I needed some instant gratification of the fabric kind today. So before sitting down at the sewing machine, I took a big scrap of Kona Black Fabric from my current quilt project out to the picnic table in the back yard. I put on some rubber gloves. I put down a piece [...]
You can read about my design contributions to Terry Jarrard-Dimond’s Compositional Conversation project over here on Terry’s blog today. The photo above is the “final composition” I mailed off to Fulvia Luciano last Tuesday. Rather than pile-on some additional fabric figures, I ended up really thinking about the formal elements of the composition, and how I [...]
We recently added a new cat to our household as a companion to our favorite tabby. This full grown little girl is tiny, under six pounds. She is seen here on a dozy afternoon with a freshly harvested GIANT garden zucchini. (Photo taken by my spouse). The two cats seem to be getting along well, [...]
A nicely packaged bundle arrived in the mail for me yesterday containing something special. This week it is my turn in the fantastic group art project, Compositional Conversation. Compositional Conversation is the brain-child of Terry Jarrard-Dimond, an award winning artist who creates moving and muscular textile constructions in her South Carolina studio. Terry blogs about [...]
Meet Bette. Bette Bernina. Otherwise known as my brand new Bernina 820 sewing machine computer. I don’t usually name inanimate objects. But this one seems to have a Bette Davis, take no prisoners sort of way about her. Plus I watch a lot of old movies on TCM while sewing.
Did I mention I’m in love? [...]
Fire on the Mountain
The Wanderer. Success through smallness.
Perseverance brings good fortune
To the wanderer.
A week ago, we were lying outside trying to get our fill of a spectacular meteor shower, when our neighbor, Bill, phoned to say someone had reported seeing a fire on our mountain. We ran around with flashlights in our fists and our [...]
