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FACEBOOK LIVE with Mark Lipinski and Mr. Electric, October 16, 2017

If you missed our last Facebook LIVE live video, here it is!  Please feel free to leave a question or comment below.  All are answered.  xoxom Here are the links to the subjects we spoke about in this episode: ORGAN RECITAL la bandeau So, we’ve returned to Facebook Live and I’m on home dialysis, so I have […]

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Piece a Watermelon Quilt! Macrame a Wallhanging! Make your own Sewing Labels! DIY Rug from a Garden Hose! Make an Insulated Mason Jar Bag! Learn How to Dye with Flowers! DIY Butterfly Sculpture Under Glass! Free eBook! Paint Textured Roses! Recycled T-Shirt Bracelets! Appliqué an Heirloom Lap Quilt! Petal Enhanced Yarn! 3 Lavender Cross Stitch Charts to Stitch! Knit a Belted Tunic Dress! Put a Message on Your Door Mat! Embroider Vintage Images! Sun Dye on Fabric! It’s Time for Pinecone Elves! PLUS . . . Recipes, Videos, Inspiration, Creativity, Ideas, and More!

ARTspiration Artists or art that turns me on and feeds my soul. This modern piece is by artist, Joan Miró, and is called, FEMME ET OISEAUX   YOKE DU YOUR A boy asks his father, “Dad, are bugs good to eat?” “That’s disgusting. Don’t talk about things like that over dinner,” the dad replies. After […]

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FACEBOOK LIVE with Mark Lipinski and Mr. Electric, May 21, 2017

 If you missed our last Facebook LIVE live video, here it is!  Please feel free to leave a question or comment.  All are answered.  xoxom Here are the links to the subjects we spoke about in this episode: Not Kid(ney)-ing Around As my search for a life-saving kidney continues, I find that I am now .2 points from […]

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FACEBOOK LIVE with Mark Lipinski and Mr. Electric, April 2, 2017

If you missed our last Facebook LIVE live video, here it is!  Please feel free to leave a question or comment.  All are answered.  xoxom If you missed Facebook Live with Mark Lipinski and Mr. Electric, on Sunday, watch it here! Plus here are the links to just about everything we spoke about. Also, try to win […]

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Craft a Tiered Pincushion! Use Decorative Stitching for this Sewing Machine Cover! Crochet a Moroccan Market Tote! Making Silk Flowers! Make a Rainbow Floral Wreath! Craft Blue and White Chinoiserie! Why to Keep a Journal! Create a Fabric Journal Cover! How to Drill Porcelain! Sew Fringed Easter Bunny Napkins! Make Colored Smoke Granades! Dive into a Mini Garden Pool! Sew Up a Bandana Table Cloth! Get Rid of Bags Under Your Eyes! Knot a Macrame Wall Hanging! Fabric and Rope Easter Baskets! Piece a Rainbow Collection Pillow! Knit a Katy Did It Summer Sweater! Use Your Scraps for Mini Waist Packs! Paint Succulents! Piece a Color Explosion Quilt! Sew a Fabric Wallet! Cross Stitch a French Amitie Pattern! PLUS . . . Recipes, Videos, Inspiration, Creativity, Ideas, and More!

ARTspiration Artists or art that turns me on and feeds my soul.  This piece is called ‘Ada Seated’, oil on canvas by Alex Katz done in 1963.  I love the size of it — 60 1/2 x 43 1/4 in. YOKE DU YOUR The boss wondered why one of his most valued employees was absent but had not […]

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FACEBOOK LIVE with Mark Lipinski and Mr. Electric, March 19, 2017

If you missed our last Facebook LIVE live video, here it is!  Please feel free to leave a question or comment.  All are answered.  xoxom Here are the links to the subjects we spoke about in this episode: LOSS and HOPE It is with a great deal of sadness and anxiety that I have to report that Beyonce, […]

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Sew a Embroidery Scissor Wrist Cuff! Create Ruffle Bunny Appliqué Kitchen Towels! Make a Quilted Rag Table Runner! Make Thread Spool Wine Stoppers! How to Store Your Fusibles and Interfacings! DIY a Paper Book Jacket! Create an End of Day Quilter’s Chooky Basket! Make a Hobo Shoulder Bag! Crochet a Floppy Stuffed Bunny! Learn Floral Imprinting on Fabric! DIY Stamps from Your Photos! Knit a Back Scrubber! Piece a Colorful Charm Quilt! Craft Hands for Your Garden! How to Turn Broken China into Mosaics! Stitch Wildflower Embroidery! PLUS . . . Recipes, Videos, Inspiration, Creativity, Ideas, and More

ARTspiration Artists or art that turns me on and feeds my soul.  This 3-D digital art piece is called “Mr R Underwater” By butchsl.   YOKE DU YOUR What do you get when you cross a four-leaf clover with poison ivy? A rash of good luck on St. Patrick’s Day. DESIGNspiration Look around you. Design is […]

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And the winner is . . .

The winner of Mark Lipinski’s Blog’s Blog Hop for Trisha Maloney’s new book, I LOVE PRECUT QUILTS is someone whom I don’t know . . . Drumroll please . . . The winner is Holly Archer! Congratulations, Holly.  Please email me at PickleRoadStudios@me.com with your full name and mailing address and Tricia will get your […]

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“I LOVE PRECUT QUILTS” BLOG HOP

Welcome to the “I LOVE PRECUT QUILTS” Blog Hop I want to thank Tricia Lynn Maloney for inviting me to hop along (if you feel shaking, it’s not an earthquake . . . it’s just me) A little history. . . It seems I’ve known designer and author, Tricia Lynn Maloney for ages. We met, […]

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Create Ric Rac Roses! Sew a Cozy Pillow Bed! DIY Embossed Metal Boxes! Learn to Make Sprocket Pillows! Crochet Sweater Boots! Paint Fabric using Inktense! Piece an Album Patch Quilt! Craft a Portable Watercolor Box! Knit a Flying Pig! Plant a Freshwater Terrarium! Embroider a set of Chain of Hearts Napkins! Create Stunning Stained Glass Windows! Sew Heart-Themed Coasters! Mini Embroidery Project! Make a Soda Can Rose! A Sewing Machine Tip! How to Spin Yarn! Sewing Ric Rac! PLUS . . . Recipes, Videos, Inspiration, Creativity, Ideas, and More

ARTspiration Artists or art that turns me on and feeds my soul.  This piece is called Girl With Pigtails by Sir Samuel Henry William Llewellyn,  who was an English painter of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries YOKE DU YOUR Two elephants walk in the wilderness and spot a guy peeing at the bushes. One elephant nudges […]

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