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The flowers will be at two local art shows this spring, Bynum Bridge Art Fest on April 21 (between Pittsboro and Chapel Hill on 15-501) and Front Porch Art Walk in the Oakwood neighborhood in Raleigh on May 12. Stop by and say hello if you'll be in the area on either day!

Dancing Triangles is mounted onto a soft canvas backing so it can be hung on the wall without stretching. This backing also allows the rug to be used on the floor. Once the backing is sized and dyed, it has to be pinned to the rug with very large safety pins. Once the entire backing is pinned to the rug, I start sewing the backing to the rug with fiber that might have been used in the rug, so it won't show on the front. I try to stitch so that there is no more than about 4" of run...

When one of my rugs sold recently, I was able to ship it immediately because it had already been mounted for wall display.  I decided to move ahead and mount the rest of the rectangular rugs onto canvas, so they can be hung on the wall.  (Still not sure about mounting the round and nautilus rugs, because they are reversible.) I tried to buy black dye because one of the rugs was dark.  Sometimes, the backing can show through to the front a tiny bit; a black backing would not stand out against a dark purple rug. My local grocery...

All you need is a large number of dead CDs and a supply of 8" cable ties. DVDs are pretty, too. Put two CDs together shiny side out, loop a large cable tie through the hole, and then through the cable tie that runs through another pair of CDs (make one pair stand-alone first). "White" cable ties will eventually disintegrate in the sun, but so will CDs at some point. Black cable ties (UV-resistant) will last longer than the CDs, for sure.You can also connect two pairs together with a longer cable tie--perhaps 11", but maybe 15". Test. These cable...