While I was working in the kitchen the other night, I needed paper towels. Maximizing my efforts, I bundled up a bag of trash and headed down to the garage. When I came back up, ready to resume dinner-making, I realized I had forgotten the paper towels. I gathered up a load of recycling and… more…
Sometimes the creative process looks just like this! On the final day of Opal’s visit here, I finally sat down to plot out the measurements for a large commissioned project. Our work is by its very nature so completely free-form that measurements are rarely an issue. We work until the piece is done or… more…
Day 13 – A Monday. Today was the end of the visit. There was a flurry yesterday of business to attend to and loose ends to wrap up, a special dessert made (I have no clue who will eat all of it that remains!), new roses to refresh the old, some lessons in sourdough… more…
Day 12 – A Sunday. I am a few days behind. Today is the last full day of this collaborative working visit. There has been a lot going on, a lot of routine, a bit of drama now and then (including a toe accident that sort of dictated the pace of several days and kept… more…
Day 5 – A Sunday. The school auction happened at the end of Day 4. With only a few weeks before the deadline, we started working on a collaborative donation. After much debate about which colorway to use, we settled on what felt safest, the one we felt might draw the attention of “this” audience…. more…
The day began with a bit of finishing work on the food piece. It looked done, until we realized the pieces for an “appetizer” were ready and waiting to be added. It was a good decision. A bit of disassembling of some unused parts, and we filled in the left edge. There’s a full on… more…
Photos from Day 2. We often approach chronicling our collaborative visits with good intentions that quickly get swallowed up and left by the wayside. This time, the goal is a bit of a pictorial view of the days. I’ll be posting some photos I’ve snapped and some Opal has snapped with her camera. The “food”… more…
It’s an unusual array of colors for me, although the roots are in greens, a zone to which I’m returning and sliding into as one might a pair of favorite, well-worn jeans. The above stack, small as it seems, took weeks to order. I’ve been debating colors for a project about mapping and journey,… more…
The days are busy, but a collaborative visit is coming. My available time (or maybe energy) for working on our projects is certainly less now than it was when we began a few years ago. Still, we are a pretty productive duo, and when we do have the rare opportunity to work together in person,… more…
~ paper airplanes, felt dolls in 3rd grade, and an “Art Saves” project in fiber ~ City Quilts: 12 Dramatic Projects Inspired By Urban Views ~ Length: 44 min, 19 sec Featured Podsafe Music: Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN] Allison Crowe ~ This Little Bird [PNM] Jenae ~ The Long… more…
~ Two sort-of intros… a preface and an intro… the free-wheeling, not-tidied-up-and-tucked-in-around-the-edges sort. I’ll be back to add in all the links for books. In short, it’s an Elm Creek episode of the CMP. ~ Material Obsession (quilt book) Enjoy! [Oh no! I mistakenly attributed the tracks by Lisa Redford to Ariel Publicity. They are… more…
A short show… an a bit of winding in and out of days… ~ following the appearance and rendering of the light within, a bit of sketching, a good bit of sewing (and non-sewing), thoughts on quilt drawings, and more ~ Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries ~ Length: 28 min, 23 sec… more…
~ mandalas, quilt bindings and quilting lines ~ mandalas by Tammy from Dasiy Yellow ~ Birds by Jeffrey Fisher (Length: 29 min, 34 sec ) Featured Podsafe Music: Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN] Lisa Redford ~ Hope Never Dies [PMN] Bari Koral ~ Aspiring Angel [PMN] Podcast not currently available…. more…