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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Word of the Day: Renewal
“…just find a little quiet time each day to withdraw into yourself…none of us can maintain the fertility of our beings without renewal.” I recently started a course of career counseling, not so much to find a career, but to … Continue reading
Birthday Activities
Every year, I try to figure out a fun and/or creative endeavor to arrange for my birthday. As I am trying to buy in my neighborhood, I decided that Color Me Mine, a pottery painting place was the way to … Continue reading
Inspiration Thursday
This is a rock area at the deYoung museum.
2009 FOTY Possibility?
Jen posted this picture of a quilt she is working on to her blog, The Quilted Jewel (http://aquiltingjewel.blogspot.com/). I have been mulling over the 2009 FOTY block, and talking with TFQ about it. I still have not come to a … Continue reading
Reviewing Pamela’s DVD
Rosalie, over at Art You Wear, said she has been watching the new DVD from Pamela Allen and posted a review of it to her blog. Rosalie has a lot of interesting textures posted on the site. I don’t know … Continue reading
Expansion of Design Wall Space
With some Christmas money, I decided to buy one of the Cheryl Ann’s Portable Design Walls. Terri had one at the CQFA retreat last year. She let me use it and I found it to be very useful. Despite our … Continue reading
Word of the Day: Communication
“We cannot communicate directly from mind to mind, and so misinterpretation is a perennial problem.” “….we know no absolute truth in the world, only varying forms of ambiguity.” There is a lot of ambiguity in the quiltmaking world. Every quiltmaker … Continue reading
Perfect Circles from Linda M. Poole
Linda M. Poole, appliquer extraordinaire has posted a tutorial for making perfect circles on her blog (http://www.lmpoole.blogspot.com). Take a look. The lightweight fusible, I think is the secret. I have seen similar techniques, but not using the lightweight fusible. clipped … Continue reading
Posted in Other Artists, Teachers, Techniques
Tagged Other Artists, Teachers, Techniques
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Tarts Inspiration???
This tea set has a lovely warm color and wonderful shapes. I can see sitting in a big comfy chair with one of these cups in my hand. clipped from www.etsy.com This is one of the most divine teasets we’ve … Continue reading
Susan Shie Updates her Garage Door
Susan Shie has updated her garage door mural to reflect the new administration in the style of her Kitchen Tarot quilts. clipped from www.turtlemoon.com
SFMOMA and the 1000 Journals Project
I have been slack about posting my various holiday adventures, but, with this post, will try and redeem myself. One of the great things I did on my break over the holidays was go to the SFMOMA with friend Julie. … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, Journals, Off Topic: Crafts, Other Artists
Tagged Exhibits, Illustrated Journal, Other Artists, Visual Journaling
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Inspiration Wednesday
These would be perfect fabric designs
Word of the Day: Skills
Cultivating skill in quiltmaking is often for the acquisition of knowledge for its own sake. I generally try to learn new things so I can improve my quiltmaking, make better quilts and express my ideas more truly to the picture … Continue reading
A Great Day!
OH! I almost forgot! Have a great day, President Obama!
Word of the Day: Happiness
I am glad that today’s word is not something awful like disaster funeral or death. Another post will fill you in on why. Each entry starts with a little poem. Today’s poem clearly defines the word of the day: “Let … Continue reading
