Posts made in March, 2008

Distinctive Directions postcards

Posted on Mar 24, 2008 in Exhibitions, Press | 5 comments

Postcards are going out for our Distinctive Directions show that opens at the Lux Center for the Arts on April 4. The cards look sharp — lucky we have Deidre Adams in our group to design them! The DD show and Lisa Call’s solo show at the Lux open one week after the grand opening of the International Quilt Study Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, so if you wait until April, you can see...

Back in the Groove

Posted on Mar 21, 2008 in Drawings, Inspiration, Studio, Tech | 7 comments

Nice monitor huh? Got for my birthday, and it plugs into my laptop to give me two screens for drawing and looking at reference material. Drawing for quilts is different than just drawing, because I have to remember that eventually it will be used as a pattern, and that I have be able to construct everything that I draw. Thanks Grace Matthews for this post which quotes Faith Ringgold,...

Twitter

Posted on Mar 20, 2008 in Tech | 3 comments

Lisa asked me why I signed up for Twitter, did I see any value in it? Not really, I’m just intrigued by the idea of disembodied quotes floating around in cyberspace. It’s like a mini-blog, but there’s no commitment and no images, you can just pop in and out whenever you feel like it. I also like the idea that tweets must be less than 140 characters, kind of like haiku of the...

The Art Cart and Drawing a Blank

Posted on Mar 18, 2008 in Studio | 6 comments

Arrgh, going nutso here. I haven’t gotten any good drawing done for quilts since my drawing room was exploded last year. Last December I loaded up this cart with drawing and painting supplies so I could wheel it into whichever room I wanted, but still can’t get settled anywhere. I feel like an unwanted candy striper at the hospital. Still trying to find a quiet spot to work, I moved...

Never Ever Do This

Posted on Mar 11, 2008 in Disaster, Drawings, Mixed Media | 9 comments

I should know better than to take the lid off the coffee grinder before the blades stop spinning.

Whose Idea was This?

Posted on Mar 10, 2008 in Holidays | 9 comments

Daylight savings time, arggh! It was awfully dark and hard to get out of bed this morning…

Dog Cookies, Psychic Readings, and Snowmen

Posted on Mar 8, 2008 in uncategorized | 4 comments

Either I’ve been reluctant to post lately because of a lack of images or because I’ve just been plain lazy (more likely). To make up here are a few tidbits from my neighborhood. There’s a new pet store in town, and they have dog cookies that look better than people cookies! This is also the place where Mochi got her new pink-polka-dot collar and leash, so that will probably be...

Walking the dog

Posted on Mar 2, 2008 in Drawings | 3 comments