Archive | October, 2007

More than one way to skin a … UFO!

October 30, 2007

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(I purposely did not say “skin a cat” because we don’t skin cats here! And where the heck did that saying come from anyway?) I sent one of my creative works in progress into the wild yesterday, with everything needed to finish it included: pattern, cutting and piecing instructions, and necessary fabrics (except batting and [...]

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Focused

October 28, 2007

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After a couple of extremely nonconstructive days Thursday and Friday dealing with plans for the Guild Quilt Show that I’ve volunteered to organize for next April (more on that big fun at a later date, when I can be a bit more positive about it all), I spent today tracing quilting designs on the outer [...]

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Library not working…

October 25, 2007

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I discovered that the LibraryThing script widgets used to power The Library are not working properly due to a problem with the tags on the books at LibraryThing. I have an email in to LibraryThing, so hopefully it’ll be a short lived problem…

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The curse of too much creativity

October 24, 2007

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I’m having an overload of creativity at the moment, so much so that I don’t even know what to work on next. I have all of these ideas, and I’ll never have time to really explore any of them to their fullest potential I think. It all comes and goes in cycles, and right now [...]

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Showing your quilts – Where to enter

October 18, 2007

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Part two of a four part series about entering quilt shows, the jurying and judging process. This series is based on my experiences at quilt shows and classes I’ve taken about the quilt judging process. Once you’ve decided to take the plunge and show your quilts, how do you know where to enter your work? [...]

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All Night Parties and the Eternal Quest for Visibility

October 15, 2007

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I was out half the night partying on Saturday and let me tell you, the body paid for it the next day. Talk about suffering! I had a headache, and my back was killing me, along with my forearms. This is what happens when you overdo as we all know, and no, I’m not looking [...]

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Ford’s Virtual Quilt and Warrior Mustang

October 11, 2007

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Yeah, this is cool! Three of my favorite things (quilts, Mustangs, and clothes!), pimped out in pink for Breast Cancer Awareness: Check out the Virtual Quilt at the Ford Vehicles Warriors in Pink site and add your message. Be sure to take a look at the Warriors in Pink Mustang. If I didn’t already have [...]

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