Idaho Beauty's Creative Journey

Exploring the creative journey...MY creative journey...as expressed through textiles. What nurtures it, what blocks it? Inspirations, frustrations and "doing the work." Oh yes - and the occasional rant.

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Friday, June 19, 2026

Venetian Tiles All Bound Up

Venetian Tiles (Stack n Whack pattern) 31" x 30-1/2" Well, I said I was going to set my mind to finishing this little quilt this w...

Sunday, June 14, 2026

NOW We're Flying!

I've been pretty diligent this week, working on my two major projects - the crochet cardigan and the Venetian Tiles quilt. You might rem...

Monday, June 01, 2026

Crochet Update

Haven't gotten back to quilting on the Venetian Tiles top yet, diversions including a weekend of multiple motorcycle races to watch, but...

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

A Little Gardening

How was your Memorial Day weekend? The day itself here in northern Idaho was unusually warm - 80 degrees! We generally are cold and rainy wi...

Saturday, May 23, 2026

Traveler's Journals Done!

When last I posted, I had the outer covers of the Traveler's journals done and had started working on the actual journals and pockets to...

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Time For Bookmaking

I put the quilting aside last week in order to meet a deadline for a bookmaking project to get in the mail. I'm turning these two books ...

Saturday, May 09, 2026

Not Exactly Flying

When I queued up the tutorial video for the crochet cardigan, I found myself watching a young and perky gal so excited about this pattern an...

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About Me

The Idaho Beauty: I'm a native Idahoan who has finally returned home after many years of bouncing around the U.S. My "Idaho Beauty" trademark comes from a traditional quilt block name, appropriate for a homesick Idahoan in love with all aspects of quilting. In another life there were motorcycles. Now I content myself with following motorcycle roadracing. When that abates for the winter, I switch to figure skating. I've never had a pair of skates on, but I often dreamed up elaborate programs in my mind. Ah youth... I've always read, all kinds of things, fiction and non-fiction. I caught the bug for journaling from a HS English teacher, and the love of personal correspondence from my mother. I've almost always had a dog. I'm currently without, but the last version was a smallish black lab with an attitude big enough to make up for her size. There was some confusion about who was the master in this house. She'll be hard to replace. I appear to have a calling to create art, but I sometimes flounder in my quest. Thus I blog.

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