Yes, I’m supposing that a normal person would have booked a flight somewhere and gone. But, I’ll be home with two purposes: to live like a normal person and to live like the crazed “quilt the hell out of it” woman that I normally am. 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 →
Let’s just get it over with. It’s hot. Very hot. OK that’s done. All you people who whined all winter about how cold it was – no whining about the heat ok? Be quiet. Yes, you over there. I worked … Continue reading →
In a stray pile of quilt show and entry paperwork: my QN01 rejection paperwork with this note from Hilary Fletcher on the outside of the envelope. Remember you fondly Hilary.
Was going to go out and maybe quick mow the front and pull some weeds but… RAIN. I know, it’s stunning and surprising and whatever. So no mowing or weeding for me. Rumbled around on the NYTimes site, drank some … Continue reading →
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
