1/2 OT: Sharing Some Cool Sans-related New Fabrics
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I've been working on getting some designs of mine printed on to fabrics at Spoonflower. Some of you may have seen my recent posts about it at Quilt Forum. Can I share what I just received, some of my first samples? Am so stoked, but have no one to share it w/ right now.
Here's here my Photo that started this design. Am a long time GW plant poster, this was a pic of mine that I posted at the Sans. Forum. Sadly, I lost the plant fast, but I loved this picture I'd taken.
So after dabbling around w/ the pix & some software, I designed these 2 prints & here are the resultant fabrics.
With some kaleidescopic manipulation & a variation in color here's the 2nd print.
I'm pretty darn amazed!!
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Comments (41)You know, Toni, I was kind of thinking along the lines of Pandanus/Dracaena/Yucca....as there are many different cultivars, and depending on it's lighting...they sometimes do get a few twists/turns and dips in the trunks. I say this because I have a plant that was grown from a cutting from a plant that my mother had. I remember we gave this to her for Mother's Day in the late seventies. My Dad gave me a cutting of the plant in the eighties. This cutting was really large, and had a very noticeable almost 'S' shaped curve in the trunk. I had set it outdoors that summer, and it grew like crazy, but grew totally upright from that point on (I think it was simply because I had given it better lighting. (They had moved it to the basement at one point, and it sat down there for a few years with relatively low light.) I have never been able to ID that plant! It's got to be either a Yucca, Dracaena or Pandanus, though the edges aren't exactly what I'd call 'sharp' or 'jagged'....so I'm leaning toward one of the more obscure Yuccas or Dracaenas. (If only it would bloom!) Though I certainly can't narrow it down, I think yours might be one of the more 'osbcure' species of one of those 3, and since you stated it has 'jagged edges', I think Charles might be onto something with his guess at Pandanus. The big 'stumper', though, is those white leaves that mature to green! At first I thought maybe the new leaves of your brother's plant were being burnt either by sun or cold, but you stated that they mature to green...and if so, they obviously didn't suffer any kind of burn....See MoreSome Hippi, some OT and offer
Comments (29)Dear Elizabeth, I am so sorry that you carry so much pain inside. I think I know how bad it is...only because the death of both parents still causes much pain. We ache for them and the "hole" that they leave. Lucky you to be so close to your brother. I will never know the closeness of a sibling as he and I were the only 2 children. He was my parent's biological child and they adopted me from birth. Sometimes I think he didn't like me...and he was the only family member to ever treat me differently or said anything about me not "really" being family. This was especially obvious when my dad died and made me the executor of the estate (younger child...and in my brother's opinion "not blood"), so maybe that's why he cut me out of his life. I could try to guess for years, but am trying to close the book on a chapter that was particularly painful. I beat myself up for years, and now that he's gone, I have to let the pain and the "shoulda, coulda, woulds" go. I don't claim this to be a universal approach, but I can get on with my life not worrying about him and I am glad that he's not in need of anything. He wouldn't take any help I offered unless it involved a "dead president" (I heard someone refer to money as that and thought it was clever). So...the weight is off my shoulders. I am still sad and will be everytime I think of him...but I can't let it drag me down. MY HIPPIS NEED ME to be happy!! THE DATE was nice (ok, it's 9PM and I'm home....) this was dinner with Ed. I met him on a cruise in 1997 (they thought we were a married couple!!) and we have dinner every year. He lives in IL and I usually catch up with him on the way to a dog show. He happened to drive his new car down towards Houston and invited me to a very nice Italian resturant. New car??? His old Miata was just fine by me...fun and zippy (I used to have a convertible too), but the new car is fun and zippier. A new Porche boxter! Boys and their toys. Tomorrow is another "date" of sorts. Going to a wine tasting and meeting a friend (Alan) there. Asked him what I should bring and he recommended cheesecake, so I made a Chocolate Kaluha chocolate chip cheesecake with ganauche(?) on top! :-) see what these guys are missing?? Handy in the yard AND kitchen?? Kristi...See MoreOT San Fran recommendations?
Comments (35)I live near SF. The place we go for brunch on really special occasions is the top of the Mark Hopkins Hotel at the top of Nob Hill (across the street from the Fairmont Hotel). It has a great view and a wonderfully amazing brunch -- the best I've ever seen and I have travelled a lot. For drinks, lunch or dinner, I would also recommend the revolving restaurant at the top of the Hyatt Embarcadero. I have taken out of town guests there several times. I don't remember much about the food but the view is wonderful. Walking across the Golden Gate Bridge is also fun (and still free, I think) (you will need a car or cab to get there, though, and getting a cab for the ride back could be tricky). If you decide to get a car (and San Francisco is not THAT hard to drive in) I would also recommend Guaymas restaurant in Tiberon or a stroll in Sausalito (across the Golden Gate Bridge from SF). Both have great views of San Francisco and are only a short drive from SF (assuming traffic is OK across the Golden Gate)....See Morewinter project, many pics - new ebay & cl 1/2 bath
Comments (48)Good morning, everyone! allison, The 1/2 bath might be considered a 'folly' down there! I do have a small area around it somewhat finished, but the rest of it will always be a spot to work on my many hobbies, like furniture refinishing, messy crafty stuff, you-name-it. I also have a doggie door in the opposite 'working' side of the cellar, that goes to a former garage under my office, which I made that into a wood working 'shop' years ago. Another doggie door in the shop takes them out to their fenced in area of the yard. The cellar and the shop are valuable real estate to me, just as they are. I do have 3 windows and a door with glass in that 'living' part of the cellar, as well as a wood stove, and an armoire with a TV it in. It's cozy in the winter with the stove, and cool in the summer and the couch down there is great for naps! These pics are of my former LR sofa down there and a 'reading' nook with big chair. Not much decorating has taken place yet! The door you see on the right in this pic is to the 1/2 bath. This is the reading nook which faces the wood stove. Being a dog lover, I got this original oil painting of a Springer from eBay for $21.49! His eyes are a perfect match to the Behr 'Cork' paint color. And this is Ikat fabric called Casbah, that I got at 1/2 price at Ballard Designs. I might make sill length panels for the 1/2 bath for fall and winter from it. The way it goes with that paisley wallpaper is the stuff that (my) dreams are made of. I'm happy to see so many paisley lovers here, as I have always been one, and I LOVE to mix patterns in a room, even a small one like this. I'm glad that others are inspired by my 're-cycled' bathroom! I'd never have done it if there hadn't been a rough one down there to start; but I just replaced that with one that even I'll use. No more storing tires and hoses in this one....See MoreRelated Professionals
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