Commentary about works in progress, design & creativity
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 us not follow vulgar leadersWho exploit the fear of death,And promise the bliss of salvation.If … Continue reading “Word of the Day: Happiness”
I hope someday for Artquiltmaker to be the blog of the day. In the meantime, I sometimes look at the blogs of the day, just as I did today. The Tarts Come to Tea is back on the wall, so I have hot drink imagery on my mind. I liked this image from, what looks … Continue reading “Coffee Messiah: Blog of the Day on Blogger”
2008 has seen more sewing progress, as well as more positive feeling sewing progress. I like to inventory my UFOs to see if I made any progress since my previous roundup post of December 31, 2007 and where I am in the process as well as what I need to do. But first, I want … Continue reading “2008 UFO Report”
My design wall is empty because I have finished piecing the Eye Spy (hexagon quilt)! Hooray! I worried about not posting any progress or anything here during the past few days, but I wanted to soldier through the piecing. I knew you would all wait for me ;-), but I do like to write every … Continue reading “Empty Design Wall”
Yesterday was a gossamer or chiffon dress and drifting around Manderley kind of day. I mean that I drifted around the house from thing to project to computer to laundry not really accomplishing much as if I were a lady of leisure with servants to pick up after me. The house is kind of suffering … Continue reading “Tidying Up My Mind”
So starts the post from Tartx about blogging without obligation. I have a personal goal to blog frequently, because I love to write and want to practice. I also adore making quilts and playing with fabric. Writing about those activities makes me happy and provides an enjoyable way to practice my writing skills. Still, I … Continue reading “After coming across what seemed to be the 4000th or so post…”
In the previous post about making bullseyes, I left you ready to sew the circles on. Tips on appliqueing the circles to the background: use a quarter inch foot. start sewing less that a quarter inch from one of the folds. This ensures that your stops and starts will be covered when you sew the … Continue reading “Making Bullseyes, Part 2”
I was incredibly pleased for The Child when he received a package from famous quilt artist, Pamela Allen last week. In it she had created a quilt-let inspired by a drawing that The Child did while she was doing a teaching-visit last year. It is so fantastic to see her interpretation of The Child’s drawing … Continue reading “A Second Cup of Tea”
Once again, in 2007, I have been sewing and making progress. I thought I would, again, inventory my UFOs and see if I made any progress since my previous roundup post of December 27, 2006. But first, I want to tout my accomplishments. 😉 Completed Pieces in 2007 Nosegay: binding still needs to be hand … Continue reading “2007 UFO Report”
This is the e-mail newsletter that Cloth Paper Scissors sends out. I am including it here to give you another resource for creative sketchbooks and journals. If you want more information go to the Cloth Paper Scissors website. In This Issue Sketchbook Tips The Buzz on “QATV” Pre-Order Quilting Arts Gifts Like what you see … Continue reading “CPS Writes Tips for Creative Sketchbooks”
The last part of the journal is what I would call the how-to section. I can accept this section as it does not tell me how to do a certain project. I don’t want to do someone else’s project. I want to learn how they achieved a certain look and then use it to make … Continue reading “Thr3fold Journal Articles Review Part 4”
I finished piecing all of the blocks, which is great. Above are the block for the Principal and the Assistant Principal, who are both retiring. It is the same block, but Around the Block shows it separately with different names, apparently because the colors go in different places. My next problem is borders. I made … Continue reading “Teacher Pillow Torment”
Being in the dark ages has its drawbacks, especially when quiltmaking shows come along on cable. I am lucky enough to be friends with people who are willing to tape shows and send them to me. That was the case with the Art of Quilting, a special on PBS. Melody Johnson and Pam RuBert show … Continue reading “The Art of Quilting – REVIEW”
Luana has some new coffee fabrics, which got me to thinking about the coffee fabrics I have been collecting. I have quite a lot of coffee fabrics, which I was collecting about 4 years ago for some unnamed/undesigned/unstarted project. At some point I realized that many of them were brown and I didn’t like brown. … Continue reading “Coffee Quilt”
As you can see from my previous blog posts, I have been sewing and making progress. Still, these seem to be new projects, so I thought I would inventory my UFOs and see what I was facing. One year (1996, I think) I buckled down and worked only on UFOs and finished 9 quilts. That … Continue reading “As the UFOs Turn”