Creative Prompt #284: Lake

Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen

Land O’ Lakes

Definition-“A lake is an area, (prototypically filled with water, also of variable size), localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are also larger and deeper than ponds.[1][2] Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams, which are usually flowing. However most lakes are fed and drained by rivers and streams.

Natural lakes are generally found in mountainous areas, rift zones, and areas with ongoing glaciation. Other lakes are found in endorheic basins or along the courses of mature rivers. In some parts of the world there are many lakes because of chaotic drainage patterns left over from the last Ice Age. All lakes are temporary over geologic time scales, as they will slowly fill in with sediments or spill out of the basin containing them.

Many lakes are artificial and are constructed for industrial or agricultural use, for hydro-electric power generation or domestic water supply, or for aesthetic or recreational purposes.” (Wikipedia)

Mono Lake

Lake Tahoe

Loch Ness

 

Lady of the Lake

Lake Counties

Great Salt Lake

Lake Placid, New York

The Lake is the first book in AnnaLisa Grant’s Lake Trilogy.

Stow Lake

Lake Merced

Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

Great Lakes

 

Mammoth Lakes, Calif

Mountain Lake Park

The Finger Lakes, a region once known only for growing concord grapes for juice, is now making rieslings and some reds that can compete with the world’s best.

Lake County

The Salt Lake Tribune

 

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Creative Prompt #283: Keyboard

I saw some cool keyboard fabric at IQF and thought that would be an interesting prompt. Not sure how I will render it, but something along the lines of #197. We’ll see.

Keyboards are actual instruments, but other types of instruments also have keyboards

computer keyboard

Swype iOS keyboard

QWERTY

wireless keyboard

split keyboard

virtual keyboard

Keyboard Magazine

WASD Keyboards offers custom mechanical keyboards, custom Cherry MX keycaps, and other mechanical keyboard accessories.

keyboarding skills

iKey’s SLK-97-TP-BLK keyboard provides users with all the functionality of a full-size keyboard and mouse in a slim, compact package

Corsair Raptor and Vengeance lines of gaming keyboards offers a variety of models to match your play style, the types of games you like to play

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Creative Prompt #282: Jacket

Happy Hallowe’en for those of you who are taking kids out trick or treating, going to parties or dressing up for office events. Now, on to the show!

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Yellow jacket (bug)

The Jacket (2005 movie)

outerwear

Full Metal Jacket

Jacket magazine: Quarterly review of new writing, with poetry, creative prose, interviews, reviews, and informative feature articles.

Definition: “A jacket is a mid stomach length garment for the upper body. A jacket typically has sleeves, and fastens in the front or slightly on the side. A jacket is generally lighter, tighter-fitting, and less insulating than a coat, which is outerwear. Some jackets are fashionable, while others serve as protective clothing.” (Wikipedia)

letterman jacket

Columbus Blue Jackets

flight jacket

Life jacket

Definition 2: “In other contexts, the term typically refers to a tight-fitting covering, often for protective purposes, for example:

  • Dust jacket, the detachable outer cover of a book
  • Jacket matrix, a square matrix that is a generalization of the Hadamard matrix
  • Jacket potato, a baked potato filled with other ingredients
  • Jacketed vessel, a container designed for controlling the temperature of its contents
  • Bullet jacket, the plating/covering of a bullet‘s core with metal to give it a higher velocity
  • The supporting legs and lattice framework of an offshore fixed steel oil platform
  • In paleontology, a field jacket is a plaster or similar covering to transport fragile fossils

As a proper name, Jacket can refer to:

field jacket

One Warm Coat (organization)

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List of Jackets from Wikipedia:

Tabard loose sleeveless outer garment

  • Tunic, a thigh length coat or jacket worn with a wide range of military and civilian uniforms
  • Varsity jacket also known as a letter jacket or letterman jacket
  • Windbreaker (N. American, Japan) or windcheater (UK)
  • Tracksuit jacket
  • Vacuum jacket (Chemistry)
  • Wamus, also called a “roundabout,” a traditional American term for a short jacket.

