TABLE OF CONTENTS:


Patchwork Planets

Patchwork Greeting Cards

Patchwork Crayon Muffins

Patchwork Sightseeing

Buddha on a Green Tomato


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• PATCHWORK PLANETS:

These patchwork planets are time capsules that I wound with a decade's worth of fabric slices and thread crumbs.







The glass bottles in these pictures were gifts of my mother-in-love.

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• PATCHWORK GREETING CARDS

When you don't have time or space to quilt it is fun to make paper quilt collages for cards or bookmarks.

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• PATCHWORK CRAYON MUFFINS

Apply the principles of patchwork to crayon muffins.

1) Give your kids a stealth cleanup project: They bring you broken crayons from every nook and cranny in your house.

2) They break them up with their hands or a hammer.

3) Peel off the papers. They will look like a bird's nest of beautiful colors.

4) Put crayons in muffin tins lined with aluminum foil cupcake cups.

5) Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes or however long it takes them to melt.

6) Once they cool they look like Reeses Peanut Butter cups.


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• PATCHWORK SIGHTSEEING

I feel grateful to have been able to go to Italy, but I'm a reluctant traveler. Museums are my sleeping pill (except there's nowhere to lie down to take advantage of the sleepiness). Sketching enable me to sightsee without overwhelm.






















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• BUDDHA ON A GREEN TOMATO