Fluffy's Compleat Boutique

Made with no brown! That’s purple and green in that gold and brown. I still learn something each time I do this.

It's time for me to start the 20 day tiedye marathon. Do you need a new tiedye? Are you coming to Blue Note and need me to make you a Blue Note Tee? If so, message me with your size and I'll be your Tiedye Atelier! Fluffy's. Where our hands are blue and our hearts are pink!

Work in Progress ~ Birdbath Homage to Wes Anderson:

Art of the Day: I just listed this fun double-sided quilt on Etsy...

Two-faced Quilt With Vintage Rayon and Cotton 1940s Back. Full-sized Bed Quilt With Wool Batting. - Etsy This Art Quilts item is sold by FluffysCompleat. Ships from Tahlequah, OK. Listed on May 22, 2024

Found my glasses! By then, I figured out I have not had a prescription review since 2021. No glasses ever really fit because there is a big gap between my uncorrected vision and seeing oncoming vehicles. Its as if my aperture is getting really refined into a narrow depth of field. My sweet Mamow wore red lipstick and teamed up with a blind man to deliver braille books to rural blind people, and teach them to read braille. I guess all of that got 'tractored out' by books on tape, and then audiobooks, by the time she passed on in about 1989. I have gratitude that I don't need fine-tuned vision any more to read so many briefs and docs all the time. It's a fun to sew, quilt, tiedye and garden. Also, I do some cooking. Right now I'm processing a crate of Stilwell berries for cakes, winter oatmeal and trail mix. It's prime time to get another flat for freezing. Being retired is a lot of fun!!!

Buttery Chardonnay awaits you. Brownies await you. Come to TC Gallery in TQ at 6:30 for tunes, poems, conversation and art. I'm asking Scott Aycock what it has been like to host Folk Salad on NPR for 25 years, because that would have been my dream job. Tahlequah Creates, 215 N Muskogee. Tahlequah.

Want to work on Earth Note Underground Stage decorations? Like, a sheer flowey wall of glittering backdrop? Call me. Let's do an art thing for May.

It is quilting day in Fluffyland! Working on a sweet lil antique vintage hand-stitched quilt top with 'football ovals' in shades of raspberry sateen and rust orange velvet. I'll post pics in the comments after a couple of hours.

Saxon's Periwinkle is finished! Here's a pic.

I'm working on a new quilt... pretty different from the quilts I have made in the past. I thought it might be fun to 'Journal' the quilt I am making here at the atelier du Fluff`i. Something like this:

Vintage Raw
3/3/2024
In this quilt, I’m challenging our traditional notions about hiding womens’ work. For generations in civilized societies, womens’ work has been supposed to look magical, or as if it happened by magic. I understand the cultural origins of making hard things look easy or hiring a specialist who is an advanced craftswoman to do that which we might not know how to do. “Crude” is a term that is usually not a compliment—unless we understand that the gift of time is an ultimate tribute. Personally, I like crude things. ( I like sleek design and perfected, evolved things also. It doesn’t have to be one or the other.)
Joanna Macy is an insightful writer who was one of the first deep ecology writers of the 1980s. She recognized that humans have an alienated relationship with our authentic full selves by the way we do society. It is possible to find extremely refined 1300-year old muniments of life in America that are awe-inspiringly perfect. We shouldn't write off those civilizations as all being in perfect linear progression from ancient to modern. I think evolution is not an upward arc of refinement, but more like ratcheting paradigm shifts and torquing 3D innovations and adaptations. Jared Diamond talks about some of that sort of thing in "Collapse."
But for now-- this day in early Spring when seeds are speculating about when to stretch out, this quilt is like an intergenerational hug between the skills of the women of the past and us today with our playful quirky individualism. That freedom is like a deep breath of nourishing air and cool dirt meeting warm sunshine.

This quilt in particular first began on an early March day in 2024, and it was in the 60s on that day… getting up to comfy 80s or so. The Bradford Pears, love them or hate them, have popped. My neighbor’s Forsythia hedge (!) was showering forth in VanGogh’s yellows. It was a good day for ideas to unfurl from their tender buds.

This vintage raw-edged quilt top gets its collaboration from a new generation of modern design embellishments. The back measures 64”x82”… a bit shorter and narrower than a Twin Size bed quilt. In that sense, it is the size of a personal quilt, or a bed topper. It is a useful size for chilly winter nights. Some people use them for movie quilts.. interesting enough to leave out for a comfy layer when you watch movies on the sofa. Also good as a car quilt to keep under the seat in case you get stranded or a guest wants to nap during a drive.
This quilt is Summer weight. It has no batting, and gets its weight from the embellishment. The Quilt Back is vintage yardage mostly. It is from, I am guessing 1950s to 1970s. The ovals foursquares are hand-stitched into squares, and those were machine-stitched in strips. I’d like to know how many handstitches have been applied in order to make the FormerTop Backing.

Wherever We Are Cherokee Cabinet Introductions Part 1 Edition It's official: The new Cherokee Nation cabinet has been appointed by the Principal Chief and confirmed by the Tribal Council!

If I ever left home, I would want to go make Mardi Gras floats…

Finished version: Matt's Quilt. This quilt is bespoke. But get on my Spring list and I'll suss-ya-one-right-up sometime between now and Summer. $550 if ordered in January. I am having to raise prices because fabric, batting, edging and time is going up and up. It takes about 2 months from order to delivery. So if you have a Spring upcoming wedding and want to give the most wonderful wedding gift, plan now. If you have a graduate going off to college who needs a dorm quilt made from dad's flannel shirts and mom's gardening apron, and all those high school tees, plan now. If your beloved is pregnant and you need the most exquisite nursery quilt, let's get started! I have time for making one special quilt by Valentine's Day, so let me know if you want that spot.

