Linda's Magic Workshop - Linda Britt Design

A few weeks ago, a friend took me to a great little quilt shop in Prescott Valley, AZ. Quilt ‘N Sew Connection     www.QuiltnsewConnection.com   My friend, Luana, quilts.   I don’t but I do love to look at fabrics and how patterns are being put together.   I noticed the buttons on the checkout counter and found out some were polymer clay.   The owner and I chatted and she said it would be nice to have a local source for the buttons. If you’ve been following my blog posts about polymer clay extrusions and buttons, you know I’ve been experimenting and getting a system that works.   I made several buttons (27 to be exact) some are one of a kind and some two of a kind and even 8 of one kind.   I was wondering how to package them and came on the idea of using thank you cards from a previous business.   They had my logo on the front that I could cut off and attach my buttons with double sticky tape.   It worked!   I put them in a box and Luana and I went back to the quilt store.   I

The red and light beige finished quilt pattern What to do with those scraps?   Having been raised in Missouri and having an artist for a mother taught me not to throw away leftovers before I played with them to see what they could become.   I finally finished the red/light beige quilt pattern I had been working on in polymer clay and after storing the canes, I had scraps.   For anyone who does not know about polymer clay extruders here is a quick description.    Makin's Ultimate Extruder There is a tube with a plunger and on the other end of the tube is a cap where you place a disc with a shape cut out. The clay is pushed through the tube and out the cutout in the disc.   The shapes are then put together to form a pattern called a ‘cane’.    The cane in this case is a square and can be reduced or lengthened to be the size I want.   You can see various sizes in the photos.   The design continues through the entire cane making it possible to slice several pieces

Male Gambel's Quail Prescott’s parks are open on Wednesdays with no fees.   Today we took advantage of this and went to Watson Lake and Willow Lake.   It has rained a lot here and we were expecting normal to high water in the lakes but we found low water levels.   The bird populations were reduced also.   Willow Lake - low water - great reflection! If we had not stopped and really looked we would have missed lots of action.   I found myself thinking, “here I have my camera but not much picture material”.   That’s when I remembered to stand still and really look.   All at once two groups of Canada Geese flew from Watson Lake into Willow Lake while I was standing still.    Canada Geese Flying In The Mallards and the Grebes were swimming with their babes.    The Cormorants were sunning and drying their feathers. Mom Grebe and Babe We had our scope and found lots of Red-winged Blackbirds mixed with Yellow-headed Blackbirds.   Those Yellow-heads would make anyon