Linda's Magic Workshop - Linda Britt Design

It looked so easy!    I had almost all the tools.   When I was at the Quiltedinclay.com website, I thought, “ooh what fun that will be.”   So I ordered one of the quilt disc sets and later realized if I was serious about this project, I should have ordered the 2 nd set.   So I did. I decided to make the ‘Ohio Star’ pattern when the disc set came.   I read the instructions – 3 times.   Since I wanted to make the extrusions that night, I had to find enough light and dark clay of one color for the project.   Yellow and Copper.   It seems I need more practice reading instructions.   I kind of ‘fly by the seat of my pants’ and when I see something I make up my own instructions to get it done.   Usually that works.   But I know enough about quilting to know these shapes of clay need to be precise.   24" long extruded triangle and squares I figured out I would need a total of 13 long extrusions of dark and light colored clay. The extrusions as you can see in the photo are

Finished Button and Beads After two days of being on the phone with a credit union, a bank, Medicare, and social security, I needed a distraction.   It was time to open my new package with the polymer clay ‘Ultimate Clay Extruder’ by Makin’s and the Bullen’s Wullens Driver Adapter.   I’ve had these tools for weeks and just kept putting off setting them up.   Found an old variable speed drill and I’m ready! This project started when I signed up for another online ‘Craftcast’ class.   This time it was ‘Extrusions’ with Cynthia Tinapple.   http://www.craftcast.com/class-or-recording-item/279652-learn-to-make-extraordinary-polymer-clay   I attended class and was intrigued.   Of course I ordered all the tools to make the class project and waited.   This evening I watched the class video again and assembled everything.   After conditioning 6 colors of clay, I rolled them through the pasta machine on the widest setting.   I used the Kemper Cutter to make the correct size circles of al

My Two Brothers and Me Several Years Ago Musing- Many years ago when I was in my early 20’s I decided to get married and follow my husband wherever.   It was in the Viet Nam era and instead of being drafted in the army, he joined the Navy.   So we moved from Missouri to Tennessee to California and he went on two cruises (not the kind going to the South Seas for fun) to Viet Nam.   After the Navy experience, we went back to Missouri where I taught at Stephens College and he finished his Master’s Degree.   Then it was on to St. Louis and back to the Bay Area (Mountain View, CA).   We moved to Tucson where we lived for 22 years before he passed away from a brain tumor.   Eventually, I found Peter and we moved to Prescott AZ where we live today.   The point of sharing this with you is to point out that the early decisions we make continue to have effects years later. I was the only member of my family to leave the Kansas City area and move across the country.   So I missed (except