From QFC this morning:
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Stenciling a Three Panel Screen, Part II
More on the screen for Jim’s office. Once the stencil had had chance to dry I took the fabric panels off the screen (yeay velcro.) I didn’t do any prep work on the fabric — poly(?) canvas. The paint will stick …
Read MorePurple Book
I seem to be on a roll here with the purple stuff. This is a quick book binding project. The text block was purchased from Paper Source. It comes with cover boards but without a spine board. Japanese paper and book cloth. …
Read MoreStenciling a Three Panel Screen
In order to hide the backs of a number of monitors and computers in Jim’s office we put up a cheap three panel screen. It’s very boring thing. But… the panels are white “canvas” and that means they don’t have …
Read MorePurple is a Good Thing
Took an upholstery class at Pacific Fabrics over the weekend. I want to make new cushions for the porch furniture. The result of about 5 hours of work is this lovely and quite useless cushion. I like the drip effect of …
Read MoreNew Pictures
Two galleries of pictures from last week’s day-trip to the Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands for the purpose of picking up the pig. (Yummy fresh pork!) First a general gallery — mostly shots that Jim took. And a collection, mostly mine — a few …
Read More30 Minutes with Photoshop
I have a desktop widget that acts as a sideshows photo frame on my development machine. Having something pleasant to stare at when my mind goes blank on a problem is nice. This morning, during a particularly intense “now how the …
Read MoreNew Gallery Software
I have added an instance of Zen Photo for Ms. Shoes. The first album is a set of photos that I took this morning of birds visiting our bird feeders. (yes that is snow, again.) Click on the picture to go to …
Read MoreJim Moves Up From Rock Band
Last week Jim got a new guitar — something a little more challenging…
Read MoreGarden Report — The Aftermath
Now that most of the snow is melted it’s time to have a good look at the garden and assess the damages. There aren’t really any surprises. Most of the damage was done by the very cold temperatures on Dec …
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