Photo Friday – Selective Color
Way back in March I took a photo that I shared here of snow on my deck. At the time I thought, “Gee, I wish that I could leave the color in the patio umbrella” because it’s a bright blue that would have looked great against the snow. Now, I …
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A Creative Play Day
I have just had the best day! I spent the day doing a test run of my Creative Play Workshop so I spent my day painting, sketching, doing collage and writing. I had a wonderful time and I hope that means that workshop participants will have a blast too!
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Design Wall – San Bernadino blocks
You can tell by the dates that I am getting close to finishing the blocks for my soon-to-be-renamed “No More Names” quilt. The Newtown blocks aren’t finished yet and that’s not just because they are so difficult to work on; I also ran out of blue fabric. I was able …
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Photo Challenge – White-on-White
This week’s Photo Challenge was actually a “Do Over” week. Since I’ve been doing a lousy job of getting my homework done lately, I had plenty of challenges to choose from. I was struck by the light coming through the shade in my laundry room so I decided to do …
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Authentic Self – An Update
Fifteen months ago on my 40th birthday, I wrote that my gift to myself was going to be to finally live my authentic life. Though I wasn’t bold enough to call it that then, that day was really an announcement of the journey that I was going to take to …
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Design Wall – No More Names Quilt – Washington Navy Yard
I’m back hard at work on my No More Names Quilt blocks. (By the way, I would like to rename this quilt and am taking suggestions. I searched the tag #NoMoreNames on Instagram and found that it is already being used to refer to violence against African-Americans. They have my full …
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Creative Play Newsletter Issue 3 – Finding My Way Back: Creative Strength Training
Never underestimate the power of the Universe. Starting in 2007, I explored “creative play,” trying a new quilting technique or creating a weekly journal quilt. In 2012, I took a maternity leave from that and by 2014, I was so far out of touch with my creative self that I …
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Design Wall – Elemental Symbols
I mentioned last month that a friend of mine has started a creative community called BirdZeed. Each month she sends out a word to use as inspiration for a piece of art work. This month’s word was “Symbol.” I chose to focus on the symbols for the 4 Elements (Fire, …
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Photo Friday – Silhouette
I am having a bad string of not getting my homework done for the Photo Challenge class so again, I am heading back into the archives to find something to share this week. (And, many thanks to Shutterfly for organizing my photos so nicely to make this task easier.) The …
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#TBT – Maple Leaf
We’ve been lucky enough to spend a lot of time this summer out in the Berkshires near Lake Garfield, which reminded me this morning of my 11th quilt. I made these maple leaves in 2005, (well, it’s hand quilted so 2003 – 2005) for my husband’s aunt and uncle.
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