Questions I am grateful for questions, both yours and my own. In fact it was a question from Diann that inspired the focus of this post. She asked how I keep track of the individual pieces in Ciel de Noyer. Ciel de Noyer A technique I turn to again and again is the way I… Continue reading Week in Review 2024 – 08/23
Category: Art Quilt Challenge
Each month members of the Art Quilt Challenge post work they completed for their personal challenge. In 2019 my challenge is to create 12 12″ x 12″ art quilts.
Week in Review 2024 – 08/16
Pause Yes, take a moment to pause. This is not always easy. In fact it can feel counter intuitive in our fast paced world. Pausing doesn’t come naturally to me. I handle this by developing a routine that incorporates if not pauses, than at least periodic change and pace throughout my day. Photo Challenge I… Continue reading Week in Review 2024 – 08/16
Week in Review 2024 – 08/09
Drishti or Focus Find your drishti, loosely translated as focus or focal point, is a common direction in yoga practice. Boy, does that resonate with me as a life lesson. It is also applicable to art. When you find your focus life doesn’t feel as chaotic or overwhelming. Just one more reason why I naturally… Continue reading Week in Review 2024 – 08/09
Week in Review 2024 – 07/26
Something Blue I’m working on something blue. Just writing that first sentence I feel childlike, as though I am playing a game of I Spy. In fact, that is what the start of a new art project can feel like. It is a blend of childish delight, focus, curiosity and challenge. How will this turn… Continue reading Week in Review 2024 – 07/26
Week in Review 2024 – 07/19
Energy How are you doing for energy? If you are like me, then your energy waxes and wanes. Seems mine does more waning these days. One lesson I have learned is not to push through exhaustion. I either do something mindless or simply rest up to recharge. Rainbow Scrap Challenge Three cheers for the Rainbow… Continue reading Week in Review 2024 – 07/19
Week in Review 2024 – 07/12
Stymied Today I am feeling stymied about how to frame my post. So, I am simply putting that out there. Being stymied isn’t unusual. The key, I have found, is simply to take a deep breath and think about what simple first step I can take. Contemplation stymied me at every turn. So much about… Continue reading Week in Review 2024 – 07/12
Week in Review 2024 – 07/05
Challenge Life is one challenge after another. At least that has been my experience. Admittedly, I am as likely to set my own challenges as I am to join a challenge organized by someone else. One of my self challenges is to stick with my yoga practice. Currently, I take classes via Peloton. One of… Continue reading Week in Review 2024 – 07/05
Week in Review 2019 – 09/27
SAQA Auction Update Every September SAQA hosts an online reverse auction of 12″ x 12″ art quilts. SAQA’s talented pool of member artists contributed 443 artworks this week. Proceeds from the auction support the work SAQA does promoting the art quilt as a fine art medium. This year there were 3 different sessions, each containing… Continue reading Week in Review 2019 – 09/27
Week in Review 2019 – 09/13
Eureka! Practice, practice and more practice and it still isn’t right. That is how I feel when facing quilts. But wait… queue the drumroll, this time when I turned my facing to the back of the quilt every single corner was square. But how? What did I do differently? I wish I knew. What I… Continue reading Week in Review 2019 – 09/13
Week in Review 2019 – 09/06
“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