That's the name of this piece (9.5"x12.75" at top left point).I'm proud that it's not representational.
Nor is it square.
And I'm really glad I've taken a couple of days off from the office.
Wonder what I'll do tomorrow?
5/21/09
5/18/09
No more excuses...
The symposium went great, by the way, thanks for asking...
And the weekend was very very productive. I can now truthfully say that my studio is now clean enough to meet its function - which is to say, I have no more excuses about not being able to produce some sort of art in there, except the perpetual whine of "there's no tiiimeee...." (whimper, sniff).
But, suffice it to say, the entire room went from looking like this shot of my sewing machine...
to this:
Much better, don't you think?
And so yesterday, I threw caution to the wind and put together this mini-quilt (about 6"x14").
I realized in Deborah's Series workshop I was constantly trying to make things look like something...I seemed to NEED to make it representational. So I took some scraps of hand-dyed fabric that Connie gave me (no, really - I accepted a bag of scraps when my room was in such crappy shape - it's a psychotic condition I tell you....) and threw them together and then decided to practice hand-applique on a circle, beading and binding.
Not perfect but not bad, either - I think I'll work my way through that bag of scraps (they really are beautiful pieces of hand-dyed stuff) - that will keep me working on projects in my room and practicing my weak points and also use up the bag of scraps.
No more excuses...
5/14/09
Hell Week
If anyone has missed me this past week - this is what I've been up to:
And I am the committee for arranging this for 115+ people...so today I put together the nametags, the sign-in sheets, printed the agenda booklet and all of the other last-minute tasks before throwing a catered party.
I did the arranging of the contracted site and the contracted catering weeks ago and then I had to contact the posterboard rental company to confirm they were, indeed, going to show up tomorrow. And I also had to call the caterer to increase the expected attendance.
The event looks something like this:
So - I think we're good to go! And here's hoping all I have to do tomorrow is babysit the sign-in sheets and oversee lunch (and maybe get some knitting done!)...
5/8/09
A Variety
I haven't found my miniMemory card yet (I'm sure it's someplace safe in the house...) but when I do, I'll be able to transfer some of my tunes to my phone (OMG - have I mentioned how much I love this type of technology??? it just makes my geeky little heart run a little faster!!)
- and this phone has a camera, albeit not a great one - but it was cool to have earlier in the week when we got stuck in the HOV lane and I can now share what we got to look at for TWO hours...
such fun and games!
and last night at the Quilter's Guild of Dallas, Ami Simms (http://www.amisimms.net/) was the guest speaker and she was a hoot! I don't ever recall laughing that hard at a guild meeting! The "Bring and Brag" quilts were very inspiring - I have to admit I've never made anything that big!
and last night at the Quilter's Guild of Dallas, Ami Simms (http://www.amisimms.net/) was the guest speaker and she was a hoot! I don't ever recall laughing that hard at a guild meeting! The "Bring and Brag" quilts were very inspiring - I have to admit I've never made anything that big!
and I was also able to take a picture of the crew working on the building next door - these guys were working in the rain - the amount of mud was unbelievable - good thing they had bulldozers!
and you thought I was dangerous with my real camera....
5/1/09
Interdependence Tree Finished
How awesome is this!!! the Tree is finished and somewhere in there is my leaf. It just makes me smile to look at it. I hope to go visit it someday.
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