Archive | April, 2006
Getting Through the Slump

Getting Through the Slump

Well, that last quilt turned out pretty good after all. But it’s inevitable that there’s usually a let-down after one of those adrenalin-push deadlines. A loss of single-minded purpose. A loss of focus that allows me to ignore all kinds of trivial humdrum things that now I don’t want to do. BUT, I had a [...]

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Museum Installation

Museum Installation

I couldn’t stand it and had to sneak over to the museum to see Jim and Gregory hanging the Uncommon Threads show. I love these big portable walls that stand in the middle of the main gallery. Impressive space, isn’t it? That’s Jim the curator in the corner trying to make sense of the list [...]

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Kicking off the Exhibition

Kicking off the Exhibition

The reception was Friday night, and the exhibition is off to a great start. Lots of people came, and the quilts look amazing. You can see lots of photos from the installation, reception, and the quilts themselves in this photo gallery I’ve put together. We also had a very nice article that appeared in the [...]

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Towers of Babble

Towers of Babble

Finally I finished this quilt, or at least turned it in to the museum for the show, so I can’t work on any more even though there are few details I could still add. The worst was having to stay up all night Monday night. About 3 a.m. I started getting delirious, looking at this [...]

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Quilting the Towers

Quilting the Towers

All week I’ve been trying to get this quilt done for our museum show next week. Can you believe I even went right to the studio from the airport and started working? The background is ready to quilt, so I’ve taken off all the little stuff. The car was all in pieces pinned to the [...]

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