Commentary about works in progress, design & creativity
After this one, only 10 more prompts!!! Project Dragonfly, at Miami University, promotes inquiry-driven reform, reaching millions of people worldwide through learning media, exhibits, and education programs. From Luke Burns Enterprises: Dragonfly is a very small and compact browser. It uses very little disk space, but is capable of visiting any Web site on the … Continue reading “Creative Prompt #355: Dragonfly”
Patterns, Projects and Tutorials Everyone needs a pincushion and wouldn’t a chicken pincushion make you smile? Check out her tutorials and small projects page for other interesting projects. The Foldline has an article on using up fabric bits of under a metre (about a yard!). Many clothing patterns. Meadow Mist is starting a blog series … Continue reading “Various & Sundry #2 – 2016”
A week or so ago, I wrote my first Various & Sundry post for 2016. In a comment, BAMQG pal, Annemarie, asked about quilt labels. It occurred to me that I had been meaning to write about quilt labels for a long time and I hadn’t yet done it. First, I think quilt labels are … Continue reading “Quilt Labels”
Yes, I know yesterday was Thanksgiving, but I couldn’t help eeking out a little bit more from the holiday that everyone forgets as soon as it is over. turkey Pilgrims stuffing Indians/Native Americans pumpkin pie Definition: “Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States as a day of giving thanks … Continue reading “Creative Prompt #339: Thanksgiving”
Websites, Blogs, Patterns & Tutorials Twitter pal, Kitty Pearl, has a pattern available, Saguaro Sunset. Take a look. I recently saw this article in the ResearchBuzz newsletter “Zooniverse is going beyond nature to a new crowdsourcing project: AnnoTate. “In addition to creating art, many artists wrote diaries and letters and made sketchbooks that contain rich … Continue reading “Various & Sundry #12 – late September”
Renaissance Man be a man! Mountain Man Tin man he’s a family man Gingerbread Man Walkman 53-man roster Man up! Transcendent Man is the documentary film that introduces the life and ideas of Ray Kurzweil, the renowned futurist who journeys the world offering his vision of a future in which we will merge with the … Continue reading “Creative Prompt #328: Man”
Personal Geographies: Explorations in Mixed-Media Mapmaking by Jill K. Berry I bought this book because of Maureen and Nancy and their work in creativity. I am also interested in mixed media – in doing mixed media projects, but don’t have the space right now, so I don’t do much. I carried this book around for … Continue reading “Book Review: Personal Geographies”
Books, Patterns, Magazines & Projects I am blowing through Marie Bostwick’s Second Sister. This is her most recent release and not part of the Cobbled Court series. I thought I would be resentful, because I really want to know what happens in new Bern. I was pleased to find that I really like the characters, … Continue reading “Various & Sundry #6- Mid May”
There never seems to be a shortage in people who need a nice hug in the form of a quilt. I made three blocks for two different projects over the weekend. I started the stars weeks ago by making Sawtooth Stars with a four patch in the middle. I made one when I did the … Continue reading “Lovey Blocks”
I have a weird image of myself wearing a lanyard to a guild meeting with a lot of tools, at my fingertips and never lost under fabric or pattern pieces, hanging off of it. Like a chatelaine that the mistress of an English or French great house or castle would wear, only more quilty. This … Continue reading “Scissor Sheath”
spike in jellyfish activity Definition: “Jellyfish or jellies[1] are the major non-polyp form of individuals of the phylum Cnidaria. They are typified as free-swimming marine animals consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles. The bell can pulsate for locomotion, while stinging tentacles can be used to capture prey. Jellyfish are found in every … Continue reading “Creative Prompt #260: Jellyfish”
Tips, Tricks & Traps Need some tips or guidance on sewing laminated fabric (oilcloth)? Check out the Glorious Color tutorial. Thanks to Mark Lipinski for pointing it out. Do you need help selecting a needle? I really liked the infographic from the Sewing Parts Online blog. Jackie has some definitions of charms in a recent … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2014 #4”
What I am Reading I plowed through, via audiobook, a number of the Jo Beckett series of mystery novels by Meg Gardiner while I was home over the holidays. They novels are a little formulaic, but I like the characters and the relationship of the characters to one another. The latest one, The Nightmare Thief, … Continue reading “Various & Sundry #1 2014”
Quilty as Charged: Undercover in a Material World by Spike Gillespie This is a hard book to categorize. When I borrowed it from the Library, I thought it was a mystery. When I started to read it, I thought it was a memoir. As I read it, I realized it was full interviews. The only … Continue reading “Book Review: Quilty As Charged”
The Quilter’s Album of Patchwork Patterns: 4044 Pieced Blocks for Quilters by Jinny Beyer My rating: 4 of 5 stars After I started the book, which I did read from cover to cover, I knew I wanted to spend time on this review, which is why it took me so long to get it up. … Continue reading “Book Review: The Quilter’s Album of Patchwork Patterns”