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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Quilt vs. Art
This is a giant piece of art made from found objects – large found objects – that is displayed at the American Gallery of Art. It is by Louise Nevelson and is described as an assemblage of found objects. As … Continue reading
Metal Penguins and Exciting Eating Environments
Pacific Place in Seattle is a mall downtown with shops, movie theatres and restaurants. They also have cool art – public and to buy.I like this penguin, because from far away it actually looks like a penguin. Up close it … Continue reading
Pink Flamingos in Mosaic
There were several flavors of these pink flamingos at the San Mateo County Fair. It looks like someone may have been teaching a class. Still, I like them, because they are different. I also love it that people enter things … Continue reading
Cupcake Tote
Here is the finished cupcake tote bag! The cupcake fabric is that which I bought from Clemetine’s Dry Goods a few months ago. I originally thought I would use a black cake fabric for the inside and I went so … Continue reading
Bullseye Progress?
I can’t really decide if I am making progress on this project. It has been on my wall for awhile and all the ways I have tried to arrange the pieces have not been successful or satisfactory. I want to … Continue reading
Teacher Pillows 2008
Yes, I made Teacher Pillows again. I know I am going to get flak for reprising the project that made me so insane last year. This year my timing was off (summer, which, as you know, happens NOT to be … Continue reading
Tag You’re It
Bill Kerr is now on my list of best quilt lecturers of all time. I left the Peninsula Quilters Guild meeting last feeling excited and inspired and that I needed to sit down and make something fabulous. I ended up … Continue reading
Sarah’s Star
I have a wonderful problem. My trips to Seattle this year are starting to blur together a little bit. If I could go to Seattle every weekend, or every other weekend, I just might do it. I like that city … Continue reading
More on the FOTY Front
I am plowing through the massive amounts of fabric that I bought and here are some from which I have already washed and cut a Fabric of the Year patch. They still need to be sewn together. I have to … Continue reading
APNQ 2008 Show : the good, the bad and the merchant mall
I spent last weekend in Seattle with TFQ. While I was there, we spent quite a bit of time at the APNQ show. As usual there were a lot of great quilts. Sadly, however, there were a lot of depressing … Continue reading
Quilting Loft in the News
I had been looking for this article and came across it today. The Quilting Loft is a new-ish and really cool store in Seattle. clipped from seattlepi.nwsource.com Most quilting and fabric stores have white walls so they don’t clash with … Continue reading
Fiber Social Networking
Ning, another social networking site, provides the opportunity for like-minded people to create groups. Deirdre turned me on to the Fiber Focus group. clipped from fiberfocus.ning.com Fiber Focus For textile addicts who are curious about the world. Find common ground … Continue reading
Painted Floors
Everywhere I go, I see something that reminds me of a quilt or something inspires me to make a quilt or gives me some creative idea and I just have to show you. Towards the end of our trip we … Continue reading
Fair Photos
This was the last weekend of the county fair, so we took our free tickets and went and indulged in quilts, rides, funnel cakes, lemonade and frozen, chocolate covered bananas. The cheerful quilts are coming. I saw a definite change … Continue reading
Playing with Fabric
Barsha is an artist I know who is the poster girl for creative play. This stuffed bear is a good example. His story is that Barsha saw the fabric, bought it and just had to make something right away. I … Continue reading
