This N That #11
My quilt, Road to Home, was accepted to the AQS Knoxville show in July! I’m very excited about this, it’s my first AQS show! DH and I are planning to try to go for one day of the show, but it’s mighty long drive to see it.
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Something really cool is happening right this moment that I can’t tell you about yet, but I’m super excited about it. More will come about this later, for sure.
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Yup, that’s a dove in that hanging basket outside, and I have named her Ethel.
DH doesn’t like the old-timey names I give the animals outside, like George and Gracie, our mated duck pair that waddle by the windows every morning.
Here is Ethel’s nest… so cute!
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Ever notice that polka dot fabric never seems to be “just right”? I’ve been on a recent polka dot search, and either the dots are too big, too small, one color, multi colors in colors you don’t want, or (the worst) the dots are spaced too far apart.
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As you may know I’m president of the local quilt guild, and those of us on the board are making signature blocks to exchange to commemorate the year. It’s a fun thing I did while president of the Baltimore Heritage Guild and I think we’ll enjoy making a little quilt out of our cute blocks.
President’s Message #1
I’m reprinting the “President’s Message” that I put in our guild newsletter here for your enjoyment.
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Well, Summer is here and that either means our schedules get busier or slower, depending on your family. For me, summer mean more travel, more weekend barbeques, and more yard work. For many folks, that means less time doing our favorite past-time, quilting! I used to find it so hard to keep up with job and home and family and find time to quilt too.
A couple of years ago I made a New Year’s resolution to spend 1 hour a day “quilting”, whether it was folding fabric, cleaning my art space, reading a quilting book, or actually quilting. It was amazing how more “in touch” I felt with quilting by doing that just one hour a day. Sometimes that hour was during my lunch break, and sometimes to get away from the loud TV and noise of the household. Try it for a week and see how you like it, and be sure to tell me how it went!
This n That #2
I like the idea of the “this n that” blog posts… It keeps me in the habit of blogging as I come up with ideas, and I have to admit, I like blogs that update often.
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So I’m trying to decide “where this whole crazy art train is going”. See my poll over there? =====>>>>> Please click on a choice and help me figure out what to do next.
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We had a speaker at guild last night, and while I am happy to have seen her work, I wasn’t thrilled with some of the “message” she had to say about art quilts and quilt “artists”. If we make quilt art, aren’t we all artists? Does it really take art training to be a true artist? I think not….
She also had something slightly negative to say about art quilts that have over the top embellishing. As someone who has made that kind of work in the past, why potentially alienate your audience by dissing it in your lecture?
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it’s official… I’m the new president of the Riverwalk Quilt Guild of Naperville IL.
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If you ever clog up your toilet…. (Hey, it happens!), pour a bit of dishwashing liquid in the bowl, let it sit for a bit, plunge a couple of times, and viola! Seriously! I know from experience!
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Made some “glue stamps” but am not too good at stamping with them yet. See below!
