Commentary about works in progress, design & creativity
Housekeeping Sadly, someone has somehow hacked into the Google search results for my site. I am working on it, the webhost is working on it and Deirdre is working on it. It appears to be different from the regular Pharma{}Hack, which is causing diagnostic problems. Here is how you are affected: Live links are no … Continue reading “Various & Sundry #16”
My DH is on the board of an organization that supports California history. Their charitable foundation supports efforts to repair of craniofacial deformities (such as Cleft Palette- click to find the donation form, even $5 helps a kid). Mostly he goes off to different places around the state and looks official, kisses babies and shakes … Continue reading “Auburn”
After cutting what seemed like a zillion diamonds last week, the picture(left) is what resulted. There are a lot of diamonds. As I mentioned, about 158. It would be nice if that left corner was filled with diamonds as well. I know I can’t have everything, though, and I am not about to sew another … Continue reading “Renewed Jelly Roll Race Progress”
I went to Minnesota for a series of meetings a few weeks ago. I am on an Advisory Board for a company and this is the third year I attended the meetings. It is not as important as a Board of Trustees, but important enough. This will be the last year I attend, and since … Continue reading “Visit to Minnesota”
The next block is the Dresden Plate, which we are making using templates. If you would like to see a wide variety of Dresden Plates, you can do a Flickr search to see what others are doing. Supply list: pen heat resistant template plastic Glue stick paper scissors Pilot SCUF black thin point pen or … Continue reading “Sampler Class: Making a Dresden Plate”
Quilt World News Ardis James died on July 7, 2011. She was a pioneer in the quilt collecting realm, at least in my opinion. She, and her husband, Robert, were pioneers in antique and contemporary quilt preservation as well as quiltmaking traditions. Ardis and her husband helped establish the International Quilt Study Center in Nebraska. … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2011 #13”
You want to know my biggest problem with this quilt? I don’t have enough dark blue fabric. I have used EVERY scrap, except the tiniest (I mean, really, why bother?), for this project and I haven’t even gotten through the first quilt. I kid you not. Now I know that I never buy dark blue. … Continue reading “Stars for San Bruno #1 Design Process”
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”
I went to the Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild Meeting on Monday night. It was a perfect confluence of events that allowed me to go. Thanks to DH who picked up the slack at home! We did show and tell. The quilts were very modern, for the most part, and there was a wide range … Continue reading “Modern Quilt Guild Meeting”
Creative Time and Space: Making Room for Making Art by Ricë Freeman-Zachery My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is primarily about attitude, time and learning to say YES to creativity as a valuable part of life. The author offers up the concept of living a creative life and interviews artists on how each … Continue reading “Book Review: Creative Time and Space”
My design wall is a mess. It is an even bigger mess than when I showed it before. I have at least four projects on it, which makes it difficult to photograph anything cleanly. As a result, I used the eraser function in Photoshop Elements to erase some of the things surrounding the diamonds in … Continue reading “Weekend Diamonds”
During the drive to Long Beach, one of our stops was in Paso Robles, which has 3 (!!!!) quilt shops. We tried to find the shop and initially failed. We were starving so we went to lunch and then tried again to find Birch Fabrics, which has the online store name of FabricWorm. Due to … Continue reading “Birch Fabrics”
It was hard to get to the Great American Quilt Factory. It is in Denver, but pretty far away from downtown. Unlike my last trip, I didn’t have a car or a navigator. Thus, I didn’t think I would make it out there on this trip. On a whim, I asked a librarian who used … Continue reading “GAQF Visit Part#2”
This past weekend was our annual CQFA retreat by the beach. I spent the weekend working on the FOTY 2009. I also relaxed a little even though I spent a lot of time hard at hard sewing. My body is rebelling a bit from sitting so much and standing so much. First, I found the … Continue reading “CQFA Retreat 2010”
One of the fabulous things about visiting TFQ is the plethora of books and magazines in which I can indulge and explore. This trip is no exception. She had a bunch of magazines and books for me toperuse. I already talked about some of the books and look for a review of Pat Sloan‘s color … Continue reading “Grim. Grim. Grim.”