I attended a quilting retreat this weekend and finished another quilt top. This one is in colors I don’t think of as “me,” but are lovely nonetheless. Of course, I needed a matching ink palette right? Fabric is Beach House by Laundry Basket Quilts (all the blue florals) and Wandering by Stephanie Organes (gold in…
I unapologetically love color. All the combinations. And it’s even more fun pulling out ink swatches and trying to figure out which ones match the best. What do you think of this one? Kaweco Paradise Blue Monteverde Emotions Kindness Robert Oster Summer Storm Diamine Blue Edition Gingerbread
Approximately two years ago I started working with a quilt company. And since I’m already in love with knitting, it’s no surprise to anyone that I ended up quilting. Fabric, like yarn, comes in such a lovely array of colors and each collection I find has fun color palettes. So this week, inspired by a…
I love stationery supplies! I’m sure most people reading Well-Appointed Desk can understand the feeling of not only enjoying stationery supplies but also hoarding these supplies. I’ve decided 2025 will be the year I try to at least start using all supplies I can find in my own stash and make my daily planner a…
While many folks are enjoying various ink advent calendars, this year I opted for a sticker advent calendar from Stickii. For those who haven’t checked out Stickii before, its primary product is a monthly subscription club, where you receive a selection of fun stickers monthly. Stickii offers three general thematic options and all their stickers…
Normally Ana and I look forward to November, anxious to get started knitting. That’s because November is NaKniSweMo, or National Knit a Sweater Month. Styled after NaNoWriMo (but without the AI), NaKniSweMo is organized around knitting (or crocheting) a sweater of 50,000 stitches in the month of November. A little challenge, if you will. Ana…
Sometimes you look at your collection of gorgeous pen cases, some of which sit empty at times, and wonder what else you could do with them. Just me? Where it started: Leigh Reyes/Vanness/Rickshaw limited edition pen roll, a set of crochet hooks: What happened next: Independence/Rickshaw limited edition pen roll, Double Pointed Needles (DPNs) for…
