Archive for December, 2005

Happy New Year!!

Saturday, December 31st, 2005

To make this quilt related and festive, I am posting my "Light Up the Sky" journal quilt from 2003. Slightly embellished. (How do you like it DebR?) And you can see that I have come a long way, baby!! I am to old and jaded to make New Year’s Resolutions. I usually don’t keep them [...]

I Feel a Rant Coming On

Friday, December 30th, 2005

It’s almost the end of the year. I must get one more rant in for my fans who keep dropping hints. I’ve been reading and hearing lists of various  types regarding the past year – the worst, the best, etc. Here is my list of the good and the bad. THE BAD: The Republicans – [...]

Playing, Purging and Publishing

Thursday, December 29th, 2005

I am checking in with nothing quilty or creative to share. I have become addicted to Sudoku. I have a book of puzzles that I play while I make dinner, and I discovered an online sight here. I have always loved crossword puzzles and jigsaw puzzles. It is in my genes – my mom also [...]

Free-Motion Contour Stitching/ Color & Composition Exercise 3

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

Let me first say that I am having post-holiday blahs. Everything seems to require more energy than I have! And I have a lot to do so I need to get my pizazz back. This is about all that I accomplished today. The first pic illustrates using the sewing machine as a pencil and drawing [...]

Contour Cutting Exercise 2/Color & Composition

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

Here is my new still life. Had to create a new one! Here is the Contour Cutting of a Realistic Design: We were to cut identical shapes and create an abstract design that is vertical, horizontal, circular, diagonal, radiating, grid, framed/border, symmetrical or asymmetrical. Then we are to ask a friend which one it is [...]