Get it in Bamboo batting or cotton (I prefer bamboo... sustainable and less likely to have thread issues).

Pick your 5 favorite colors.

Message me for details about ordering.

Mysterious Ethnic Kookaburras are coming thru the Fluffy pipeline, slowly and not without having to be pried-loose from the frailties of trying to do this work in a world devoid of Egyptian long-staple cotton and proper Titanium needles. When emergencies present themselves at a time when time itself is master, Ordinary Girls give up and go make fruitcake. But NOT FLUFFY! Here I am (although you can't see me), powering thru to In Time For Christmas Victory, with too little sleep and kinda woozy from plenty of coffee with pure-dee cocoa powder and oat milk, dreaming of a White Christmas.

Fun special quilts, coming thru the pipeline here in Fluffyville. This dark beauty is a mystery quilt. A sofa quilt for cozing up in front of the TV some chilly winter night. It is spoken-for. And I have all the quilting orders I can do by Christmas. But if you'd like a quilt about January or February, reach me and we'll game ya something very unique and unusual and one of a kind, to keep and use for a lifetime and to pass down to the grand-babes. My quilts run about $550. They have about $350 in materials in them. My effective wage after costs, based on the amount of time in each quilt, is about 40 hours is less than minimum wage. But I can't help it! I have ideas stuck inside me, and being a curious experimental person, I'm compelled to ask "What if?" and then discover the answer. It gives me great joy to make these. Nothing I'd rather be doing!

On Friday December 8th at 6 PM George Fulk will open an exhibition of 13 barn paintings, which are all new and not exhibited before. Come have a look! This to be followed by the famous Joe Baxter and Andrea MacMullin live house concert at 7:00

If you'd like JRR Tolkein-style Letters from Santa for your littles, message me. Every year I do up some for my grands and nephews right after Thanksgiving. $15 per, and if you have several tots at the same address then one letter can be for them all. They're calligraphy with margin illustrations by Santa theirself. (Is that a word now?)

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Hey look! My kind, smart and happy favorite son-in-law, running with scissors! Congrats & Katy on your growing business.

We got to celebrate a new member of the Tahlequah Area Chamber of Commerce yesterday! Welcome Nelson's Lawn Care + Ozark Gutter Solutions, and make sure to check them out!! 🍃🛠🌱 Thank you to everyone who came out to their Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and thank you to our Presenting Sponsor, Consolidated Communications for help making these happen!

New works! This fun quilt is an homage to The Flying Spaghetti Monster. It is sold, but if you have some silly theme or meaningful leitmotif, I'll make you a quilt based on just a word, $450 for large, $250 for personal or sofa sized, $350 for in between, $150 for a wall sized sampler of complex form and content.

This quilt is spoken-for but I have a stock of gorgeous quilts or can make you one on a color theme or design theme of your imspiration, $450 for King, $400 for Queen, $350 for full, $300 for twin or sofa size. I can make your tees into a fun commemorative to be cherished. Or wedding dresses. Or your loved one's clothing. These make special gifts, for a special person.

It is Letter from Santa time! Send me the info for your little darling, with $15 and I'll create a multi-page wonderful original art letter from Santa with personal details in calligraphy with margin illustrations, in the spirit of the J.R.R. Tolkein Father Christmas Letters. Address? Details about the child's good and bad characteristics? Age? Siblings? And as much info about their favorites as possible. If you have plans for Christmas (travel, being home, unique guests, etc.), include those so this Santa Letter will be personalized to the max! Message me. Each letter is customized and unique.

It’s Pot Holder Thursday! Come & experience the wonder of local art right here at TahlequahCreates NMuskogee!

You'll find some great new tiedyes at Tahlequah Creates now! Hours are 11 to 6 Tuesday thru Saturday.

I'm starting to book individual and small group socially-distanced classes to teach you some fun skills! Now thru November I'm available to teach at my safe location or yours:

1. Tie-Dye for Beginners: Bring your own stack of 3 all-cotton blanks for an evening of learning tie-dye basics. $20 per person.
Available for one person or for social bubbles of up to 4 students. This class will be 3 hours or less.

2. Poured Acrylic Canvas: I'll provide everything you need to make 2 poured acrylic canvases, size about 6" square, deep canvas. Poured acrylics are fun. You're working with a wet base and will learn different techniques for making swirls, feathers and do color blending and color bubbles. $20 per person, individual class or a group of up to 4 students. This class will be 2 hours, more or less.

3. Advanced Tie-Dye: Think of it as apprenticing with a master. In this class, you will get hands-on experience with new techniques you've never tried before. Learn how to get dramatic longevity and coverage in every tiedye you do. There is business potential with this class. Depending on the students' knowledge we can do mudme, shibori, swirl, scrunch, bulls-eye, and more. $40 for a 2-hour class, and all the dyes will be prepped for you in advance.

For all classes, I have portable workspaces making it clean and neat to do outside of day or inside of night at my location or yours. To book, call me at 918-797-5016.

Luvvies, a boatload of Blue Note Tees are swirling thru the Fluffy Pipeline on the way to this year's gathering, and I've got all my colors sharpened and ready to scribble, if you need a custom tiedye tee for that special 'home to school' or something gift, treat or etc. Message me and let me know. I'll tag ya back with the kpossibilities... all in the range of $20 or so... and maybe more like $18. Any leftover Blue Note Tees from last year will be going to the event for sale there and then if any leftovers in mid-September they may be at Tahlequah Creates or at Threadz. But don't count on it. Message me. I take paypal, mail check, VenMo, or pay here on facebook.

16x20 floating framed, "Playing with a Red Ball back when people wore two shoes just alike." $350 includes shipping. But you *want* to see the details at Tahlequah Creates, now thru end of month.