I returned from Southern California to Portland at midnight Sunday. It is still raining here, but this morning on my walk I found a door that hit me with a jolt of color, so I went back to take a photo so I could share the joy of it. Now that I am home, I [...]
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Projects for a New Grandson
Posted in Decorative, Fabric, Interior Design, Memories, Places, Quilts, Slow Living, fabric/collage/applique on June 17, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Lampshades
Posted in Clothing, Decorative, Interior Design, fabric/collage/applique on March 14, 2010 | 21 Comments »
This is what I have been working on the last week, lampshades for a woman that asked me to make a total of five for her before my daughter’s wedding. She was in no hurry, but after I recovered sufficiently from all the wedding sewing, I felt compelled to get these finished as soon as [...]
Sorting and Integrating
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Clothing, Inspiration, Memories, Places, Ruminating, Vintage Clothing, Vintage Hats on February 2, 2010 | 21 Comments »
On my early morning walks, I have become accustom to listening to audio books. I was finding that I was not working through and reading the list of books I perpetually use as a guide, so I decided to borrow some audio books from the library. This morning, I finished listening to Azar Nafisi’s book [...]
Dot philosophy
Posted in Quilts, Ruminating, fabric/collage/applique on November 10, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Tears are elongated dots. I had the urge to get out my dot quilt this morning…it was calling to me to add some more dots, but this time they were elongated dots, tear dots. I had this impulse to reach out and touch them, to bring them closer to me, gather them in.
Stamped velvet
Posted in fabric/collage/applique on September 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
A velvet that seems to lend itself to the feelings of fall and change of season. I am finding a few crimson colored leaves on my morning walks. It is time to reflect on how we will spend our time indoors and what it will mean to us when the tulips begin to bloom again. [...]
Blue music
Posted in fabric/collage/applique on August 31, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Just before I left Mendocino on Friday to return to Portland, I found this quilt up in the loft where my cat sleeps. Lately, I am drawn to some older pieces that I finished many years back (this one in 1983 or 1984). One tends to look hard into the colors, the design, for a [...]
Dots Congregating
Posted in fabric/collage/applique on August 27, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I studied the words around the dots and decided one definitely had to go, “Reflection in a dot”. Maybe it was the light lavender color of the thread, but it seemed not to fit. It was an eyesore. So in its place I had to go larger with the circle and then proceeded to applique [...]
Dots and wine
Posted in fabric/collage/applique on August 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Honestly this combination is not as far-fetched as you might assume. This morning as I was headed out to do some work on my dot project, I was absorbing dots around me. I looked down at the entrance to the bathroom and suddenly saw dots. As you might have guessed, this house has some rustic [...]
Leaving with a dot
Posted in fabric/collage/applique on August 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I am leaving shortly to drive to Santa Rosa about two hours away to catch a flight to LA. I am spending the weekend with my daughters in order to help with some wedding plans, primarily the wedding gown. I will be back on my blog on Monday. Before I added the first dot to [...]
Coming full circle
Posted in fabric/collage/applique on August 20, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I usually begin with a photo, but in this particular instance, descriptions are necessary before photos. I am back in Mendocino again. By now, if you are following my life and its whereabouts, I am sure you have decided I am either a nomad or a little crazy. The first is a given, the second [...]
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