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I’ve wanted a “real studio” for years. I pursue this quilt/art quilt/garment/teach thing pretty seriously and it was getting to the point where I felt like I needed to do something about a studio. But when I looked at the configuration of our house and lot, there was no good solution: couldn’t build up or out, DH already had squatter’s rights on the extra garage bay, nothing seemed to work. I had also made a couple of guidelines for myself regarding a studio: -I would not take over a “public” room like the dining or living room, the den. -I wanted…
I’m decompressing from all the work of my guild’s show and I see my surroundings with new eyes. And everywhere I look, it’s red-and not because it’s Valentine’s Day! I just have to share all this red with you. x x I love this red Cordyline set amongst the blue/gray/green of the Hen n Chicks-it’s just so dog gone pretty this time of year. When it’s back lit from the sun it just glows red/pink. x x x x xx x x I don’t know the name of these trees but they line one of the streets going to my house. For most…
One of the unexpected benefits of all this organizing is the discovery of intriguing fabrics long ago lost. Look at this beautiful hand dye that I unearthed-it’s stunning in person and I see all kinds of possibilities with it. It has a kind of ethereal quality. I don’t know who I got it from, but I suspect it was from Linda M Designs. Isn’t it fabulous? This whole process was not really about “cleaning” or “organizing”, it was about creating a space that allows me to work freely, to be intuitive, to not spend time looking for tools or pushing…
In the midst of working on Fashion Show for Folsom Quilt and Fiber Guild and getting a Special Event set up for American Sewing Guild, I hit my limit. I simply could not function without some sort of organizational change in my stash. I’m actually pretty organized but I work in a small space-my stash spills out into the surrounding rooms. I hope Oldest Son is not reading because I realized that the only way this reorganization was going to happen was if I created space and that space was…his closet. I threw away the receipts for potato chips purchased…
Who knew it could take this long to complete an 8″ square wholecloth?? Design is something I am working hard on and the point of this piece, for me, was to take a simple design and play with value more than color, to use value to push some motifs forward, others back. x x x Well, I got the lower left flower to recede alright, recede into oblivion! That burgandy thread was way too dark. So I tried a purple-still too dark; tried a lavender-it shouted; tried salmon-ugh. x x x x x x After 6 hours of unstitching, even more thread choices,…
Okay, it might seem like I’m skipping around from project to project, but really, I’m not…kinda. I work in a pretty small space and I find it difficult to work on more than one thing at a time. It does keep me focused and I really do finish my projects-I have to before I can move on to the next one. x x x x I’ve got a deadline on this one so I had to move it up the chain. It looks pretty simple but there’s more to it than meets the eye. The requirement for this piece is that only 8″ will…