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By Patricia Belyea
WAUCONDA WA It all started when we ordered Starlink—a new fangled satellite system capable of delivering high-speed internet to our remote location.
After the big black box arrived, Michael and I risked our lives to install the Starlink dish above our roof peak.
For the last two years, I’d been renting a teaching studio in the cowboy town of Republic. The drive in winter was hazardous, through snow and ice over a mountain pass, to get to my space with high-speed internet.
Testing our Starlink connection, our new home internet was ten times faster than before. And speedy enough to broadcast via Zoom!
So Michael and I began transforming my home office into my home teaching studio. Besides moving out some furniture, we painted the sheetrock walls and ceiling, oiled the log walls, steam cleaned the carpet, washed the cellular blinds in the bathtub, and replaced the ceiling fixtures.
Our biggest job was untangling all the gear from my Republic studio and re-installing everything in my smaller room.
Here’s a quick tour around the space:
COMMAND CENTRAL
THE COMPUTER THAT POWERS IT ALL (four computers and seven cameras)
SEWING STATION
WORK TABLE
IRONING STATION
DESIGN WALL
QUILT DISPLAY STAND
Hopefully you can join the fun and come for an online workshop in a log house!
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ABOUT US: Okan Arts, a petite family business, is co-owned by mother-daughter duo Patricia Belyea and Victoria Stone. Patricia and Victoria sell Japanese textiles online, host creative quilting experiences, and lead quilting & textile tours to Japan.
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