My first batch of ring pillows are finished! I used pure white velvet, lace, and pure white silk ribbon, from China. It is such a pleasure to work with fine materials, like candy for your eyes... It is still hot here today, and the air is lightly smokey today (the smoke was really heavy yesterday), and the heat wave is beginning to break. I decided to save the jelly making for a few days, I don't want to heat the house up too much. I chose to blanch and dry a pile of zucchini, about five pounds of squash is condensed to one mason jar. I use an Excaliber dehydrator,( set up outside) mine is over 20 years old, my daughter Silver bought it at a yard sale about ten years ago, for 20 dollars. What a bargain! When this one dies, I will buy a new one, for sure. Yesterday, one of my nieces, Nicole gave birth to a baby boy! He was 8 lbs 11 ounces, and it was a C section birth, due to his large size. New life, beautiful and welcome. I am awaiting another order of beautiful colored ribbons, from my favorite shop, http://taylorscutaways.com , which is also where I buy a lot of my velvets and satins. I will begin a new project in the next few days, my first "Crazy for You" panel, a prepared panel ready to embellish, will be for sale. I work on my own actual crazy quilting when I have slow time. I'm going to post a few pictures today, a mix of subjects for your pleasure... Goodbye from up the Chiliwist, Lisette
Lisette Root resides with her husband in Omak, Washington, in the foothills of the mighty Cascade Mountains. Her days are filled with artwork, home making, and caring for the many formerly homeless animals that she and her husband have rescued over the years. While living in Alaska for many years, she and her family had many exciting adventures mining for gold. Most of the time she home schooled their two daughters, Bonnie and Silver, and they had plenty of time to try new arts and crafts together. They took their animal family of wolves and cats with them on their adventures , which was actually an adventure in itself! Now, her home base is Malott Washington, and there will be lots more adventures to come!
A Little About Me
Welcome to MelangeByLisette, I hope you find something interesting within... I love all forms of Art, and I have a great desire to try my hand at whatever captures my interest. I do not believe in mediocrity, or carelessness. When I create something myself, or when I am drawn to other artists works, I want to see a small piece of that persons soul in their work. I want to be able to feel and see the time of creation it took to bring forth a piece of art (any kind of art). After all, to me, this is what brings meaning to my life. The time it took to create a thing is non refundable, but extremely valuable. To love and to be loved, and to share that love with others, with art, for instance, is why I want to wake each morning. I truly love our planet Earth, and when I use her resources, it matters how I do so. I will always strive to do no harm. I am of course drawn to others who share this philosophy, and I seek them out if possible. In this last year, I needed to learn to use a computer to share my artwork. I don't drive, and I am a bit of a happy hermit, and I knew nothing whatsoever about computers and I would have been lost without the loving and extremely patient help from my sister Laura, who helped me every step of the way, thank you sister! I honestly did not believe I could do it, but here I am! My store is located on ETSY, and it is simply amazing, and I feel comfortable and happy there, and I feel privileged to be a very small part of it. I try to reuse, repurpose, and recycle whenever I can. I am always experimenting to that end. I am happy to share ideas whenever possible, and am open to creating special request items. What an amazing thing to be in touch with so many artists, tradesmen, and the whole wide world! Wow! I hope you enjoy my blog and my shop, which will have new works as often as possible. Sincerely, Lisette
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