Archive for the ‘Craft’ Category
Taryn Simon, exploring bloodlines and stories that bind us, through photos
After visiting the exhibition, I spotted this ad for her work–currently on display at the Museum of Modern Art–near Houston Street. In the middle of a Saturday afternoon, in midtown Manhattan, we were near collapse after a morning exploring the Upper West Side and Central Park, then shopping around midtown. Then we went to the [...]
May 16th, 2012Use for a vintage sari
bits of a vintage sari mixed well with other fabrics I love I tend to buy fabrics when I see them and adore them, and not when I need them or have any particular project in mind. Add to this my Mom, who sees great deals on small tidbits and passes them along to me [...]
May 6th, 2012Technology + handwork = modern craft
Quilt I made, shared online I have been thinking for a couple days on something I read in my May 2012 issue of Atlanta Magazine, in their feature on the craft scene in the city. The ladies who started Indie Craft Experience (ICE) Atlanta are featured–the very fun and quirky biannual expo in an old [...]
April 23rd, 2012I love: Triangles
I have been obsessing over the triangles and colors in this quilt, by Blue is Bleu, for several days now, since it came up on my Pinterest feed. I’ve sketched it several times, poorly as I am wont to do, because I just can’t get it out of my head. Triangles and their bold geometry [...]
April 18th, 2012P/L Quilt, a lesson in modern quilting
I’ve finished a baby quilt that is now my second foray into modern, improvisational quilting. But really, it is my first venture, as the other modern quilt I am thinking of, which I made for Ben, was based on an image in a book, and though each square was shaped differently from the last–each one [...]
April 4th, 2012Touching the Quilt, learning its stories
I happened upon a display of a small segment of the AIDS Quilt on campus at GSU last night. It is here for three days, to promote health and awareness of HIV/AIDS, sponsored by the GSU campus health and auxiliary services. I have seen small bits of it, but they were specific panels I had asked them [...]
March 27th, 2012Graphic room: little corners
These are some corners of my room that I love to live in, and look at. Photographs, fabrics, drawings and corners that truly make me happy, and bring me inspiration– for projects, and for happy days. I love hours spent in my room, doing work or play. cats + quilts desk back of a baby [...]
March 23rd, 2012A day with Marie
Marie buying some new embroidery patterns from the very talented artist Momo-Dini I took the day off work to spend time with my friend Marie, and go to the Sewing & Quilt Expo in Atlanta for the first time. She was quite delighted when we first met to discover I quilted, as she has three [...]
March 9th, 2012Medical journal reports, quilting is good for you
A recent blog post was sent my way by a friend, on the recent medical findings on the benefits of quilting on your health. I am happy to report the findings, which people who quilt (and I am one) have long suspected. The Relationship Between Quilting and Well-Being Emily Burt & Jacqueline Atkinson Journal of [...]
February 23rd, 2012Henry Miller’s commandments
I found this today via Denyse Schmidt Quilts, who got it from the blog The Improvised Life. The comment reads: In the early thirties, as he was writing Tropic of Cancer, his first published novel that was to become a classic of twentieth century fiction- Henry Miller wrote himself this list of 11 commandments. It applies [...]
February 23rd, 2012