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What Are You Scared Of?

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013

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First of all, Happy New Year. I have been cleaning up, putting away, doing laundry, shopping for food, and deliberating on whether I would do a daily art project and if so what. I thought of doing a weekly or monthly project, but I think it would be too easy to get off track.

I was going to do a small simple collage using found objects. I nixed that. I kept dancing around doing the thing that scares me the most — doing a drawing or sketch every day. I have often said that I can not draw, but what if I worked at it every day?

So, that is what I am doing. I have started with a very small Moleskine sketchbook, about the size of my iPhone. I trust that you will bear with me as I work through this experiment.

Here is my first drawing from yesterday.

1-1-13 drawing

 

And here is today’s

1-2-13 drawing

 

Whew! I did it. Now, I suppose, I am committed. I plan to move on to a larger sketchbook and play with some color, eventually.

Today, I did a lot of SDA catchup work. We are getting ready to test the online registration system for the San Antonio Conference which goes live next week and my work begins. I am currently composing a confirmation letter to all the registrants with info on San Antonio and the conference.

I also finished the quilting on the Rosales Organ Piece. I need to add some finishing touches and decide how to do the edges and move on to something new.

I am missing my peeps, but they are all happy to be home and back to their routines.

Posted in Sketch Every Day, Surface Design Association, This and that | 7 Comments »

A Festive Week-end

Monday, December 10th, 2012

The week-end flew by as we busied ourselves with decorating, cleaning, partying and entertaining. On Saturday night, we attended a party in the neighborhood. We were greeted at the door by our host in a tux and top hat. Our coats were whisked away and we were handed a glass of champagne. We looked around and didn’t see anyone that we knew. We were invited to this annual shindig because Mr C is on the Eastmoreland Homeowners Board.

Many people were dressed to the nines and others, very casual. I suddenly saw someone that I recognized, but I had never met him. He is a Facebook friend and the newly elected mayor of Portland, Charlie Hales. We got a chance to chat with him for awhile and it was nice to know that he was such a down to earth guy.  His wife is so cute and really sweet. One of our senators, Ron Wyden, lives in our neighborhood, and was invited, but didn’t come because they have a brand new baby.

We met some people who come down from Seattle every year for the party. The champagne flowed and the food was great, but even though a small tent was set up in the backyard, it was very crowded and difficult to get around and meet people. I got into a bit of an argument about architecture with an architect who is on the board. He is an old curmudgeon and does not like modern architecture.

On Sunday, I hosted the first every Oregon SDA meeting. There were 25 people in attendance. Every one brought some food to share. We shared our work and our frustrations with marketing work. Mr C was surprised to see so many young women. I said SDA is not old quilting ladies, and it is one reason that I love it so much. Many of the younger women are in to clothing design and production. One person, from Eugene, brought several of her felted garments to show. Other members got to model them. I wasn’t fast enough with the camera to get pics of all the garments.

The woman modeling the scarf came with her husband. They have a business making floor cloths that are painted and finished with polyurethane and wax. They had a catalog of their work – really beautiful.

Marci McDade, who is the SDA Journal editor, asked to see my articles in the Art Quilting Studio magazine. She was very impressed with the quality of the publication, the photography and how most of the ads are in the back. I was really happy to hear her positive critique!

Today, I have been working on the sweet themed 12 x 20 piece which will be revealed on Wednesday. Here is a sneak peek at the back.

I had fun showing the SDA members my studio and my 3 x 3 pieces. Here are two more from the past couple of days.

Posted in 12X12 challenge, 3 x 3, Out and About in Portland, Surface Design Association | 3 Comments »

A Quicky

Thursday, October 25th, 2012

i have been busy, busy, but not so much in the studio. I took on the job of Constant Contact newsletter editor for my guild, Columbia FiberArts Guild. Since I do this for SDA, several times a week, it is not a problem, except for gathering the information. The person who originally volunteered for the job, found CC, too difficult for her to manage, and so we were late getting out the October edition. I had to get on it yesterday and get it done. It went out this morning.

My other activity is updating my website which has been neglected for too long. I thought that before the magazine article comes out next month, I should have all my newer work on the blog. I am making progress, but it is slow.

Today, I took some me time to meet with the STASH group at Suzy’s house. She made us a fabulous lunch – vegetarian. It was fun to sit and chat with my friends.

Back at home, I worked on a new Constant Contact newsletter for SDA which will go out to the whole membership next week. That has lots of finessing to be done.

Tomorrow, my plan is to get some serious studio time in.

Today’s 3 x 3. (October is a long month!)

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Multi-Tasking

Thursday, September 6th, 2012

The Democratic National Convention is over. Maybe I can get back to more serious time in my studio. I have been knocking off and watching the DNC at 3 pm every day. I am a political geek. Bubba knocked it out of the park last night. It was our 48th wedding anniversary, and we stayed home with take out so that we could watch his speech. Truth be told, after two week away from home, we are not that in to eating out.

Yesterday, I went in to have my hair color done and told Kevin I wanted something different. I am now a sort of goth redhead. It is sort of a burgundy red. It is fun to have a change.

Between my CSA veggies and my own garden, I had a plethora of tomatoes so this morning I roasted 3 pans to go in the freezer for the winter.

This afternoon, I went out to Terry’s house to work on the Twelve by Twelve quilts. We unpacked them and made sure they were all presentable and attached to the felt backgrounds.

Meanwhile, back in my  studio, I decided to add some additional color to the water/kelp piece. I think it is great addition.

I have taken on the job of registrar for the Surface Design Conference which will be in San Antonio in June. I did the job 4 years ago. We will have a registration set up on the website which will make the job easier. Last time I had to deal with snail mail, e-mail and phone registrations. I am excited to work with all my friends down in Texas.

Her is the other 3 x 3 for today.

 

 

Posted in 3 x 3, My creations, My hair, Surface Design Association, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Finishing Details

Monday, July 16th, 2012

Today was a day for tying up loose ends — i.e., sewing sleeves, making labels, cutting slats, etc for the 4 quilts that are to be delivered tomorrow night for jurying into the High Fiber Diet elements show.

I have been having a problem with my right knee. I think I twisted it on a walk last week and over the week-end it was a real pain, especially at night when I am in bed. The only thing that helps is wrapping it with ice. I can’t get a Dr. appointment until next week. Mr C suggested I stop taking long walks with Scooter. Whadyaknow!? It is feeling better after two days of rest.

I really enjoyed the SDA meeting yesterday. It was very busy here with laptops whirring as we uploaded head shots and images of work for about 8 SDA members in Portland/Vancouver area. Susan Taber Avila was here to help. She is an amazing fiber artist from Oakland and on the SDA Board. She also teaches at UC Davis.

And, I am caught up on 3 x 3s.

 

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