Posts made in November, 2005
A New Wardrobe
As much as I wish it weren’t true, I’m really crummy at making real clothes. However, I did make this tiny vintage wardrobe for PaMdora in just a couple of days (once again, ignore the red and white pins!) Last month we saw an exhibition by Andrea Zittel at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. She has this whole company that she’s invented called the A-Z company that makes...
Read MoreStill Life with Lipstick
One of these days I’m going to make some little quilts that just feature objects. I love drawing and cutting out these little things. They look just dandy on their own, but actually they are for a big quilt. Here’s a section…ignore the little red pins, they are just holding the buttons until I sew them on. I’m slowly dipping into that box of 10,000 buttons I bought at a...
Read MoreIllustration Friday: Small
I love all the little vintage-looking purses that I see in shops nowdays, but can’t seem to fit everything inside because they are TOO SMALL! It’s been a while since I’ve done an Illustration Friday, but this theme gave me an idea for another drawing for a quilt that I’ve been trying to work on all week. Why is it drawing is like excercise? The more I do, the better I...
Read MoreArt Car Museum
When I saw this sign laying around Mark Bradford’s studio, it reminded me of all the metal valentines I’ve gotten from Russ. Luckily we live in the same house — can you imagine the postage?! Anyway, while Houston we did get to the Art Car Musem, not easy to find and less easy to park (is that ironic?) but definately worth it. Look at this great car door that’s been...
Read MoreHouston Center for Contemporary Craft
While in Houston we made it over to the Center for Contemporary Craft which was having an exhibition of eight internationally known textile artists. I thought these big long pieces on linen by Ilize Aviks were okay, but when I got closer I was really impressed by how all the embroidery made the work. It was called “Book of Hours: Perfectionism,”, and you have to wonder how many...
Read MoreThis Takes the Cake!
Okay, you have to admit this is unusual — how many people get a birthday cake with a photo of their own quilt on top? The Uncommon Threads women and one man met yesterday and knocked my socks off with this surprise. Of course, Arleta did mention that there might be a copyright issue since she used the photo from the Viking book to make the cake…but since it’s was all done with...
Read MoreUpdated My Website
I’ve finally updated my website, putting five new quilts on – well, actually four that I just finished these last two weeks, and the one from the Viking exhibition that according to the exhibition rules I couldn’t post until November. This little one with two kokeshi dolls, I started last summer but couldn’t bring myself to quilt it with the brown border I originally...
Read MoreWhat’s a Girl to Do?
I’ve been trying to follow the advice of Twyla Tharp in The Creative Habit – to leave something undone for the next day, so when I return, I know exactly where to pick up working. Although I tried to finish up several quilts before leaving on my last trip, I didn’t. However, that turns out to be a good thing! Leaving right in the middle of my Meeting Captain Nemo quilt, I was...
Read MoreBridal Flip Flops
Just found this web site, uglydress.com – archive of the world’s ugliest bridesmaid dresses. Actually I thought the shoes were the funniest section (nearly choked on my chicken caesar salad), but the ugly cakes in the ugly wedding section were pretty funny too. Having just been in my step sister’s wedding last September, I’m very grateful that she didn’t make me...
Read MorePhotos from the IQA Festival
Someone asked, what was my favorite quilt in the International Quilt Festival (the superbowl of quilts) in Houston last week? It wasn’t hard for me to say – it’s this one called Katrina Blues by Susan Shie that I kept coming back to again and again. As she painted this quilt, her nanny adverture stories got mixed in with grief and worries about Katrina victims. It’s my...
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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
