WhiteDogDesignBlog

SMASH book

cjswaldner — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:57:53 +0000

Wanted one of these for a while – Michael’s finally got them in. Great way to collect ideas and inspiration

I’m so excited!

cjswaldner — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:21:37 +0000

I’m really excited – just got asked to be one of the 12 AIRdirondack artists this year. What that means is, I’ll be “decorating” an adirondack chair that will then be auctioned off at a gala in September with the proceeds going to Creative Airdrie.

Right now I’m still running ideas around in my head – I THINK there will be a woven pillow involved, and I may weave using the back slates. Not entirely sure. Maybe a quilted piece that goes on the back? Too many options!

The chairs should be delivered next week or the week after. Once I get going, I’ll post project photos here. Stay tuned!

My happy place

cjswaldner — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:56:15 +0000

This is the happiest place in the world….

Mug mats!

cjswaldner — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:17:16 +0000

A couple of Christmas mag mats – one for me, one for a quilting friend. Cute, no?

A yarny wish list….

cjswaldner — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:08:33 +0000

Love Knit Picks for all things yarny. And right now I could win my Wish List – just by posting a link here. So, here goes….it’s quite comprehensive.

http://www.knitpicks.com/cfCart/viewWishlist.cfm?wishlistid=972229FF-219B-8E23-D19D79C7D9C8FED2&media=WLBL

A pet peeve…

cjswaldner — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:53:15 +0000

People who type in all caps. Not only is it annoying, it’s also hard to read. Our brains see the shapes of words so when you type in all caps you take away that ability.

Found an excellent article that explains this in good detail and with a great example:

http://creativecurio.com/2007/08/why-you-shouldn%E2%80%99t-type-in-all-caps/

Just don’t do it. Especially in email. Then it’s also rude. Unless you meant to be yelling at me?

After a bit of a break…..

cjswaldner — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:11:26 +0000

here’s block no. 8. I LOVE this one. It was fun to make and I’m really pleased with how it came out.

This one is an interesting colour and shadow play. I had great fun deciding on which fabrics to use. It required being careful to only use one strong pattern with the rest being more subtle And I didn’t even mind all those HSTs!

More blocks!

cjswaldner — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 02:32:11 +0000

Been working my way through the blocks in the Summer Sampler Series. Some I like; some I don’t! More photos:

Meet Ramona!

cjswaldner — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:49:09 +0000

OK – so she’s a trailer, but given my propensity for naming things, it was fitting that she get a great name, too! We just got her and we’re really looking forward to taking her out on an inaugural camping trip. She’s a hybrid, which means that she has a queen size bed at each end that folds down. This means she goes from 16 ft closed to 22 ft open. Really makes a small trailer seem much bigger.

I’m just thrilled that she has a good size shower and a tv/dvd combo! I’m such a princess!

Block no 5!

cjswaldner — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:43:03 +0000

OK – so I skipped no. 4…. but only for a little while. I’ll get back to it, just couldn’t face anymore HSTs right away.

I love how this Star block turned out! Think I probably should have used less patterns but I still think it looks nice and graphic, which is what I was going for.

It’s a cold and windy day today so my goal is to try to get two more blocks done. See how it goes. I’ve started to think about sashing for this, too. Thinking black?