One of those “what if I” sort of moments. The path seemed clearer to me than it has. (process posting promise people please take note that this is for you!) My quilts often start with a visual sense of what the quilt will look like. Not in great detail but something about what it will be about, followed by a some calculations, some figuring, maybe a bit of sketching, maybe a bit of trial stitching. There’s not a lot of trying and discarding. There’s lot of thinking about. Continue reading →
When I first read those last two paragraphs (of McCain’s) I wanted to stand up and applaud. Why? Because it is inclusive of what people are doing in contemporary quilting rather than trying to draw all these lines about is and is-not. She says what appeals, both to the maker and the viewer, of a quilt – and allows that quilters of the past also worked within these interests and did it well using their knowledge of design and composition and the medium. Continue reading →
What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. — Bob Dylan Also paused to photo a customer (with his … Continue reading →
This really spoke to me. The armorer/restorer’s comments about the nature of his work and what it can reveal about these items is worth listening alone, but I wished everyone could look for and listen to what is behind some … Continue reading →
njoy this talk by Mikko Hypponen about “Fighting viruses, defending the net” Continue reading →
One of the great lessons I’ve learned in athletics is that you’ve got to discipline your life. No matter how good you may be, you’ve got to be willing to cut out of your life those things that keep you from going to the top.
