Commentary about works in progress, design & creativity
The Little Spark 30 Ways to Ignite Your Creativity by Carrie Bloomston One of the things I try and do with the creative prompt project is to help you spark your creativity. A regular habit really encourages the creative person to continue. I was intrigued to see what Carrie Bloomston thought on the subject when … Continue reading “Book Review: The Little Spark”
Spark is a philanthropic network of young professionals who invest to improve the lives of women around the world. Spark Unlimited, a company dedicated to creating exciting and original games for worldwide audiences. Spark presents the Bay Area artists and arts organizations on a weekly KQED television show and a Web site and in an … Continue reading “Creative Prompt #290: Spark”
Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and/or your blog. We are also talking about this on Twitter. Use … Continue reading “Creative Prompt #265: Sparkler”
Materials: 100% cotton fabric 100% cotton thread Techniques Machine Pieced Longarm quilted Details: Year: 2013 Size: 80×96 Quilted By: Colleen Granger Story This quilt started with the Notting Hill fabric by Joel Dewberry. I bought selected prints in the line from the FabricWorm, not sure what I would make with them. Then I remembered the … Continue reading “Sparkle Pink”
Yes, Sparkle Pink is finished. This quilt and Swoon are both large and have the same binding, so I thought I was binding Swoon. When I was finished, I opened it up and found Sparkle Pink! I am binding the Swoon now, so stay tuned. I am really pleased. It is a cheerful quilt and … Continue reading “Finished: Sparkle Pink”
The Sparkle Pink top and back are done and at the quilter. I was in a rush and almost didn’t take a photo of this top, but it took 2 minutes, so I am glad that I did. It is a fun top and we decided that an all over design will work fine and … Continue reading “Sparkle Pink Top”
Sparkle (movie) Sparkle Plenty, a character in the Dick Tracy comic strip sparkling water Sparkletts Definition: 1. To give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter. 2. To be brilliant in performance. 3. A small spark or gleaming particle. 4. A glittering quality. 5. Brilliant animation; vivacity. 4. Emission of gas bubbles; effervescence. sparkle in … Continue reading “Creative Prompt #164: Sparkle”
Admin I updated the gifts post as I received something recently. I also updated the Color Strip & Chunk donation top page. I have made 16 of these tops! Tools, Books, Fabric, Notions & Supplies It is so much easier to open a zipper on one of my bags when I attach a zipper pull. … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2024 #1”
I had time this week to work on this donation top. I was able to finish putting the blocks together into a top. The top is a weird shape – kind of long and skinny. I probably should have put the top row of blocks on the side to make it more square. I didn’t, … Continue reading “Blue Strip #3 Heading Towards Finish”
Yes, I am definitely on a Hackney kick. This one is an International Women’s Day gift for Gerre. This is the fourth one I have made and I plan to make a few more. I have made them all in the large size. I could make the smaller sizes; I just haven’t yet. For some … Continue reading “Sugar Skull Hackney”
This is an incredibly massive V&S. Hope you can make it through whole thing as there is lots of important and fun links to explore. Maybe two sessions? Admin Reminder that if you ask a question in the comments and forget to come back and look at the answer, you can click the “Notify me … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2022 #8”
I decided I should use the hat fabric that came with the month 5 shapes and designs. I cut the fabric, I basted the fabric to the papers and kept telling myself that it would be ok. We all know that means trouble and this set of diamonds just didn’t make my heart sing. Also, … Continue reading “Hats vs. Triangles”
Hooray! I finished a project for me. This has been put into use already for my La Pass project. This is the Inside Outside Pouch by Aneela Hoey (no affiliation). It is a useful size. I am using it for various La Pass pieces and boy-oh-boy was I glad I had it! I forgot my … Continue reading “Finished: Inside Outside Pouch”
I am really thrilled with the Superbloom finish! First I am excited with how well the bag came out. Next I am excited at how well the fussy cutting looks. Third, I am thrilled with how the Linework print and my strips fit together. Fourth, I am ridiculously happy about the top zipper placket. I … Continue reading “Superbloom Finished!”
I went to have lunch with Tim. I ended up helping him put two small baby quilts on his longarm. One of these was picked up from the guild community quilt project dropoff/pickup time the other day. He thought since the quilts were the same size they could be loaded on the machine and quilted … Continue reading “Doing Good with Tim”