Ron and I went to the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall last night and saw Leo Kottke perform.

WOW. I have enjoyed his performances on A Prairie Home Companion for years and have a two CD set that I’ve put many miles on. But WOW.

I noticed that many of the men in the audience were leaning forward and studying every hand movement but I just sat back and enjoyed the music. I noticed that his whole body seemed to be dancing while he was playing – a full body, fully involved experience. I also noticed that the stops he put into his music were just as important a texture as the differences in pickings and strumming.

Great one man show.

In the wee hours, I launched about 80% or more of the re-formatted site. Same pictures, a little easier to navigate I hope. The last site was good for about a year, so let’s see how this one holds up.

You’re already here, but the URL to tell your friends:

https://quiltr.com

Yes, that’s “quilter without the ‘e'” :-)

Today was the workshop at East Side Quilters

I thought it went pretty well. there were some machine-related problems but I covered most of the info on my “to do” list and everyone seemed to make progress on their own quilting samples. Several people mentioned specific things they found helpful and these were points I had tried to make along the way. People spent time chatting and visiting of course and we had a nice lunch break visiting.

I’m pooped! Ron and I went out to dinner at Lakeview Inn and the Guiness was just fine, thankyouverymuch.

Tomorrow it’s back to work on the winter quilt and if the fates smile at the box office, a concert at Troy Music Hall – Leo Kotke.

I’m getting ready for a workshop I’m giving at East Side Quilters this Saturday. One question I’m hoping to prepare for is the impact of pre-washing or not prewashing/shrinking fabrics and battings.

the goal of the class is to get people doodling at their sewing machines and to go home with some confidence that yes they can fill up a large space with some sort of quilting design. AND to get the raffle quilt quilted. That’s an ulterior motive.

Nice day here. I did shovel off the back flat roof yesterday in case the rains came before the 14″ of snow were gone. Sounds like some rather schizo weather in the coming days, but waterlogged snow on roof is not a good idea.

I think I just had some excess energy to burn. I had a job interview yesterday with Workers’ Compensation Board. Very interesting sounding but a lot of travel and a small step back in salary. On the plus side, entrance into civil service and a teaching job. the people I met there were very nice. They’re located in a building that used to be a very nice dept. store – Topps.

5 more blocks needed for the border of the new winter quilt. It’s coming along nicely I think. I even managed to put in one of my earliest fabrics!