me busy lately. I have been rearranging my stuff, making some eye appeal.
A new find at the thrift store, this children’s tool box, needed a place to be admired.
I have been collecting fabric for slip covers. That pile was threatening to topple over, so I took some time folding and re-organizing it.
When will I get to that project? I don’t know but I will be more likely to with this display of tempting fabrics.
In the meantime, a simple solution is to toss one lovely piece over the chair.
A sale on thread and I am rich in all my favorite sewing colors.
I took the time to actually hang this Ikea curtain wire over the open closet in my workroom. I am featuring this vintage barkcloth. It is easy to change fabric for the curtains as it is clipped with little metal clothes pins.
I am still crocheting bags. I decided to take apart my first Lucy bag, and add a few more inches to the height.
My stash of colors is very low. Just what I wanted! But now I want to make more fun crochet things and need more yarn, so…
I ordered some cotton Dishie yarn from Knit Picks, and love the colors and quality!
My two favorite colors were Jalapeno and a turquoise color called Tranquil. I love green and these greens are just the perfect marriage of saturated and softened color. Almost vintage in their style. I especially love the turquoise as it looks so 50’s! What am I going to make? I needed a travel project for my recent trip home, so I chose a baby blanket in granny squares. I would like to share with you my progress, but I think the recipient might be reading my blog. Maybe I can let you peek at part of it in a future post.
Have a creative day ~ Karen
Good morning, Karen,
I too have enjoyed making Lucy’s crocheted bags,.I’ve made
the little flowers to sew on at the bottom of the handles–they are much fun too! I’m going out today to get more colors!
Love your slip cover fabrics–
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thank you jean. oooh! a color shopping trip! have fun!
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Love,love the eye appeal!!! Also love your brittany— i have one too— best dogs(friends)
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thank you! tonya is an oldie with a puppy nature!
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Hi Karen,
Welcome back! Glad to see your blog this morning, It brought a smile to my face when I saw my email. Thank you for inspiring us!
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great to have your presence around the blog!
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oh my gosh, I LOVE your studio….those vintage fabrics are sooooo beautiful, love them!!! Also, lovin the strawberries and tomatoes ….actually, I just love it all!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing……
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fiber arts/fiber related things just tug at our heartstrings, don’t they?
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It all looks gorgeous 🙂
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thanks for the words of encouragement!
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Your welcome 🙂 It all looks very inviting and a lovely place to create.
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Your studio looks fantastic! I’m new to ordering online and I’ve heard Knit Picks is a good company. Do you find their colors they show online show up in person just as nice? It’s so difficult to tell color and feel when looking online.
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i think that it is hard to tell any color ordering online. for this reason i like to cross reference colors if i can with projects on ravelry. i do a search for the yarn by name, and then further specify color, and anyone’s projects using that yarn come up for me to compare the color. it gives me a much better idea of what the true color will be.
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Thanks for the tip! I’ll be using it!
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Karen – you always inspire me – I love how you see color – what a wonderful post!
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thank you bev! we all see color in our own special way.
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i looked for your seaweed pattern i didnt see it i was looking on your post this and thatbut it was not there . PLease help Thanks Pat
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in the search box type in “seaweed” or “free” and the post should come up.
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Cute little Lucy bag. Just love the look of your cozy work room.
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