by Fibre Ninja | Jun 20, 2015 | Art Quilts
“Breakfast Is Tiffany”, original artwork by Billy Tackett, used with permission. Part of his “Dead, White & Blue” series, Mr. Tackett came up with a truly challenging design to try to replicate in fabric. Given all of the the details that...
by Fibre Ninja | May 17, 2015 | Sewing
My hometown celebrates Norway’s Constitution Day every year. Many people dress up in Norwegian ethnic costumes for the weekend festivities. As things go, there are “generic” versions made. This so happens to be one of those for a little man. As with...
by Fibre Ninja | Apr 27, 2015 | Sewing
I have this friend. Every now and again, we’ll send a surprise to the other – for no other reason than “because I can”. In this particular instance, she sent me a delightful pair of socks that I’m still giggling about. Knowing what I do...
by Fibre Ninja | Feb 19, 2015 | Crochet
About three years or so ago, one of my closest friends gave me a bunch of her grandmother’s crochet cotton threads. At the time, I told her that I’d consider myself the ‘keeper’, but the threads weren’t mine. She’d get the threads...
by Fibre Ninja | Feb 5, 2015 | Art Quilts
A “Daily Arting” by Billy Tackett, used with permission. At the beginning of 2014, Mr. Tackett decided he was going to do “daily arting”. This meant that he was going to draw something new every day. This is one of those pieces. Given that...
by Fibre Ninja | Feb 3, 2015 | Art Quilts
Truth be told, I have not seen this particular movie at this point in time. That doesn’t mean that I’m not going to. It’s one of those “I’m going to get a copy of the dvd as soon as it’s released” things. What movie?...
by Fibre Ninja | Jan 12, 2015 | Crochet
It started out, on my part as a bit of a joke. I put this up on Twitter: Imagine my surprise when Tom Brittney replied back. Being me, and not quite believing he’d respond back again, offered to make him one – provided he DM me some needed information. The...
by Fibre Ninja | Jan 4, 2015 | Random Thoughts
As the new year stuff finally starts to lose a little of its shiny, I’m faced with a stack of things to get done. I’ve been working out my production schedule, getting materials and supplies lined up, and arranging for the final rounds of patterns...
by Fibre Ninja | Jan 4, 2015 | Random Thoughts
It’s that time of year when people start making resolutions for what they’d like to accomplish for the pending new year. Most of the time, the wording goes along something like this: “I resolve to do _______________________.” Most of the people...
by Fibre Ninja | Dec 28, 2014 | Random Thoughts
That moment, after you return from the post office, after having mailed out a bunch of gifts you’d made – feeling pretty happy you got them sent out before the holiday… then you realize that you forgot to take pictures of the projects before you...
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