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LindaSchiffer

Columbia, Maryland

Jill of many skills from Eastern KY via TX and WI; owner of Seminole Sampler quilt shop (now closed).

Interests: quilt making (especially art quilts), making altered books, science fiction (lifelong reader; movies and tv), gaming (as in role playing, etc), human prehistory and other archaeology

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Lovely Sunshine

Yet another beautiful example of the intersection of art and science (well, nature anyway:) is the embroidery work of Hilary Fayle - done on a substrate of leaves. You can read about her in a newspaper article here or take... Continue reading

Posted 7 days ago at Fiber and Pulp

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It is rare for me to get a chance to see the intersection of my fiber love and my science training but here is a fabulous example. These are embroideries of classic illustrations of different kinds of cells in the... Continue reading

Posted Feb 19, 2021 at Fiber and Pulp

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Belated Christmas Joy

(With a tip of the hat in the direction of Kitten Academy) I managed a very late holiday gift excitement this week. In the Baltimore Modern guild, we had a holiday swap way back in December. My poor sender, Barbara... Continue reading

Posted Feb 19, 2021 at Fiber and Pulp

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Here is how my scrap 'slab' turned out in the end. It is about half the size I'd like for making a placemat (my current go-to use for random piecing:) so I know I will make more at some point.... Continue reading

Posted Feb 6, 2021 at Fiber and Pulp

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In today's random walk around the Web I found this picture of an antique offering basket from Bali. All that white stitchery holding it together includes white beads. I think it is beautiful and felt like sharing. :) If you... Continue reading

Posted Feb 5, 2021 at Fiber and Pulp

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Little song bird tracks on my front step, near the feeder. Icicles hanging from the gutters in sunshine. We still have snow on the ground and the forecast is calling for more this weekend. Rare in Maryland for snow to... Continue reading

Posted Feb 4, 2021 at Fiber and Pulp

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When I woke up this morning there was snow coming down outside my windows. :) Unlike most Marylanders, I like snow so the view was pleasant. :) It is still snowing out as I type this post and I'm not... Continue reading

Posted Jan 31, 2021 at Fiber and Pulp

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I have always had a fascination with insects - and this one is especially enticing. :) Beads, gemstones (that's malachite, that green marbled stone), handwork AND bugs - what more can you want? :) This glorious creation is one of... Continue reading

Posted Jan 27, 2021 at Fiber and Pulp

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I don't finish things very often so I feel that I should take a bow here ... even though it wasn't easy. :) Today during our Friday Sewing Together time, I finished my Scrub Rose wall hanging. Well, except for... Continue reading

Posted Jan 8, 2021 at Fiber and Pulp

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In my on-going theme of needlework in very public places, how about this image? :) This ultra sized cross stitch ducky parade was created by an artist known as Urban XStitch. You can go here and read about him/her and... Continue reading

Posted Jan 5, 2021 at Fiber and Pulp

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Adventures in the Rain

I tried out Facebook's Avatar generator this afternoon. The pic above was the best I could approximate myself (my hair is darker and streaked with gray but that was not a choice, only all gray was). Doesn't look a lot... Continue reading

Posted Jan 3, 2021 at Fiber and Pulp

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Do you know about The Sewing Machine Project? Here is the info from their website: The Sewing Machine Project is an organization based in Madison, Wisconsin, bringing sewing into peoples’ lives by offering sewing machines, tools, and education. The organization... Continue reading

Posted Jan 2, 2021 at Fiber and Pulp

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Happy New Year!!! 2021 does not have a high bar to jump to exceed 2020, eh? :) I spent today in my most favorite way (well, most but one:) - sewing with friends. If you click on that beautiful galaxy... Continue reading

Posted Jan 1, 2021 at Fiber and Pulp

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Last Gasp of 2020

This beautiful mosaic floor was unearthed recently in Baalbek, Lebanon during underground construction of a new drainage system. Look at that design - does it look familiar? :) It was flooring in a large palace hall built by the Romans... Continue reading

Posted Dec 31, 2020 at Fiber and Pulp

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Nearing the End

This is a single sheet of paper, cut into exquisite bits by artist Masayo Fukuda. I think I have probably shared her work before here ... luscious, detailed, lacy, astounding! Click her name and go see more of her intriguing... Continue reading

Posted Dec 30, 2020 at Fiber and Pulp

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I always think of the week between Christmas and New Year as special - outside the usual day-to-day life, a time for reflection and planning. In as much as we _can_ plan this year! Today I finished sewing the binding... Continue reading

Posted Dec 27, 2020 at Fiber and Pulp

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Today is the traditional holiday known in the England-associated countries as Boxing Day. I had never heard of this holiday until I was well into adulthood - at first, I could not figure out why anyone would particularly want to... Continue reading

Posted Dec 26, 2020 at Fiber and Pulp

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Happy Christmas!

Wisdom from a little tree. How appropriate! :) Merry Christmas to all! I am poking my head up from my usual semi-dark den to wish all a very happy day. Today I read about dragons and cooked a wonderful holiday... Continue reading

Posted Dec 25, 2020 at Fiber and Pulp

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Winter Solstice

Do you crochet? I learned years ago and have a passion for crocheted snowflakes - the kind you can hang in a window or on your Christmas tree. If you click on the picture above, you can go to a... Continue reading

Posted Dec 21, 2020 at Fiber and Pulp

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I have a passion for buttons, beads and other small sparkly objects. No wonder I find this art piece attractive, eh? :) The artist, Jane Perkins, makes her work from recycled items including beads, shells, buttons, etc. I think it... Continue reading

Posted Dec 18, 2020 at Fiber and Pulp

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We had a nice snowfall yesterday (I was hoping I could catch the falling snowflakes in this pic but apparently I missed:). It amounted to about 2" ... and would have been more if the rain that fell, heavily at... Continue reading

Posted Dec 17, 2020 at Fiber and Pulp

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Definite Progress

I made sewing progress today! This is a teaser photo of one corner I bound today on a grandson's Halloween quilt. :) Each of them is getting a Halloween quilt for Christmas. LOL. I am very pleased with my binding... Continue reading

Posted Dec 15, 2020 at Fiber and Pulp

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Here is more beautiful lace art by NeSpoon, that Polish woman artist whom I admire so much. Click on the photo and go take a look - I certainly prefer her taste in 'grafitti' to the usual mark making! I'd... Continue reading

Posted Dec 14, 2020 at Fiber and Pulp

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I choose this quote for my post because today I managed to take (happy) part in not one but two communities of women artists and artisans. At noon I attended a zoom meeting of the Handmade Book Club, led by... Continue reading

Posted Dec 13, 2020 at Fiber and Pulp

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More Happy Sunshine

Have you ever noticed the similarity between paving and/or tiling patterns and patchwork designs? I certainly have. :) I know people copy elaborate tiled floors from cathedrals, etc., to make quilt designs. Next time you look at bricks, think about... Continue reading

Posted Dec 12, 2020 at Fiber and Pulp

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