{"id":7326,"date":"2011-01-02T06:06:15","date_gmt":"2011-01-02T13:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=7326"},"modified":"2016-06-28T15:37:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T22:37:09","slug":"new-years-cornucopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/new-years-cornucopia\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year’s Cornucopia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reviews<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I love my Tivo. It is a relatively cheap date in terms of entertainment and after YEARS of never being able to watch a show all the way through, I finally can. The problem turned out to be, over the holidays, that we watched all of our shows.\u00a0 We were home a lot, and working on Christmas projects in front of the TV. Many of the shows we like were pre-empted by holiday specials. I was able to watch a lot of Fons & Porter and partially clear out that playlist.<\/p>\n

Still I was looking for something else. I am not much for watching YouTube and other videos on the web, but I saw that Laura and Linda Kemshall now have Design Matters TV<\/a>. I watched one of their free shows where Laura shows how to use photocopies in your sketchbook. I really liked the episode which was called “Those Shoes.”<\/p>\n

First, Laura is a very calm presenter.<\/p>\n

Second, she talks through the whole process, including tips and tricks about the paint and the process. I am not a confident art journaler and watching this video made me think that I could do what she is doing. I really think that using photocopies is a great idea.<\/p>\n

Third, Laura is confident in a way that makes me feel confident that I could do the same thing.<\/p>\n

Finally, the show is well produced. I don’t mean shiny and fake, but edited appropriately, no wobbly camera and good information.<\/p>\n

There was a project in one of their Thr3fold Journal issues using a photocopied hand on a bag, the Hands on Bag<\/a> project, and seeing the project with the shoes makes me want to use the shoes on a bag as well. There is a list of shows<\/a> on their site. I haven’t decided whether to subscribe (cost is about $35 for 3 months). I have renewed my Quilt Out Loud subscription and was given a The Quilt Show subscription. I haven’t watched either. I wish I could watch them on my TV and that they provided a list of shows I could tick off so I didn’t have to start them and stop them when I found I had already watched one.<\/p>\n

I also adjusted the Tivo search I have set up for quilts and am now recording Eleanor Burns’ Quilt in a Day program. It doesn’t come on as often as Love of Quilting, so I don’t have as many. The first one I saw was about 2 star blocks from her Victory Quilts book. The stars were Army Star and Hope of Hartford<\/a>. Army Star has a Sawtooth Star in the center and she showed her quick way of making Flying Geese. I liked her show, which I don’t remember seeing before, because she gives the dimensions, so I can go up to my workroom and make the blocks. I tried the Sawtooth Star bit of the Army Star and found that I couldn’t finish the last bit because I don’t have the specialty Flying Geese ruler Burns uses. I also think the measurements she gave or the Flying Geese must be finished sizes, because they seem too small for a cut piece.<\/p>\n

Creativity<\/h2>\n

Stress has been a constant, and not so welcome, companion for the past few months. I have been seeking ways to reduce my stress and this article<\/a> on the effects of stress on creativity make me all the more determined to accomplish that goal. I certainly don’t want my creativity affected by work!<\/p>\n

Lisa F from C&T publishing has a new blog called “My Blissful Lack of Focus<\/a>.”\u00a0 I really like the layout. She talks about her creative adventures for 2011. I wish the CPP were included, but, as yet, I haven’t been able to persuade her to take part. Will YOU take part in the Creative Prompt Project this year?<\/p>\n

Color<\/h2>\n

The Pantone color of the year is Honeysuckle<\/a>. It just looks like a warm pink to me. You can download palettes for the Adobe Creative Suite application, FB ‘like’ it, tweet it, etc from the above referenced site.<\/p>\n

Doing Good<\/h2>\n

We are making 3 quilts for victims of the San Bruno Pipeline explosion<\/a>. I have been trying out different quick methods of making Flying Geese with minimal success (see above re: Eleanor Burns).<\/p>\n

\"Eleanor<\/a>
Eleanor Burns Method<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was trying to avoid the bias and get really nice crisp stars, but as you can see, I am a bit stymied in the process due to not having the correct specialty ruler. I have to decide whether to buy that ruler or just try to cut them and see what happens.<\/p>\n

\"Jo<\/a>
Jo Morton Method pt.2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I saw Jo Morton on Fons & Porter one day and thought I would try her method of making Sawtooth Stars. Of course, Fons & Porter does not include measurements in their show or on their site (mostly), so I went searching for a pattern\/directions for the Flying Geese method, which eventually renders a star. I found one called Jamestown that had her method explained. I know that she wants to sell her books, but this was a hard method to find.<\/p>\n

The directions were part of a pattern for the whole quilt, so my star didn’t come out the way I needed it to for the San Bruno Stars quilts.<\/p>\n

\"San<\/a>
San Bruno Star Wrong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ll use it on the back.<\/p>\n

Finally yesterday, I dug out my copy of Around the Block and made them the old fashioned way.<\/p>\n

\"Around<\/a>
Around the Block method<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These look pretty good. I plan to make more and perhaps put them down one side of the quilt. I like them in the on point orientation.<\/p>\n

\"On<\/a>
On point orientation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have to kind of see what other blocks I receive before I can decide how to use them. I also have to make more than 2.\u00a0 These are 6″ blocks.<\/p>\n

I need a lot more blocks, so if you would like to contribute one, three or ten \ud83d\ude09 the parameters are:<\/p>\n

Block background: dark blue
\nBlock design: Yellow star (any pattern)
\nblock size: 8? or less (we will work with any size)
\nRemember to sign your block!<\/p>\n

Deadline: TBA<\/p>\n

Contact us through our blogs for mailing instructions. Thanks so much for your generosity!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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