Posted in Misc. Art & Artists, That Lady Can Paint, Sew, Sculpt..., What I've Been Reading, tagged artmaking, books, embroidery, sewing on April 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I read about Allison Manch in the Seattle Weekly a few weeks back. Although I didn’t get a chance to see her show, I did check out her website. I love the embroidered song lyrics, especially the “Buffalo Stance”! (We taught Mogs how to do the Buffalo Stance pretty early on…I think it may be her [...]
Posted in Motherhood, My Art Projects, tagged art, cougars, hands, Motherhood, quilting on April 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We recently learned a song about how “Mommies always come back.” When Mogs was going through a period of separation anxiety when her dad went off to work, I spent a lot of time talking about how daddy would always come back. She got to the point where she would say this phrase to him [...]
Posted in Motherhood, My Art Projects, Postpartum Info, tagged art, exhibit, Motherhood, painting, postpartum depression, quilts on April 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I displayed my work downtown this weekend during spring Arts Walk. Friday night was the big night with all the shops open late with special displays from local artists. The streets were blocked off, music filled the air and the whole town was out and about. Before the show began I was incredibly nervous. I felt vulnerable having [...]
Posted in What I've Been Reading, tagged cities, Darwin, family, history, photography on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
After publishing the last post, I became curious about the date of the photo. I have taken a few art history courses, but can’t seem to cement in my brain just when photographic images were invented. The photo I included must have come from a daguerreotype, since the images is supposedly from the 1860’s.
I do recall learning about this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am in the midst of last minute prep for my show on Friday night. I’ve paced myself pretty well, but do have one last quilt to finish up. I have the binding to bind and a bit more embroidery. For some reason I am doing these in that order, as if having the binding [...]
Posted in I Am A Sewing Machine, My Art Projects, Uncategorized, tagged convention, county, delegates, Obama, sewing on April 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was an Obama delegate at our county democratic convention. It was an incredibly long day, but well organized considering the number of amendments we had to amend. Obama had a clear majority, as expected; although I like to think the cougar gave him a run for his money with a very rousing speech…(like I said, it [...]
Posted in Motherhood, Weather Geek, What I've Been Reading, You Must Be Kidding!, tagged blogging, crafting, Motherhood, quilting on April 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I started the Whole Cloth Designs blog on October 23, 2007. Well, 6 months have passed and I’ve had 10,000 visitors! My goodness, that is a big number. What started as a whim of a thought, “Hell, I’ll try to make a blog today” has turned into a wonderful part of my routine. A couple [...]
Posted in Motherhood, My Art Projects, tagged art, family, Gardening, Motherhood, photographs, quilting on April 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am saying this under my breath and knocking on wood: I think Mogs may have returned to taking long naps….shhh, don’t say it out loud, I’m afraid she might hear…
Posted in Motherhood, Uncategorized, tagged blogging, family, friends on April 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
My childhood friend, Anna, wrote a sweet post about my blog on her new blog called The Full Catastrophe for Blog Reader Appreciation Day. One aspect of blogging I treasure is the way it forges new friendships with people from far away places, while helping old friends from far away places stay in touch. The act of blogging has encouraged me [...]
Posted in I Am A Sewing Machine, Motherhood, My Art Projects, tagged applique, art quilt, embroidery, hawaiian quilting, Motherhood, sewing, strawberry on April 15, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I finished the quilt Fall To Earth last night. My goal is to make one more quilt before my art show in 10 days. My fingers are getting mighty blistery!
I wrote about this quilt here.
|
