Working in the studio again!

7" x 7"

3" x 3" in a black floater frame

7" x 7"

SAQA Information booth

My SAQA information booth at the NLQG show

O.K. Today I need to get down to business and sew. I have recently updated my fabrics, so I have some yummy material in graphic patterns and great colors. It's time to get in the studio and sew. Bye!

“If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.” ~ Dale Carnegie

New York City

Last week we took our vacation in New York city.
It's amazing to realize that while we live in our quiet home in the country, this place exists 24/7.
Fun to visit!

Times Square, April 2011

Signs of Spring

Information table

Today I will be sitting at an information booth for SAQA at a local quilt show.  I did this yesterday, too.
What a great time!  I have talked to a lot of people, many who did not know that such an organization like this existed.  I hope to see some new members from this.  That will make it fun for me (even though it already is!) to be a rep for a longer time.

I have hung up some of my quilts for viewing at my booth.  My quilt, "These are a few of my favorite things" featuring my cat Bish largely painted in turquoise, is the big hit, drawing in viewers to look at it up close and personal.  That's good to note.

Well, I'm off to chat with more people about an organization that I love.  Enjoy the day.

“Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.” ~ unknown

Tax Day.

“Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.” ~ Keri Russell

Another look at playing!

Dianne Schullenberger's play station

“You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life.” ~ Ethan Embry

While visiting Dianne Schullenbergers studio she pointed us to an area of her studio where she just plays.  Any medium, anything she wants...

WHAT A GREAT IDEA!  Why didn't I think of that?

I love doing papier mache!  Love it.

So, why not dabble in between my quilting?

It will get my artistic flow going.

Yes!  Set this up and play, play play!

Seasons change and so do I

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.” ~ Arnold Bennett

Why do I post a quote like this? Well, I am changing. Like the season, from winter into spring. My art is blossoming as am I.

Strange fascination fascinating me

Changes are taking the pace I'm going through

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes

(Turn and face the strain)

Ch-ch-Changes

Oh, look out you rock 'n rollers

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes

(Turn and face the strain)

Ch-ch-Changes

Pretty soon you're gonna get a little older

Time may change me

But I can't trace time

I said that time may change me

But I can't trace time

~ David Bowie

A fascination with color studies

Color studies from Dianne Schullenberger's studio had me fascinated.  These visuals are amazing for jump starting creativity.  Just Wow!  That's all I can say!

It's April!

This has potential to be a very cool project!

Thinking about the past weekend

I visited Dianne Schullenberger's studio last Sunday.  Her work is phenominal.  Her studio had an amazing aura of creativity.  So, I took some pictures to take home with me as a souvenir.  I want to keep the feeling of that space with me, to use it as a guide for my studio.

Hearing her talk about her process, and the freedoms she allows in her creativity made me realize that I approach my work and my life a little too sternly.  I need to open up more, to play, create, & celebrate.

Hopefully some of this will rub off on me into my life and process....  In the meantime, I think about when I can visit her gallery again.

Fantastic Weekend

 The SAQA Weekend was even better than I expected.
 I am really happy to be an active part of this group.

We did so much, my mind is spinning.

I can't write much now, but thought would share these images from Dianne Schullenberger's Studio

The middle picture is a close up of one of her fiber creations.

I will write more tomorrow!

This is where I am this weekend!

I am enjoying my new camera!

Felix

This ball of cuddle is Bish

I want a Georgia O'Keefe style spring

Thinking about mono printing!

mono printed prayer flag

Tuesday

Today was bright sunshine, blue sky and a magical icy wonderland outside!  It was so amazing out I took pictures with my cell phone!  I just had to record it.
The sunshine helps to keep my spirits up.
Moving ahead with my book, the sketchbook challenge and my journal.

A Rainy Sunday

monoprinted and commercial fabrics combined

“Never sell your hen on a rainy day”

It's March and already the month is getting away from me. Mud season has started with a major thaw.  The rain is pelting softly on my skylights.  The snow has a withered look.
Thoughts of moving ahead with many projects are weaving their way through my mind.  Now for action.  We are entering a new storm watch for snow, rain, sleet, and overall yuckiness.  It's time to sequester myself in my studio and forget about the outside elements.

Being sick

Ah!  It's not fun being sick.  I have contracted the virus my daughter had last week.  Slight fever, lethargy, runny nose, irritability.  I have been sleeping for two days now, going on three.

I think I am finally sick of snow, too.  Yesterday, while in my drowsy, achy state, I peered out the window at yet more snow coming down from the sky.  The piles (or should I call them mounds) of snow are so tall, you can't see anything, and it's dangerous to go around a corner in an automobile.  The landscape has changed dramatically here, and I really cannot wait for Spring to claim itself.

Illness has made me cranky and I have fallen behind on some things.  I hate that.
Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day, huh?  I hope so.

After the snow...

 

“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” ~ Pericles

Sketchbook Challenge, Pen drawings