Day 228 of 2026

As always I get inspiration 

from the color combinations I find at IKEA. 

While I found plenty in the textiles today, 

this one is calling to me

 for my changing of the dishes this fall. 

 

Day 99 of 2026

I am within an inch of beginning the decreases

 of the other end of this hat. 

That sounds like a good time

 to show you my color inspiration. 

In the foreground is my hat. 

The background contains one of my favorite, 

ready-made scarves.

Quite a while ago I pulled colors from my sock yarn stash 

that were as close as I could get to the originals.  

My initial intention was to make striped socks, 

which I may still do,

but then this hat pattern came to mind from my mental queue. 

I don't know if I will ever wear the hat and scarf together,

 but it feels good to make another item 

that contains all these happy colors. 

Side note: I don't wear long scarves much anymore. 

I rather prefer a cowl so I may connect the ends

 at the proper length to make that happen. 

Second side note: The blue and blue with black sections 

are for the reverse side of the hat. 

It will make sense when I show you the final project.

 

Day 129 of 2025

I'm doing some color matching. 

My inspiration here is a page from a home goods catalog.

 

Day 105 of 2025

Fireball and I are off on an adventure again. 

The airport after the first leg of our trip

 has a great quilt inspired tile floor.

 

Day 285 of 2024

This has always been a very favorite note pad. 

It occurs to me this is true because 

I love the color combinations included in the artwork. 

I have saved this photo in my "color" album on my phone. 

That is where I go for inspiration

 when planning a quilt or knitting project. 

It is good to know that when the notepad is gone 

I will still have the opportunity to experience the joy it brings me.

 

Day 233 of 2024

I mentioned in this post why I keep cards for color inspiration. 

I keep finding those I've saved

 in a variety of places throughout the house. 

Lately, I have begun taking photos of the items

 and saving that image in a dedicated album on my phone. 

Some physical items will still be saved

 in a binder reserved for this purpose.

Day 141 of 2024

A piece of mail came to the house  that looked like a greeting card. 

It turned out to be an advertisement and a coupon. 

I have always loved saving cards that have colors that appeal to me. 

I save them to refer to when I need to pick out a palette for a quilt or,

 more recently, knitted socks. 

I'm saving this one in particular not only because i really liked the colors, 

but because it has color combinations that I would not normally think to use.

 

Day 311 of 2023

I am gathering inspiration from the holiday planters in public places. 

I think my front door planters need a little refresh this year. 

They've been looking a little tired the last couple years.

 

Day 273 of 2023

I am inspired today. 

With birthday certificates to use before the end of the month, 

we visited several stores today 

and enjoyed looking at all the seasonal displays. 

I am always inspired by cute little houses and villages.

 

Day 113 of 2023

After working on the Old House today, 

Fireball and I had some dinner downtown. 

I found quilt a design in the wild. 

I may get out the graph paper for this one.

 

Day 81 of 2023

Not my work. 

This was part of my dinner at a restaurant tonight

 and now I feel obligated to up my avocado presentation game. 

I'll work on it.

 

Day 72 of 2023

I found this piece of fabric a couple days ago at an antique store. 

It's that heavy fabric with the weird texture that was once widely used for curtains. 

I think it may work nicely for a small everyday backpack. 

 

Day 22 of 2023

I love it when I find tile with quilt potential.

 

Day 365 of 2022

An old house calls for an old light fixture, in a closet no less. 

I think it's so pretty, fancy and appropriate for New Year's Eve.

 

Day 292 of 2021

Sometimes I am inspired by carpeting.

 

Day 48 of 2021

As I was prepping dinner today I was taken by the colors in the pan. 

I think I need to make an onion and celery colored quilt.

 

Day 287 of 2020

I just finished reading the first of these three books. 

I've read all three. 

I just read them in backward order. 

I am inspired to make changes in my home

 and these books have given me the actual steps to help make that happen.

 

Day 29 of 2020

Now that the cards are done, 

I took the opportunity to flip through a few of my favorite magazines 

that had gone unopened and piling up since before the holidays.

Day 306 of 2019

Today was my last day in Houston. 

I'll leave you with this detail of a quilt by Cinzia White.

Day 210 of 2019

It's not exactly a quilt in the wild, but I will consider it as such.