Anne's Crafts - Silk

Henry's Silk Tie

nospam@example.com (Henry) — Thu, 25 Dec 2003 13:19:00 -0500

Christmas 2001, and Anne surprised me with a silk tie. She got the tie body from somewhere on eBay, and did the silkpainting herself. The style is like the Escher tile patterns, with light blue and white colours so it goes with my suit. I've worn it a few times on special occasions, like the 2002 work Christmas party. It's a special tie for special occasions. I'm really happy with it.

Silk Scarves

nospam@example.com (Henry) — Thu, 22 Aug 2002 13:29:00 -0400

Anne occasionally makes silk scarves for friends and family, and she keeps a few for herself for special occasions. This is a blue/grey scarf she cut and painted and finished August 2002. It has two beaded butterflies on the ends. She made it as a farewell gift for Angela, who moved to Hawaii last year.

Silk Painting

nospam@example.com (Henry) — Sat, 29 Jun 2002 13:26:00 -0400

The giant piano quilt is temporarily stalled. Quilter's block. Anne has temporarily moved on to other fields. Silk painting is one of them. These are two small silk paintings she has done. The designs are stained-glass style and came from books about silk painting. Anne painted them and then had them framed, and she's mounted them on the walls at home. She didn't tell me she was going to put them on the walls, just put them up to see if I would notice them. This is a long standing feud between us. I claim to notice all, and Anne knows I don't. So the first painting went up on the wall and I came home deep in thought about some work matters, and because I didn't notice it in the first few seconds, Anne was triumphant. I did spot the second one when it appeared. I like them a lot. Bright, colourful, pretty, and best of all - home-made. The personal touch is what makes them so special.