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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Caring for Tools
I have been having problems with my machine recently. As I may have mentioned, I have a Janome 9000, which is a workhorse. It has a touch screen and the left half of the touch screen has not been working. … Continue reading
Clever!
Today may be a Various and Sundry with a lot of Clipmarks, because I don’t know if I am up for writing and editing and cropping a big blog post.I am really enjoying Weeks Ringle’s blog, Craft Nectar. I am … Continue reading
Intelligent Making
Once in a while a person comes along who is really able to explain parts of making (or craftmaking) that I like. I listened to the CraftSanity episode #28 with Debbie Stoller and felt that way. In the first part … Continue reading
Terri Talks Comfort
Terri Thayer, author of Wild Good Chase, Old Maid’s Puzzle and, the latest in her Dewey Pellicano series, Ocean Waves, has written in her recent blog post at Killer Hobbies, about a book called Comfort Quilts, which has projects specifically … Continue reading
Creative Prompt #23: Look
Look! Do you really look at the world around you? Look was a magazine. What do you see when you look into someone’s eyes? See the Creative Prompt page if you have questions about this project. Post the direct URL … Continue reading
Inspiration Thursday – Useful Tile
A few days ago, I showed you the inside of this water fountain. the outside is just as great.
Tarts Progressing Slowly
I was determined to get at least one of the blocks done this weekend. I took the easy way out and worked on the smaller block. No block is easy, regardless of how small. Every block requires a background which … Continue reading
Inspiration Tuesday – Tile
Dowtown Santa Barbara has a building that is sort of Spanish style, but has a twist. It has many different, useful tile structures outside. This is part of the wall surrounding that building.
Inspirational Artists
Quick Note: City Arts and Lectures, a program here in the City had an interview with Maya Lin yesterday. The show is replayed Tuesday nights at 8pm on KQED FM in San Francisco. KQED has a media stream so you … Continue reading
Sketching #22
The first thing I thought of with this prompt was an hour glass. It took me a bit of time to think of a way to incorporate it into the series of drawings on which I have been working. I … Continue reading
Beauty in Recycling
This is a piece by artist David Heatwole. The photo was taken by Ric Dugan and it was shown in the West Virginia Herald-Mail on July 11, 2009. I love the idea of using bottle caps as supplies for a … Continue reading
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Flowering Snowball Again
This is the second to last Flowering Snowball center block. I brought my handwork bag with me to the meeting yesterday and put this together while we worked on the business of the organization. It is something I can do … Continue reading
ATCs at CQFA
While you were sipping your cappucinos this morning, I was finishing the edges of my very first ATCs – Artist Trading Cards – and dashing off to meet with my fellow CQFAers. Maureen had suggested that we do a swap … Continue reading
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Creative Prompt #22: Time
Once upon a time. Time flies. May you live in interesting times. Good times. A stitch in time. The passage of time. Dangerous times. Traveling through space and time. Having the time of your life. Times Square. The time has … Continue reading
Inspiration Thursday
Wouldn’t the world be great if everything was beautiful like this. I would love to drink out of a fountain every day that looked like this.
