Tag Archive | "studio"

Patchwork Times: Ruby slippers and a gift from the house gods

Sunday, September 27, 2009

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Patchwork Times: Ruby slippers and a gift from the house gods

If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you may have read that the house hunt is on again. I’ve decided that I really can’t peacefully coexist with spiders that are 3″ across! No lie! They really are THAT big when spread out, with bodies to match; more like tiny tarantulas than house spiders I tell [...]

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Patchwork Times–Book Report, Car Dealers and Climate Control

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

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After a pretty productive week last week on The Book, I feel like this week may get away from me entirely until Friday. The minutiae of at least two weeks of life is condensed into this one week, with “something” to do each day. I did manage to finish one of the biggest projects [...]

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The Organized Cutting Table

Saturday, October 4, 2008

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I’ve spent years with a cluttered, unorganized cutting table with all of its essentials either laying around or slung in baskets, and wishing there was a better way. I always wanted pegboard, but never had a place to put any. I finally have it, and here are some pictures I took a couple [...]

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The Sleeping Shelf

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

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This is the view in the wintergarden on this fine September afternoon. It’s nice and quiet here, and it turned into a beautiful day, which means that the wintergarden feels like a [...]

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Adventures in Lighting, Part 3

Sunday, June 8, 2008

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I think I mentioned that I found something online that recommended 900 watts of lighting in my studio. The actual “recommendation” was an average of 2 watts per square foot, so that’s 900 watts for my studio which is 450 square feet. I figured that was a good place to start, since I [...]

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Sunday Patchwork: Scraps, just scraps

Sunday, June 1, 2008

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Here’s a short update on the scraps and bits that are the work in progress of life right now: I’m still working with the lighting in the new studio, trying to get enough of it where I need it. I’ve come to the conclusion that halogen spot lighting is essentially useless, at least it has [...]

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