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Julie

Searcy, AR
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About Me:

I moved to AR recently, and with my husband, we are remodeling -slowly- his boyhood home. It was built in 1940. We love it already, but we are upgrading and of course adding our own personalities to it. I appreciate any suggestions you may have when I post my many (I'm sure!) questions over time.... Thank you in advance...

Favorite area of home improvement:

I love it all! I enjoy gardening, both flowers & veggies... and all DIY projects! Also like to draw, paint, do needle work, and mosaics.


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  • Pillow. Hand stitched needlepoint.
  • Geometric shapes. Wall-hanging. Needlepoint.
  • Mom did this from building the frame, stretching the canvas, to painting.
  • Hand painted vase.
  • Hand painted vase.
  • Two (approx) 5"x5" framed paintings.
  • Not a "match", but Mom needlepointed the chair seat and the pillow.
  • Looking inside her cabinet that displayed a few of the 12 China plates she painted & fired in her kiln. Also painted the blue/gold vase. Others items were bought.
  • Close-up of one of the China plates Mom painted.
  • I saw her draw this over a few days -in pen- while she talked at her home desk on the phone! Truly amazing. Done free hand without a design or picture to go by.
  • Needlepoint wall-hanging. Sorry not all of it is shown!
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My Dear Mother's Artwork & Sewing

My mother passed away in February 2008, but over her lifetime she was very prolific artistically. She favored Oriental styles, but also painted & sewed many other things. Hope you enjoy & might be inspired by the few pieces I show here :)

Julie
Julie Searcy, AR 11 hours ago
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    Terri J 4 hours ago
    Beautiful pieces!! I love them all.
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Crafts: Anyone cross-stitch out there? Need help with finished project!!

Just finished a very detailed cross-stitch project. First one I've done this large. Started as a beginner, ended as a pretty accomplished sewer (ha)! The fabric needs to be ironed before ...»
I frame it. After all that work I don't want to mess it up now. I've read how to iron it on the back side, but my question:

There are many tiny beads sew throughout -- is the iron going to hurt them? Any advice? Thank you!!

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Julie Searcy, AR
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    I used mostly DMC. With some of the colors I ran out too soon. The Hancock (only sewing/fabric ...»
    store here) doesn't carry DMC, so I had to use a different brand. I'll check leftover deep-color threads ahead of time to see if they bleed.

    And Evelyn.. thank you for the message earlier. I enjoy "talking" with you. I'll send some pics of my mother's art to you! Proud to show them :)

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  • I call it Wall Jewelry. 5
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bathroom mosaic

HI, I have never posted anything on the internet before but am in the middle of a renovating a house and have done so many fun things and wanted to share. I couldn't decide on one type of ...»
tile to surround our claw foot tub so I collected various colors of tile that I liked made a mosaic. I didn't draw it out, just wanted it to look free and flowing. Please excuse the mess in the rest of the picture, had a failed attempt at hanging a chandelier, need to find a smaller one. Oh, we have a farmhouse sink with a sideboard to be used in there also. The whole bathroom will be finished with all re-purposed materials, sink and tub found at junk sales, refinished, mirror found in garbage and repainted, windows off of Craig's List, floors taken out of a foreclosed house and put in by my husband, over the sink light from garage sale. OH and the 2 doors, not shown, are also Craig's List items.

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    I LOVE THIS!!! Just beautiful. I love mosaics, sooo much fun :)
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Gardening: Covering tomatoes during a cold snap

Hello... during a few days of spring we bought/planted some sturdy 8-10" high tomato plants. No fruit, no flowering. Then we had 2" of snowfall! Fortunately we covered them (milky colored ...»
heavy plastic & stakes) beforehand & they did well. Snow is gone now, they've been covered 2 days. Yesterday I opened it up for a few hours on one end for air only/no sun. Skies are very cloudy still & rain coming tonight & over next couple of days.

Question: Do I keep them covered --OR NOT? Day temps are only in the high 40s-mid 50s/some wind. When it rains it'll be a cold rain. Are they OK covered up until Monday when temps even out?

Julie
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    Yes, it's one of my favorites! So is Pink Brandywine :) YUM! It's COLD DAY here today...3:30 ...»
    pm and it's 39 degrees, windy, and rainy... glad they're in the house with us! But we have high 70s/low 80s coming this weekend, weird....

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