{"id":13068,"date":"2012-05-12T06:16:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T13:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=13068"},"modified":"2016-11-02T20:50:22","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T03:50:22","slug":"various-sundry-2012-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/various-sundry-2012-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Various & Sundry 2012 #7"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I am Reading<\/span>: Just finished Isobel’s Story<\/em> by Jennie Walters on my Kindle; started An Age of Innocence<\/em>, but think it might a better book to which to listen, which means I might jump to Creating Time: using creativity to reinvent the clock and reclaim your life<\/em> by Marney Makridakis
\nAudiobook playing on my iPod<\/span>: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand<\/em>
\nWhat I am Working On<\/span>: Flowering Snowball, Corner Store, Garden and a lot of pressing and cutting of recently washed fabric<\/p>\n

Design<\/strong>
\nYou may be following along with the Design Series<\/a> I am doing with Sandy of Quilting…for the Rest of Us<\/a>. I came across a blog post<\/a> about Rhythm recently in the Cloth Paper Scissors Daily. I thought my post<\/a> was much more in depth, but they did use one of the sources that we used. Susan of the History Quilter<\/a> had some nice things to say about the Rhythm episode in the History Quilter episode #24<\/a>. Nonnie also did some of the homework and put her thoughts up on her April 21, 2012 blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I came across an artist named Dottie Moore<\/a> when I was reviewing a book recently. Her quilts are quite textural even in photos. Once you listen to the Texture podcast and read my blog post<\/a>, go take a look at her quilt gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Around and About the Web<\/strong>
\nCan’t make it to Paducah? Now you can purchase<\/a> the lectures and watch them after the show. Purchase must be made before the end of 90 days after the show. I haven’t tried it, but if I do, I’ll let you know how it goes.<\/p>\n

The quilts that were lost after being displayed in the C&T Booth last year have been found! Amy Marson wrote about<\/a> a brief update in the C&T blog recently.<\/p>\n

Sandi Colwell from Quilt Cabana Corner is upping the podcast game by posting a YouTube video<\/a> instead of her normal podcast. the video is very similar to her podcast, but with images. During the vidcast, she dyes fabric, gives a book review and talks about some of her new patterns. I enjoyed seeing Sandi, her quilts, and another sewing room tour.<\/p>\n

I wonder if I mentioned Lori Nix<\/a> before? Deanna Raybourn<\/a> pointed her out to me again and I just love her dioramas. It revives the love of miniatures in me.<\/p>\n

Have you checked out the International Quilt Study Center’s Quilt of the Month? May’s is a red, green and white applique’ quilt<\/a>. Gorgeous!<\/p>\n

I have a boatload of HSTs to use some way, so I was attracted this tutorial over at the\u00a0 Molly Flanders blog on matching points<\/a>. I was attracted by the piece she uses to demonstrate. Simple, yet effective tutorial. Thanks to Adrianne over at Little Bluebell<\/a> for pointing this out.<\/p>\n

Jill, over at the Quilt Rat blog, has a great post<\/a> about how Gels, Mediums and Extenders work.<\/p>\n

Peeps<\/strong>
\nFriend Julie put up some photos of her very springy, cheerful Bullseye quilt<\/a>. I love it! I alove that it is done, but I really love the color combinations she used.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Deirdre<\/a> for this link to a polka dot house<\/a>! I would love to pain my house like this. The painter has done such a great job.<\/p>\n

Tanesha of the Crafty Garden Mom podcast posted about getting through crafty temper tantrums<\/a>. The fun part of the post was Tanesha’s biting wit with regard to stories parenting magazines publish.<\/p>\n

Books<\/strong>
\nDottie Moore, one of the authors in the review of Art Quilt Portfolio <\/a>I did recently has a book <\/a>out. I haven’t seen it, but will review it if anyone wants to send me a copy.<\/p>\n

I heard about Creating Time: using creativity to reinvent the clock and reclaim your life<\/em> by Marney Makridakis on Mark Lipinski’s May 2, 2012 podcast. Ms. Makridakis was a great interviewee and I went straight out and used a gift card to buy the book. I would much rather work through the book with her, but that isn’t possible, so I hope to start reading it soon and really get invigorated.<\/p>\n

Media<\/strong>
\nMark Lipinski had a great discussion about art (what is art? art controversies, censorship of art) in his May 2 episode with Luke Haynes and Nathan Vincent. The Modern Quilt movement does not leave the conversation unscathed. If you can stand a little heat in the quilt kitchen, I suggest that you take a listen. It certainly made me think.<\/p>\n

Intellectual Property<\/strong>
\nKate Spain has more explanations<\/a> about the C&T\/Emily Cier situation on her blog since last time I looked.<\/p>\n

Completely Off Topic<\/strong>
\nAnd if you want something cool to look at various intervals during the day, check out the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Great Blue Heron web cam<\/a>. Thanks to Leslie for sharing this. Aside from the fact that I love the large water birds, I don’t know why I like this so much.<\/p>\n