Posts made in May, 2005
Workshop Gone Awry
Yesterday we had a great workshop by Laura Wasiloski. If you don’t know Laura, she makes fun colorful quilts like this one with crazy little birdhouses. She gives very funny lectures about her quilt-making and sings her own hilarious songs about irons, scissors, quilts, and anything else you can think of. We were treated to TWO different lectures on Tuesday, and I still can’t get...
Read MoreUncommon Threads – May Meeting
We had a great meeting last Thursday of our art quilt group, Uncommon Threads. Everyone seems to have been busy, both getting work done, getting into shows or getting commissions. Above is Lucy Silliman’s piece that she did in a Yvonne Porcella workshop. We all loved the bright colors and Lucy’s great quilting with the rainbow thread. The stripped edge is a fused border layered under...
Read MoreKinetic Man Sculpture Dedication
Lots of kids, big and small, showed up for the ribbon-cutting ceremony of Kinetic Man. There were free ice-cream sandwiches for everyone… and everyone got a turn to make K-Man move. I think the little kids like the fact that it’s just a little bit hard for them to turn the handle because it makes them really feel like they’ve accomplished something. For more photos from...
Read MoreRaining Fire
After I got my Viking entry in the mail, I went back to the K-Man site with dinner for the guys and again later to take them some jackets. There is an awesome aspect to the site for the sculpture that we didn’t anticipate. When the baseball games across the street end, the finale fireworks explode right behind K-Man’s head. I took the above night photo, but didn’t get a good...
Read MoreKinetic Man Announcement
At sort of the last minute Russ decided that he’s like some announcements sent out to 400 people about a sculpture event on Saturday. Or was it sort of last minute I actually listened to him. Or was it at the last minute, I actually had an idea and inspiration of something to send out? Regardless of why, last minute means that I design something, print it on the laser printer, cut, fold,...
Read MoreHey, Where Did Everyone Go?
Honestly, last time I looked this room was full of people. I was only gone a day. Oh here you all are, hiding in the corner. Not afraid of needles are you? I’m just kidding again. I took off all my cutouts because I was ready to start quilting, and I’d rather do the background first than go around all those little shapes. I like quilting because for me it’s like drawing with...
Read MoreMannequin Construction Ahead
Yesterday I had a great time making little mannequins out of fabric. When I thought up a quilt design featuring lots of mannequins and a dress form, it was no accident. I’d been wanting to do something using them for a long time. Mannequins are so different if you think about it. They come in all sorts of colors and can be realistic, but sometimes are very abstract and have really...
Read MoreBra Shots
It has come to my attention that Stitchy McYarnPants has posted links to Melody’s and my blogs, so I need to get things up to snuff around here. If you don’t know Stitchy, check out her archives of the Museum of Kitschy Stitches (MOKS), they are hilarious. She does things with vintage magazines I only dream of. Sorry for the confusion on an earlier post. I had a leftover PaMdora...
Read MoreBetter in Fabric
These guys look a lot better in fabric. I like playing around with them when they’re fused together but not attached to the background because it’s like playing with paper dolls. Sometimes it seems a shame to sew them to the background because they look pretty good without any stitching. After looking at my original drawing for only two days on the blog I was bored with the color...
Read MoreMeditation on Sounds
Today after my yoga practice, I opened the front door and sat near the doorway to meditate. This is one of those wonderful spring mornings that makes me feel like I could go outside and soak up all the green goodness in the world into the pores of my skin. Except it’s raining, so I sat in the doorway and looked out. Our front door looks out onto a small screened in porch, then out to a big...
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I'm an artist who makes humorous quilts and drawings and shares a studio in an old peanut butter factory with my husband who is also an artist and sculptor. You can also see more of my art at PamRuBert.com
