Are You Flexible? That’s a good question. Am I flexible? I think I am, but I have been told I am not. Perhaps the true answer falls somewhere in the middle. I do adhere to routines. I find them invaluable to help propel me forward into my day and also to reduce time spent dithering… Continue reading Week in Review 2023 – 03/10
Category: Coping with the unexpected
Week in Review 2021 – 10/29
Now What? What do you do when in the aftermath of a bomb cyclone? Now there is a question I wouldn’t have known to even pose a week ago. I first read about bomb cyclones when hearing about the weather in the northwest section of the United States. Bottom line it results in high winds… Continue reading Week in Review 2021 – 10/29
Week in Review 2020 – 09/25
I’m back in the studio after a several week fallow period. This is what I refer to periods when I am not specifically working on an art quilt. The reality is my mind is always deliberating over one idea or another. I never know what will set my mind off, or how far it will… Continue reading Week in Review 2020 – 09/25
Week in Review 2020 – 01/24
Unity – NOT! Typically, I am all about unity. I like to focus in on a project and complete it before starting the next. I don’t like flitting from one project to the next. However, this week feels disjointed. It is as though I am a hummingbird darting from one flower garden to another, barely… Continue reading Week in Review 2020 – 01/24
Week in Review 2019 – 12/20
Boy, do I feel scattered! I’ve been having a perfect storm of a week. You know the kind. It is when every aspect of my life seems to reach the boiling point at the same time. Where should I focus? What can I let go? Tempting as it is to close up the studio and… Continue reading Week in Review 2019 – 12/20
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 – 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
Week in Review – 05/26
What do you do when your sole piecing machine, the Bernina 1260, stops working mid stitch? After a bit of an internal rant, making sure it wasn’t something straight forward, I brought the machine in for servicing. The dealer told me, depending on the problem, the repair would take 2 – 6 weeks. Turns out… Continue reading Week in Review – 05/26
Week in Review 2019 – 5/17
It finally happened, that moment I dreaded, but hoped would never happen. My prized Bernina 1260, the machine I’ve had for 23 years with nary a problem, stopped on its own mid stitch. One minute I was stitching. The next moment the lights went out and the machine simply stopped. After checking for the obvious,… Continue reading Week in Review 2019 – 5/17
Week in Review 2019 – 05/10
What do you do when you don’t have time to spend in your studio? I return to a personal mantra I came up with back when I was juggling the demands of raising children. “Studio time is first. The rest will follow.” If I didn’t put on blinders to the demands of everyday life, I… Continue reading Week in Review 2019 – 05/10