Is it just me, or did it feel like all of 2020 was spent just "waiting it out". It kinda reminded me of my childhood in the 1970's on the Tug Hill Plateau in upstate New York. (And when I say Upstate NY, I don't mean 45 minutes north of New York City, but the truly Northern end of the state) We would get these ridiculously huge snow storms where you were lucky to make it the mailbox more less to the grocery store. You just spent the next few days, just waiting for the weather to break ... read more
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Is it just me, or did it feel like all of 2020 was spent just "waiting it out". It kinda reminded me of my childhood in the 1970's on the Tug Hill Plateau in upstate New York. (And when I say Upstate NY, I don't mean 45 minutes north of New York City, but the truly Northern end of the state) We would get these ridiculously huge snow storms where you were lucky to make it the mailbox more less to the grocery store. You just spent the next few days, just waiting for the weather to break ... read more
I really don't know where the time goes! I peeped in my studio the other day and realized that it had been a full week since I had been in there. There my umbrella quilt sat...almost done. Why is it that in the beginning of a project you are all Gung-Ho, and then somewhere along the line you start losing momentum. Does it suddenly get boring? Is your mind off onto the next shiny new project? Are you at a point where you just don't know where to go? Or did life just start getting busy and ...
read moreI was thinking today about my "Why"? Why is it that when I have a day off from work, the first thing I want to do is make a To-Do list in my studio? Why is it that all my Christmas gifts start at DickBlick's and the Fabric Shack? Why are vacations required to be creative rather than relaxing? Why? Why? Why?? (And yes for this discussion my Why will be a capitalized noun...why?? because I think my Why is that important!)
I think from time to time its good to re-examine your "Why". Why look at your ...
read moreSo yes, it's true. My English Paper Piecing bug has been reawaken and has been taken to new heights. I knew that my creative juices would start to flow again...sooner or later...but I would have never guessed that a simple EPP kit in little girls colors would spur it!! While I finished up the 40 little umbrella blocks of the Abbie quilt I'm making, I started to think what next?! As usual I started
researching what other people are doing currently with EPP. Well, apparently, while I've been in ... read moreIt's been hot. I mean really HOT....well at least for the Lake Erie region it's been hot. With that I've spent a lot of time hold up in my air conditioned bedroom doing hand work on my pinwheel's quilt. There is something relaxing about the white noise of the conditioner and just stitching piece after piece. It's meditative and soothing. Many summers I've spent the dog days of August finishing up hand quilting for our county fair. I love the repeating of the small little stitches adding so much texture where once there ...
read moreSo I've been thinking about what project I wanted to work on now that my studio is all done. Finally work is slow, the studio is cleaned and I have time to sew. But WHAT?? Lord knows, I have a ton of unfinished projects from all the false starts of the last couple of years. I also have a couple of big ideas in my head for new original projects that I can't seem to let go. Hmmmmmm
One of the ideas is to do a "Mary Blair Inspired" piece that would also have hints of Paul Klee ... read more
The Covid-19 hit our offices hard and its been all hands on deck. Working from home, it's easy enough to pick up hours and help out. One of my teammates said she felt like we weren't doing anything to help when there are people on the front lines literally risking their lives for others.
But that's really not how I look at it. All of us are doing our part. For me, every lady I help, every order ... read more
I know you know what I mean....you finally get some creative time....there's a quiet studio ...all clean... filled with all the wonderful fabric and goodies you got over Christmas ... and you got nothing. So you start looking for inspiration ... you jot down ... read more
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