“Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow. ” ~ David Mallet This week, I started quilting Mother’s Little Helper. You would think, after 30 years of quilting, the latter half of those years enamored with intense free motion quilting motifs, I would learn this is a slow, inch by inch process.… Continue reading Week in Review 2019 – 09/06
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Week in Review 2019 – 8/30
Free form or structure? Artists approach work in 3 basic ways. Some artists are completely intuitive. These artists gather materials, layering and manipulating them until they are pleased with the composition. Other artists are planners. They know the image they want to create and start by making sketch after sketch, until they have every last… Continue reading Week in Review 2019 – 8/30
Week in Review 2019 – 08/22
Now What? It happens every time. I’m creating a new artwork, it is coming together as expected, then I do something and it feels off. What do you think? Input Please My concept, driving Mother’s Little Helper, is a graph of the escalating deaths over time caused by the use and abuse of opioids. This… Continue reading Week in Review 2019 – 08/22
Week in Review 2019 – 08/09
Last Week Last week I shared Gwyned’s principles beginning with the letter P: Precision, Patience and Persistence. I asked you to share some of yours. You didn’t disappoint. How could I have forgotten Practice. Creativity goes to the suggestion of Pay-off, or the fruits one’s the labor. This Week As I circled my studio, avoided… Continue reading Week in Review 2019 – 08/09
Week in Review 2019 – 08/02
Gwyned’s 3 P’s As I ponder this week’s progress (perhaps I should make that 4 Ps, with progress being the fourth P) I realized I have some guiding principles (P – 5) when it comes to creating my artwork. These principles are easily distilled into P words. Precision Best to address precision at the beginning… Continue reading Week in Review 2019 – 08/02
Week in Review 2019 – 07/26
I’m back! Back home after a 10 day vacation, back healthy after 14 days battling bronchitis, and most exciting of all, back working in the studio. Thus, I have something to share with you today, the start of a new artwork. Time to start a new artwork I’ve written about starting new work in the… Continue reading Week in Review 2019 – 07/26
Week in Review 2019 – 06/28
I first saw ruler work when I was scrolling through Pinterest for quilting motifs. Many motifs I choose to pin include ruler work. The more I pinned, the more I knew I had to try this myself. Next step, buy a ruler foot and start playing. Turning a No… Unfortunately, my machines are old enough… Continue reading Week in Review 2019 – 06/28
Week in Review 2019 – 06/21
What’s in a name? Juliet opines “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Yet the naming of an art work often feels daunting. It isn’t unusual for me to name and rename a piece several times during its making. Most names come to me when I am writing my morning pages. So… Continue reading Week in Review 2019 – 06/21
Week in Review 2019 – 06/07
Do you work on several art projects concurrently, or do you prefer to finish one and then start another? I find my own approach to this has varied over the years. When I first started making art quilts I had an embarrassing number of UFOs (unfinished objects). I was so captivated by each new idea… Continue reading Week in Review 2019 – 06/07
Week in Review 2019 – 05/31
Who knew I could have such fun in my studio while my trusty Bernina 1260 is awaiting its repair? Not I. I went from grudging acceptance of the situation to relishing the change of focus not having a sewing machine gives me. Now I’m struggling to make peace with returning to machine w0rk. Oh, the… Continue reading Week in Review 2019 – 05/31