Creative Prompt #281: Island

Tropical island

Island is a novel trilogy by Canadian author Gordon Korman. The books are set in contemporary times and designed for young teenagers.

Definition: “An island /?a?l?nd/ or isle /?a?l/ is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, or a holm. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago, e.g. the Philippines.

An island may be described as such despite the presence of an artificial land bridge, for example Singapore and its causeway, or the various Dutch delta islands, such as IJsselmonde. Some places may even retain “island” in their names for historical reasons after being connected to a larger landmass by a wide land bridge, such as Coney Island or Coronado Island. Conversely, when a piece of land is separated from the mainland by a man-made canal, for example the Peloponnese by the Corinth Canal, it is generally not considered an island.

There are two main types of islands: continental islands and oceanic islands. There are also artificial islands.” (Wikipedia)

Angel Island State Park, the largest island in the San Francisco Bay offers some of the best views of the surrounding Bay Area.

The Big Island

Ellis Island

Copenhagen Island Hotel

Trooper Island Camp was developed by the Kentucky State Police as part of a long range program of public service to the youth of Kentucky

Hog Island Oyster Co.

Catalina Island

Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery

No Man Is an Island is an expression emphasizing a person’s connections to his or her surroundings. It can also refer to:

Mercer Island Books

Prince Edward Island

Earth Island Institute organizes and encourages activism around environmental issues and provides public education.

Jungle Island is an interactive zoological park where you can meet some of nature’s most amazing creatures.

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Macinaw Island

Staten Island Ferry

The Island (2005 movie)

eyot

Easter Island

desert island

atolls

Gilligan’s Island

Treasure Island

ait

stranded on a desert island

Island Chase Subtraction is a multi-player racing game that allows students from anywhere in the world to race one another while practicing their subtraction facts

Greek islands

skerries

Virgin Islands

cays

Coney Island

In his last major work, the Island, the evils that Aldous Huxley has been warning us about in his earlier works – over-population, coercive politics, militarism, mechanization, the destruction of the environment and the worship of science will find their opposites in the gentle and doomed Utopia of Pala. (Woodcock,18)

the Farallons

Greenland

continental islands

Island County, Washington

CSU Channel Islands

Fashion Island, Newport Beach

 

Coronado Island

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Creative Prompt #280: Instrument

musical instrument

Oxford Instruments is a leading provider of high technology tools and systems for research and industry.

Instrument (2003 movie)

rental instrument

dental instrument

Definition1: “A musical instrument is an instrument created or adapted to make musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. The history of musical instruments dates to the beginnings of human culture. Early musical instruments may have been used for ritual, such as a trumpet to signal success on the hunt, or a drum in a religious ceremony. Cultures eventually developed composition and performance of melodies for entertainment. Musical instruments evolved in step with changing applications.

The date and origin of the first device considered a musical instrument is disputed. The oldest object that some scholars refer to as a musical instrument, a simple flute, dates back as far as 67,000 years. Some consensus dates early flutes to about 37,000 years ago. However, most historians believe that determining a specific time of musical instrument invention is impossible due to the subjectivity of the definition and the relative instability of materials used to make them. Many early musical instruments were made from animal skins, bone, wood, and other non-durable materials.

Musical instruments developed independently in many populated regions of the world. However, contact among civilizations caused rapid spread and adaptation of most instruments in places far from their origin. By the Middle Ages, instruments from Mesopotamia were in Maritime Southeast Asia, and Europeans played instruments from North Africa. Development in the Americas occurred at a slower pace, but cultures of North, Central, and South America shared musical instruments. By 1400, musical instrument development slowed in many areas and was dominated by the Occident.

Musical instrument classification is a discipline in its own right, and many systems of classification have been used over the years. Instruments can be classified by their effective range, their material composition, their size, etc. However, the most common academic method, Hornbostel-Sachs, uses the means by which they produce sound. The academic study of musical instruments is called organology.” (Wikipedia)

Definition2: “A device used to determine the present value of quantity under measurement” (Wikipedia)

A digital creative studio in Portland

Native Instruments is a leading manufacturer of software and hardware for computer-based audio production and DJing.

