Archive | June, 2007
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The Food Pyramid

Many of the quilt ideas that I’m working on lately revolve around food (surprise!) After seeing the King Tut exhibition in Philadelphia, I’ve had the Food Pyramid on my brain non-stop. I was inspired by paintings such as this one of Nefertari and of course, the old man himself. But what a surprise to find [...]

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A Happy Anniversary

I’ve been saying I wanted to learn to play the ukulele for a couple of months now, so guess what I got last night? Except it was wrapped upside-down and in a big vase, so I thought it was flowers. Isn’t my man clever and funny?

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Another Meeting

Recently I bought a book called the Tao of Sketching which has tips for using lots of different media. Or just using whatever is available if you are so inspired. I don’t know why I never thought of this before. Now I know what to do with all those papers that I get at meetings. [...]

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Masters of the Brush

While in Philadelphia, we visited the Philadelphia Art Museum — one of the largest in the country, and fun to visit, especially on Friday night — live jazz music, wine and hors d’oeuvres in the foyer. I was most moved by the exhibition of Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush. The [...]

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Finished Quilt

Finishing the quilt is pretty easy after quilting it. It only takes me about an hour and half to sew on the binding which acts like a thin frame around the image. This is called Late Date, and it’s 52″ by 80″. I’ll try to put it on my website soon, which I’ve been working [...]

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