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Striped Pajamas
The excuse for last week’s non post, as excuses go, merits little explanation. For my birthday last weekend, among all the many kindnesses, someone gave me a cold. On we go… Striped Pajamas. It’s not about the children’s song I learned from Captain Kangaroo about...
The Calico Dog, My Rebellious Entry into Sewing
Sixth grade. I found the pattern in Mom’s woman’s magazine. I don’t now where I got the fabric; it wasn’t really calico, but definitely not gingham. So, though the poem talks of a gingham dog and calico cat, I made a calico dog. Rebellious start to finish! The...
Marie Kondo, Filing, Letting Go, and Dust Bunnies
I love Marie Kondo. However… I have never seen her try to tidy an artist’s studio. My entire home is a studio. This week, overwhelmed with file boxes, crates and stacks of papers that trip up the simplest of movements and bruise shins, I bought two (more) file...
I MADE IT MYSELF…ESPECIALLY FOR YOU
Consider it a double blessing when you make a gift with your own hands. The act of making for a particular person is a gift to the maker as well as the recipient. The outcome or “product” is one of a kind, unique, thoughtful, and rare. The connection between you and...
WRITING 2020
2020 Week 1 January 5 WRITING… “So, writing. What a bitch. I suppose being any kind of artist is hard at times, most times…” ___Anne Lamott, Almost Everything, Chapter 6 I hate to write, but...
Day Twenty-Five – Puppy Meditation Wake Up!
My DogDaysOfSummer challenge is one quarter accomplished and the ship is still set at full steam ahead. The DDOS are indeed getting warmer, a lunar eclipse is in process this week causing all kinds of interesting situations, and I am happy to have made 25 dog (and...
This quilt was made many years ago to celebrate the life of Isaias Rivera for his daughter Lynette. Isaias was working for CBS on the 110th floor of the North tower. I met with Lynette to learn about her father, took pictures of his favorite places and scanned family photos. It is quite powerful to do this kind of work for people. My heart still goes out to the Rivera family. We will never forget.
Very large quilt will be delivered today. It is a renovation which is actually more difficult than starting from scratch. Going to a good home!
Did you say National Dog Day?
My BLUE book arrived!!!
Thank you Kai !!! ❤️
Today at the Twig Book Shop you can meet 2 authors of this beautiful book about San Antonio! 11-1 in the Pearl.
Sewing together some granny squares for Tom today. It is so quiet. No mowers nor blowers and I hear only one air conditioner out of the possible thirty that surround my building. Ahhhh....
Binding a green quilt today. #memory quilt #ninepatchquilt #kustomkwilts
#Frozen themed quilt top is being quilted!!!