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I started thinking I did not have much to say this week but a peek at my photos for the week showed otherwise. I have not completed anything but I have worked really hard all week in bits and pieces: This drives me crazy! Working on several projects at a time gives me a mess. It didn’t stay this way for long, that’s just how I roll. I started playing with screen material. You know I love me a good sheer fabric, been working with sheers for a long time. About 10 years ago I played with screening material but…
Apparently “scattered serial quilter” is my new normal. When I am traveling to teach and lecture, I just can’t have 3 or 4 projects going at once. My brain can’t handle it and my studio needs to be organized enough that I can stop a project and prep for my gig. So this makes me realize, no wonder most of my friends have multiple projects going – because they can! It feels unnatural to me. The good thing is if I get stuck, I can just move on to another project. This is all news to me, grin. I’ll…
This week was scattered – mask-making, working my whole cloth tablecloth, playing with Lumiere paint, fixing some annoying computer/laptop/phone issues and starting a pieced quilt top that I may or may not finish. You know the apocalypse is nearing when you find me piecing, so there’s that too. So here’s where I land on the whole mask thing: I have read many articles on the pros and cons of these. I have looked at 1.5 zillion tutorials including “the best”, “10 min mask”, “15 min mask” and, not to be outdone, “the very best”. BTW, none of them are…
It’s kind of hard to have a compelling blog post during a quarantine. It’s not like I went to a fabulous quilt show this week or had a super fun gig at a fabulous location. But I have been productive in a very different way this week. I find it very hard to sit still and hang out. I have so many things I want to work on – this is my chance! Here we go: I did have a finish this week, kinda sorta: I am going to let this marinate for a bit, thinking I want to add…
Once upon a time, a long time ago, before Covid 19 really hit the US, the SAQA show Aloft premiered at AQS Daytona Beach (late Feb). I was able to see its debut. I didn’t have a lot of time to ponder the quilts as I was sneaking in time at lunch and after teaching. I particularly enjoyed Aloft because it was positive and, well, uplifting. I have grown weary of “statement” shows and craved a positive exhibit. I got a chance to hang out the with my Florida SAQA peeps and it was wonderful to get to know them…
This was my first time to teach at AQS Daytona Beach and I had a blast! I have not been to that part of Florida before and I found it to be genuinely friendly and laid-back. The influence of the car is felt pretty much everywhere. The accent was seriously southern and the food that I had outside of the Hilton was fabulous. The barbecue next to the convention center was some of the best ever. Walking around the city was a delight. It was a real challenge to pare down to one checked bag! By necessity I flew Delta…
I had a grand time at the Santa Barbara Quilting Retreat a few weeks ago when I studied with Betty Busby. Betty is a very popular teacher and I knew her a little bit from SAQA, so I was pretty sure I was going to enjoy the class. It exceeded my expectations for several reasons. I thought I would feel intimidated but I was not, a shock to me! Surface design, fabric painting and design in general are not something I am confident in. I’m usually a bit rattled in general by the whole taking-a-class thing. But I felt totally…
Let’s look at the Big Quilt Room of the Folsom Quilt and Fiber Guild Show: A Toby Lischko design. Nancy put it on point and chose a brown colorway to hang in her nature-inspired home in Tahoe. Susan redesigned the pattern for her daughter’s Cal King. Beautiful quilting enhances the design. Kaffe stripes and an off-handed remark in a Christine Barnes workshop gave Marie the inspiration to create this beauty. The block pattern go back to 1800/early 1099’s. Esther is a superb hand quilter and but did a fabulous job machine quilting this on a domestic machine. Exquisite applique. Pattern…
The Folsom Quilt and Fiber Guild Show 2020 – Part 1, Small Quilt Room, Wearables and other treasures
I love my home guild (the Folsom Quilt and Fiber Guild)! Every year I get excited about our Feb show, which is the first show of the year in my neck of the woods, so I call it Quilting New Year. See what I mean? All those happy quilters – gotta love it. I’m splitting my posts in two, one this week with the “Small Quilt Room”, Wearables and some of my happy purchases and winnings. Next week I’ll post the “Big Quilt Room”. The Emma Allebes Art Quilt Challenge this year was “City of Trees”, a moniker for Sacramento.…
NOTE: I may not post next week – it’s a busy week as you will read below. I wish I had more time in my life to play with wearable art. It is in my blood, but during this season of life I don’t think I’ll get much time to play with wearables. So I was super excited to visit the Haute Couture Societe and see their Show ‘n Tell. I didn’t take nearly enough photos! The room was packed for my lecture, a welcome sight. I thought it would be all wearable artists but apparently there are lots of…