Posted in Fiber Arts, Journals, Quilting on April 30, 2008 | 7 Comments »
As I noted yesterday, I made the cover for this journal with a pieced Log Cabin quilt block made from hand dyed fabrics. On the inside I fused “pieces” of log cabin blocks dropped at random, juxtaposing order and chaos.
Each signature (grouping of pages) is bounded with scrapbooking paper that has on it [...]
Posted in Creativity, Cycling, Fiber Arts, Journals on April 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I think a lot of what creativity and art are about is bringing order to chaos; taking disparate elements and creating something totally different.
Thus, the idea behind my fifth journal for the Journal Making Class with
Sue Bleiweiss.
I went into my workroom yesterday thinking about what to make this journal with. I needed a piece [...]
Posted in Design, Fiber Arts, Knitting, Nature on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I blocked the lower back and front pieces of my Bettna Sweater. The larger piece is the back turned vertically, rather than horizontally.
While they are waiting on the blocking board I’m making good progress on the sleeve and upper right body. It looks a little funny at the top because I couldn’t get [...]
Posted in Creativity, Dyeing, Fiber Arts on April 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Lately I have been paying particular attention to the virtues of brown. I guess it started with my first complementary color run from violet to yellow.
Since then I’ve actually been considering adding more brown to my wardrobe–something I have never much done before.
I used brown in decorating back in the 70’s when that [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just a short, quick post to share with you what it was like here in Northern New Mexico for nine hours on Thursday. How did the writers of Southpark know exactly what it was like? I don’t know, but our internet provider was able to share with us this humorous–or NOT–side of the situation. We [...]
Posted in Journals, Knitting on April 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
My husband really likes journals, so I was hoping one of the journals from my class with Sue would work for him. My hopes were far exceeded with journal number four. It has a nice masculine look.
As shown in yesterday’s blog, I followed Sue’s amazing process for transforming brown paper lunch sacks into [...]
Posted in Fiber Arts, Journals on April 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Fiber artists are in the business of transformation.
We transform fleece into yarn. We spin it, we dye it, we knit it, we crochet it, we weave it.
We transform threads and beads and fabrics into beautiful embroideries.
We transform scraps of fabrics into warm, cozy quilts that tell a story.
We cut up fabrics into pieces and reassemble [...]
Posted in Fiber Arts, Knitting on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I’m only about twelve hours late on posting for today. We were experiencing problems with our internet server this morning and later found out that an optical fiber that carries both internet and cell phone service to Taos and surrounding areas was cut this morning–in some construction, I think. It happened right around the [...]
Posted in Embroidery, Fiber Arts, Needlework on April 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We made it back to Taos about 3am and got a few hours of sleep. We came back to find out that our neighborhood’s water will be shut off today and tomorrow, so before we went to bed we filled bathtubs and containers with water. I have a phobia about not having water. I guess [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It turned out that I haven’t been able to use my computer to post on the blog until today. We haven’t been able to get the wireless to work and my husband just remembered that he could plug my computer directly into our daughter’s modem and work off that.
I’m not sure I would have had [...]
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