Science and technology

Music

Other

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Creative Prompt #279: Hello!

Hello magazine

Hello Dolly

Definition: “Hello is a salutation or greeting in the English language. It is attested in writing as early as the 1860s.[1]” (Wikipedia)

Evernote Hello

Hello is an interactive design agency. We create intelligent, living systems for people to experience.

Hello toothpaste, mouthwash, breath spray. seriously friendly oral care. naturally friendly. delicious flavors.

Learn a new language anytime, anywhere with Hello–Hello.

HELLO! has gladly said ‘hello‘ to a diverse slate of high-profile productions, producing provocative content for a wide range of media including commercials, etc.

Hello (2008 movie)

It’s easy to get swept up in a Drinking Culture. Every now and then we need a rope to pull us back to dry land. Hello Sunday Morning is that rope.

Lindt HELLO is the chocolate that inspires connections and conversations everywhere it goes.

The GNU Hello program produces a familiar, friendly greeting.

The latest Tweets from Hello (@hello). We like to build things. Meet Sense. San Francisco.

Hello Kitty!

At Hello Cupcake, we make our gourmet cupcakes fresh and from scratch, all-day, every day in our Dupont Circlhttps://www.artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-admin/post.php?post=24549&action=edit&message=10e shop.

World Hello Day

Hello Ruby is a children’s book that teaches programming fundamentals through stories and kid-friendly activities.

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Expanding the Postage Stamp Donation Design

You have seen a number of donation blocks and quilts I have made for BAMQG using the postage stamp pattern. I wouldn’t have called it a postage stamp pattern; I would have called it a 16 patch, but postage stamp was what the Charity Girls called it, so we’ll move on and fight about names later.

The most recent quilt (still in process!) is the Black and Grey Teenaged Boy Donation Quilt. You know it; you have seen it 100 times. I make those blocks as meditation and to do something good for others. There is something about making those blocks that feels infinite. Infinite possibilities. I think simple blocks have that quality.

Cheryl's Postage Stamp Quilt
Cheryl’s Postage Stamp Quilt

Cheryl’s quilt is a perfect example. She took a number of different blocks, put them together and added an awesome border to make this donation quilt.

One thing is that I could use a lot of different scraps. I could use a similar border idea to finish the Black & Grey Teenaged Boy Donation Quilt. Perhaps I will use this idea when I make the next donation quilt.

There is another photo on Flickr.

Creative Prompt #278: Goldfish

Goldfish crackers

Definition: “The goldfish (Carassius auratus auratus) is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. It was one of the earliest fish to be domesticated, and is one of the most commonly kept aquarium fish.

A relatively small member of the carp family (which also includes the koi carp and the crucian carp), the goldfish is a domesticated version of a less-colorful carp (Carassius auratus) native to east Asia. It was first domesticated in China more than a thousand years ago, and several distinct breeds have since been developed. Goldfish breeds vary greatly in size, body shape, fin configuration and coloration (various combinations of white, yellow, orange, red, brown, and black are known).” (Wikipedia)

Koi

Scientific name: Carassius auratus auratus
Rank: Subspecies
Lower classifications: Fantail
Found in: Utah Lake
Higher classification: Carassius

Live DJ Band

domesticated fish

Presenting Flash Tattoos x Goldfish Kiss (the GFK H20 collection to be exact) – a line of innovative jewelry-inspired temporary tattoos.

Goldfish is the easy to use solution for creating gorgeous, individual websites with the latest HTML5 technology in little time.

Carnival prize

Goldfish Memory (2003 movie)

World of Warcraft Tiny Goldfish – available from the Anglers

Goldfish VoIP services

The goldfish is a form of wild carp that has been kept by humans as pets since at least 970 A.D.

