Learning
I’m off to Houston!
Quick post here: I’m packed and ready to go! I’ll arrive this afternoon and hopefully will make the Winner’s Circle tonite. On Wed I have myself scheduled to attend 3 lectures, a lunch and a dinner. I have two quilts on the floor: one in the 500 Traditional Quilts exhibit and my donation quilt to…
Read MoreElizabeth Barton’s Design Master Class-Oct-“Pre Dawn”
I walk Basset Boy early in the morning during the hot summer months. It’s so early that both night and morning people are sleeping. The stars are usually bright and visible. I LOVE that hour: all is still-even air conditioners, there are no cars, no pedestrians and the whole earth is shrouded in peacefulness and…
Read MoreArtist’s Date-“Bird’s Eye View: Aerial Art”
If you’re familiar with Julia Cameron’s classic book The Artist’s Way, you’ll know that she encourages a weekly self-date to view art. I don’t always honor my weekly date but I try-it really does fuel the creative spirit. My date last week took me to Gallery at 48 Natoma in Folsom. Their current exhibit, Bird’s…
Read MoreAugust Master Design Class
August was a “beyond busy” month and I did not even get to the mock up stage of my design for Elizabeth Barton‘s Master Class. Our theme was letters-letters of any kind or language. I was pretty stumped at first on this one but some of the designs that other students came up with made…
Read MorePlease Don’t Try This at Home, or, How to Care for Your Slider
Sometimes I have a forehead-slap moment. This has been a tough week. I have many simultaneous projects/commitments and I’m trying to finish a piece for the Pacific International Quilt Festival deadline-yeah, that’s 12 days from now. So I’m petal-to-the-metal trying to get this piece done. My plan for this piece is to create acres of…
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