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I’ve been doing a lot lot lot of enameling these days. Some are up now on my website.

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I promised myself that I would post something for dyslexic awareness month, and there's only one day left, so this is what I've got.

I was organizing my studio and came across this passage in an old notebook. I see now that I probably should have ended the sentence at look?

Thoughts can come out in random order so sometimes dyslexic folks need a moment to put the words in the correct order. I find arrows really helpful to be able to read the order later.

My type of dyslexia is the 3D kind. I think in three dimensions and see objects and colors in my head. I see objects in my head that I want to create, I can then explope them, examine the parts, put them back together, then figure out the order needed to make the thing I just saw in my brain.

One of my favorite videos celebrating dyslexia.

I make what I make and do what I do because I'm dyslexic, not in spite of it.

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Doing a bit of fall cleaning. My favorite Barbie - Sunsational Malibu Barbie #1067. I’ve had her forever, we’ve been through a lot together.

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A couple new blankets.

Top is a whole cloth quilt I made for the Welcome Blanket project. I've got that design for sale in my Spoonflower Cheater Quilt Collection.

Bottom is a jacquard woven blanket that I had made from one of my ink paintings available for purchase here.

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Still working on the fanny pack problem. I've made three from three different patterns. Now I'm working on combining aspects that I like to create my own pattern. Starting prototype #1.

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Three belt bags made from three different patterns. I like the top two better because I think they function better as both fanny pack and cross body bag. So I'm going to create my own pattern now using elements from those two.

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First go at a fanny pack. I made a patchwork front for it. Turned out okay. Gonna try a different pattern for the next one.

For this one I followed these instructions, though I did the strap connectors a little differently.

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Testing ink and paper.

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Finished up the batch of patches for visible mending. You can get one through my website now.

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Last time working in clay for a while.

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Making some wall quilts from these fabric samples.

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It's not a shirt 😁 I'm using up some of my stack of half made masks to make patchwork patches.

Finished patches are up on my website.

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I acquired some fabric cast offs from an interior design firm today. Now I’m sorting them, figuring out what I’m going to keep and what I’m going to give away.

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Check it out - I got these two zebra plants a couple of years ago. One has been growing in the studio and one in the store. Lighting differences have had quite an effect.

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It’s a paint day.

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Working on one of my bar quilts for the Welcome Blanket Project.