 

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Creative Prompt #277: Frost

It isn’t really frosty out and we hardly ever get any significant frost, so this prompt is just as mysterious to me as it is to you. Onward!

Jack Frost

window frost

Robert Frost

Does Frosty the Snowman count?

Frosting on a cake? Does that count

Definition: “Frost is the term for several types of coatings or deposits of ice that may form in humid air in cold conditions, usually overnight. In temperate climates it most commonly appears as fragile white crystals or frozen dew drops near the ground, but in cold climates it occurs in a greater variety of forms.[1]”

Hoar frost

Frost Strike – spell in World of Warcraft- Instantly strike the enemy, causing 1% Frost damage

Frost Dessert Lounge (I couldn’t resist – the image of chaise lounges and people wandering around with yummy desserts made me add this. They aren’t paying me, so no links)

Frost Mage

Frost is a slow and heavily-armored Warframe that is able to utilize offensive and defensive skills to both his own and his team’s advantage.

David Frost

The Frost Chronicles

Frost (2012 movie)

World of Warcraft DPS Frost Death Knight Guide for PvE raiding.

The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami.

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Blue and White for Daisy

Daisy's Comfort Quilt
Daisy’s Comfort Quilt

Recently, our Twilter friend Daisy started going through a rough patch. She is so good about making up quilts for people in need, such as the Scrapitude quilt she made for Frances, that we all heeded the call from Weezy (have you listened to her podcast?) for blocks and fabric. It took me a few days to get to making the blocks, but I did and I am glad.

You can see my Harry Potter trying to find the Snitch block in the top row along the center. One of my blocks is on the back as well.

Weezy did the heavy lifting on this quilt and she did a great job.

Daisy quilt back
Daisy quilt back

Daisy received the quilt on Saturday and was thrilled. I was very glad it was well received.

 

My ATCs for September

September ATCs
September ATCs

It has taken me awhile to get these posted, but here they are.

I made them the morning before the meeting after procrastinating for weeks, then realizing I no longer had Friday to scrape something together.

I had the gears from a pack I bought at Beverly’s and scraps and that is what I used. I think I need to get some more of those gears and try another iteration, perhaps with Perl Cotton instead of schnibbles? Braided Perl Cotton?

I have two of the gears left, because I didn’t have time to stitch them down by hand.

As I said in the CQFA Meeting report, I want to do them earlier for January (won’t be at the October meeting) and need to start on the backs.  Yes, I said that a week ago and haven’t done anything. First step: make the backs. If I have a lot of backs using a neutral fabric, I can concentrate on making the front awesome. Right?

Creative Prompt #276: Egg

s/he’s a good egg

lay an egg

The Egg and I (1947 movie)

chocolate egg

Easter egg that the Easter Bunny brings

The Incredible Edible Egg

Definition: “Eggs are laid by female animals of many different species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, and have been eaten by humans for thousands of years.[1] Bird and reptile eggs consist of a protective eggshell, albumen (egg white), and vitellus (egg yolk), contained within various thin membranes. Popular choices for egg consumption are chicken, duck, quail, roe, and caviar, but the egg most often consumed by humans is the chicken egg, by a wide margin.

Egg yolks and whole eggs store significant amounts of protein and choline,[2][3] and are widely used in cookery. Due to their protein content, the United States Department of Agriculture categorizes eggs as Meats within the Food Guide Pyramid.[2] Despite the nutritional value of eggs, there are some potential health issues arising from egg quality, storage, and individual allergies.

Chickens and other egg-laying creatures are widely kept throughout the world, and mass production of chicken eggs is a global industry. In 2009, an estimated 62.1 million metric tons of eggs were produced worldwide from a total laying flock of approximately 6.4 billion hens.[4] There are issues of regional variation in demand and expectation, as well as current debates concerning methods of mass production. The European Union recently banned battery husbandry of chickens.” (Wikipedia)

egg white

Faberge’ eggs

Bacon and eggs

egg timer

The Air Quality Egg is a community-led air quality sensing network that gives people a way to participate in the conversation about air quality.

egg substitute

The Goose that lays the Golden Egg

egg allergy

Cadbury eggs

Which came first: the chicken or the egg?

