Commentary about works in progress, design & creativity
I know that many of you are embroiled in pies and turkeys today. My pies are done; turkey is defrosted and waiting to be cooked tomorrow. I have to prepare stuffing for the turkey and find the tablecloths. For those of you who are not busy cooking and baking, here is a Various & Sundry … Continue reading “Various & Sundry #22”
I seem to be working on a lot of small projects lately. Here is a list: Cut fabric for Jane Market Tote patterns from Michael Miller’s French Journal collection. Started Teacher Pillow block for 8th grade science teacher. Made a Double Pinwheel block for my Sampler class. Finished binding on Frosted Stars Leftovers. See Finished … Continue reading “In Progress”
The New Handmade: Simple Sewing for Contemporary Style by Cassie Barden I like this book. I first heard about from Angela, a fellow BAMQGer who made the Bird-Watcher Messenger Bag and brought it to a Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild Meeting for show and tell. My thought was that some of the projects might make … Continue reading “Book Review: The New Handmade”
Media I listened to an episode of Pat Sloan’s Creative Talk Radio with Amanda Herring of the Quilted Fish. She described her new fabric line from Riley Blake. It is called Sugar & Spice. THEN the Fabricworm sent out a teaser a week or so ago and I can’t get the fabric in the teaser … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2011 #5”
This past weekend, I spent all weekend doing fun quilt stuff,. None of it, really was sewing, but all of it was inspirational. The Bay Area Modern Guild met on Saturday for a meeting and sew day. Don’t you love the new logo? I do! The Manteca Quilt Show was all weekend, but I went … Continue reading “BAMQG Meeting Report”
Here are the books I got for Christmas, etc. DH came through with the two books on the left, American Quilts and Sew Serendipity. The American Quilts book is another book Robert Shaw and some of the quilts are the same as those in his other books, but I love to read books where quilts … Continue reading “New Books & Fabric”
On Tuesday July 20, I set off from home for the airport to pick up TFQ before heading south for a quilt adventure along the coast. We were headed to Long Beach for the big quilt festival there put on by Quilts Inc. We were both excited. Fresh off the blogs from Spring Quilt Market, … Continue reading “The Princess and the Pea”
Tips and Tricks One of the email newsletters I read for my job is called ResearchBuzz. I know I have mentioned this site before. One day, I was pleased to find an article that would allow me to keep a steady stream of quilts coming to my blog reader. Here is a sample of a … Continue reading “Odds and Ends Thursday”
I signed up for the SFQG emails. These emails notify me of upcoming speakers to the local guild. My mom and I went to one towards the end of the year last year to see Mike McNamara. For $5, I can hear really great lectures and see wonderful slides. A recent email notified me that … Continue reading “Jane Sassaman Lecture”
I was walking back from lunch the other day. I am always on the prowl for the perfect bag and saw a display of luggage I had never seen before. I looked closer and really couldn’t figure out the purpose of these suitcases. Finally, I stepped back and looked at the store’s sign and found … Continue reading “Usable Bags”
While in Monterey last week, I stopped in at the Back Porch quilt shop. They don’t allow photos inside, so no photos of the shop, the light filled space, the huge amount of books or the exhibit of Gwen Marston and Freddy Moran quilts that were on display. I have written about this shop before. … Continue reading “Visiting the Back Porch”
Friday was a busy day, of which the crowning glory was a trip to buy wine as a gift. I bought the wine and laid the bags (small paper wine bags inside a doubled plastic grocery bag) in the trunk for the trip home. I don’t know why I didn’t bring my own bags into … Continue reading “No Whining, But “Wining””
Bill Kerr is now on my list of best quilt lecturers of all time. I left the Peninsula Quilters Guild meeting last feeling excited and inspired and that I needed to sit down and make something fabulous. I ended up looking through and reading the two Kerr/Ringle books as soon as I got home. What … Continue reading “Tag You’re It”