Posts made in April, 2007
Alaska Special Delivery
A beautifully wrapped package arrived this weekend, and I can’t decide what’s better — the wrapping or the contents. As for the wrapping, I’ve never seen such a creative job, especially the magic cloth on the outside. How do I know it’s magic? It’s covered in magic sparkles, that’s how. But the contents are really better. Fabric, lots of it. And whoever...
Read MoreBad Bad Pin
After reading discussions on the QuiltArt list, I became concerned about throwing old needles and pins into the trash, because people who might sort through trash for recycling could be hurt. At first I tried suggestions to put the bent pins into a jar or container, but soon got tired of taking the lids on and off. So I put to use this vintage piggy bank that I inherited. I’ve always loved...
Read MoreQuilts to Go
Yes, I’ll have the stripey fabric wrap, quilted with a little saucey attitude. Just kidding, this week I had to wrap up eight quilts, three of them big ones, to ship to Grounds for Sculpture for their Spring/Summer exhibition. I’ve never shipped so many at once, so it seemed a little awkward, until Russ came in and said, “heck that’s nothing like moving big piles of neon...
Read MoreFiberarts International 2007 Review
Thanks to Penny for her quick response! She’s posted a description of the opening events in the comments section of my last post, and given us this link to an article about the show, some of the artists, and how it was juried in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It all sounds so exciting, I wish I had been there! Update: Thanks to Linda for following a link to a series of videos on the...
Read MoreFiber and Photography
Last weekend Fiberarts International 2007 opened in Pittsburgh, PA, and will eventually travel to the Mint Museum of Craft + Design in North Carolina. My quilt “The Vintage Purse” is part of the exhibit, but I couldn’t attend the opening or next-day fiber forum. I was hoping to find some news about the events on-line, but have seen nothing. If you attended, please let me know...
Read MorePin Cushion Genius!
I have many wrist-pincushions that I’ve tried over the past few years. One came from discount sewing stores and are uncomfortable and ugly. (although Kayne always wore the same one on Project Runway.) I had great hopes for the one I got from a French sewing company last fall. But alas, it’s very heavy on top and always rolls to the backside of my wrist, and the pins make a strange...
Read MoreDifferent Kind of Drawing
I’ve written before about drawing as a process as opposed to drawing as a product in this post about my infinite drawings, and here I sewed a 5′ x 11′ drawing together. There is another kind of drawing I do that is also process, but I can’t help but like the end result. When I’m getting ready to quilt a face or some detail, I lay some tracing paper over the shape...
Read MoreOne Foot Square
The sad truth is — yesterday was the first day since January’s ice storm that I laid a hand (or foot) on my sewing machine. This must change! Today I finished this small quilt, it’s only 12″ square. I’m donating it to Studio Art Quilt Associates for their fund-raising auction at the SAQA conference next month. I’ve never made a donation quilts because I...
Read MoreWhere Did Spring Go?
Well, that nice spring weather is long gone. Last weekend it was 85 and this Easter weekend it’s in the 20-30’s, and awk! Friday it snowed! I guess that’s our wacky weather for you, and I can throw another log on the fire and huddle on the sofa. But what about all the trees that have just sprouted tender new leaves? I want to run outside, hug them, dress them in warm clothes,...
Read MoreEureka!
Spring is a great time to visit Eureka Springs. Flowers are bursting out everywhere, so we took the first weekend off since the ice storm and spent some time at Cliff Cottage Inn B&B. We stayed in a turquoise Victorian house that was built around two turns of a century ago, as one of Sears first kit homes — delivered by train in forty boxes for the mayor of Eureka Springs. Like 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