Easter Egg Roll

Eggroll (Chinese food)

egg carton

Italian egg drop soup

over hard

The Exbury Egg is a temporary, energy efficient self-sustaining work space for artist Stephen Turner in the estuary of the River Beaulieu.

Egg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin

soft boiled egg

egg cup

over easy

dyeing eggs

Minecraft: An Egg is an item laid by chickens every 5–10 minutes. They can only be stacked together in groups of up to 16, unlike most items.

eggbake

The Egg (short story) (read it-very profound and not too long)

EGG Online takes its visitors off the beaten path to focus on the excitement, diversity, and raw energy of the arts. (PBS)

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

EGG helmets are innovative, highly customizable, multi-sport helmets for kids between the ages of 4 and 12 with adult sizes soon to be introduced.

organic eggs

free range eggs

egg shaped

Easter egg in a video game

 

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Eggs have nothing to do with Super G, but today is her birthday and I just wanted to mention it.

Creative Prompt #275: Dawn

It’s a new dawn.

dishwashing soap

Dawn (Japanese: ??? Hikari) is a ten-year-old Pokémon Coordinator and a former traveling companion of Ash and Brock.

Domestic Abuse Women’s Network

Dawn French was born on October 11, 1957 in Holyhead, Wales as Dawn Roma French. She is an actress and write

Currently in the late alpha stage of development, Dawn is set to revolutionize the way we think of and play computer games.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

A third Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War game from the now Sega-owned Relic Entertainment is a “strong possibility,” according to game director Quinn Duffy.

Dawn Summers was a member of the Scooby Gang, sister of Buffy Summers and daughter of Hank

Dawn of the Dragons is a free online social MMO RPG with lavish art, immersive story that offers many gameplay options, ideal for both casual and hardcore players.

Dawn of the Dragons.

nautical dawn

Dawn is breaking

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft

Definition: “Dawn (from an Old English verb dagian “to become day”) is the time that marks the beginning of the twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the presence of weak sunlight, while the Sun itself is still below the horizon. Dawn should not be confused with sunrise, which is the moment when the leading edge of the Sun itself appears above the horizon.

During dawn (and dusk) it is usually possible (provided that the sky is cloud-free) to see approximately in which direction the Sun lies, though it is below the horizon.” (Wikipedia)

Woman’s name

dawn til dusk

Norwegian Dawn

Dawn Capital

astronomical dawn

Tony Orlando and Dawn

civil dawn

Nataly Dawn is a singer/songwriter and one half of the band, Pomplamoose. Her debut album, “How I Knew Her” was released February 12, 2013

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Poems written upon awakening at dawn are called aubades.

Dawn of the Dead (2004 movie)

Red Dawn (2012 movie)

Genesis 19:15

Breaking Dawn

 

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Donation Quilt Progress

Donation blocks 1 & 2
Donation blocks 1 & 2

Another thing I did during the Labor Day Sew-in, using leaders and enders, was to make donation blocks. As I said, I had to put a leader or ender between each piece of the FOTY 2013 pieces. That meant that a lot of other projects progressed, including the donation blocks.

I only made three blocks, which doesn’t buy me anything in terms of another row on the quilt, but I am three blocks closer to another row, which is closer to an entire quilt and that is nothing to be sneezed at.

Donation blocks 3
Donation blocks 3

Creative Prompt #274: Cold

Catch a cold

Baby, It’s Cold Outside

cold fish

cold weather front

common cold

Cold Mountain (movie)

Coldplay

cold symptoms

Cold War

out in the cold

cold remedies

Cold Case

Stone Cold Fox

cold fusion

Hot and cold

cold water bath

cold sore

Civil War’s Battle of Cold Harbor

cold storage

out in the cold

summer cold

Cold Stone Creamery

Cold Spring, Minnesota

extreme cold

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