Deadline What did you feel when you read the headline “Deadline”? Did it fill you with dread or perhaps get your adrenaline pumping? When I hear hear the word deadline, I chuckle. I expect this is a rare reaction, although there is a good reason for my response. It is something my mother, an editor… Continue reading Week in Review 2023 – 02/24
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Week in Review 2023 – 02/17
Close, Closer, Closest My brain stores various tidbits of advice heard over the years. One such gem is art is viewed close, then closer and finally as close as possible. Although it wasn’t stated that way. Instead, and this is why it stays with me, the remark was more along the lines of “Art should… Continue reading Week in Review 2023 – 02/17
Week in Review 2022 – 09/23
What is Old What is old is new again. So true. I see it time and time again the older I get. It seems each new generation is destined to discover what was novel to the previous generation and perhaps add their own flair. If you ever played with Tangrams as a child, then you… Continue reading Week in Review 2022 – 09/23
Week in Review 2022 – 08/12
Finishing Touches I have been building a repertoire of finishing touches over the 34 years I have been quilting. They will never be set in stone. New tools, techniques and my personal adaptations seem destined to result in at least one tweak every single time I reach the finishing phase of my current project. It’s… Continue reading Week in Review 2022 – 08/12
Week in Review 2022 – 05/27
Goals Accomplished At the beginning of 2022 I decided to link my posts with two other bloggers. One is the Rainbow Scrap Challenge and the other is Thank Goodness It’s Finished Friday. The first allows me some R & R. Very little problem solving, if any is required for me to piece traditional blocks. I… Continue reading Week in Review 2022 – 05/27
Week in Review 2022 – 05/20
It Takes an Artist… It takes an artist to build a village from fabric. I’m having fun custom designing townhouses to buildup my imaginary Ukrainian village. Each townhouse must take scale and perspective into account. It should play nicely with its neighbors. I hope it has its own personality. The townhouse featured above comes with… Continue reading Week in Review 2022 – 05/20
Week in Review 2021 – 07/09
Finish Line Funny how starting a new artwork I am filled with euphoria, while finishing an artwork I tend to be consumed by doubt. You might think it is the other way around. When I first started quilting nothing sent a piece faster into the UFO (unfinished object) stash than not knowing how to quilt… Continue reading Week in Review 2021 – 07/09
Week in Review 2021 – 06/11
Listening You spoke. I listened. You convinced me I was on the right path. Last week I asked for your opinion on how best to finish the outer edge of Sunrise Over the Atlantic. What struck me in particular about the comments and why it is such a delight to hear from you, is how… Continue reading Week in Review 2021 – 06/11
Week in Review 2020 – 02/07
The digital age comes bearing gifts, but also challenges. It is so easy and inexpensive to take photographs. The result is far too many photographs cluttering up our various devices. If you, like me, don’t want to spend time tracking down a particular photograph or two when you need it, then a good system is… Continue reading Week in Review 2020 – 02/07
Week in Review 2020 – 01/17
Tops Done Now What? I’m not sure when I first started free motion quilting my tops. I do know my early forays were done with great trepidation. I just knew I was convinced I was going to ruin my quilt with my inept quilting. Did it stop me? No, yes, and sometimes. If my work… Continue reading Week in Review 2020 – 01/17