Archive for the ‘Create’ Category
Use 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, 2012On my year of living alone
living room (part-time dance floor) and other spaces in the apartment that was all my own For one year, which was the maximum amount of time my (then-more-limited) budget could handle it, I lived alone. I lived in a one-bedroom apartment with my cat, and I adored it. The New York Times reported on the “freedom, and [...]
April 20th, 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, 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, 2012My Pop Art Series
This is part of the Living Atlanta street art series that was done by local artists in 2011, but I have only recently discovered this piece, very close to my office at 34 Peachtree Street. I absolutely love it. So I played with it in Lightroom to my heart’s content, and this is the result. I can’t [...]
January 30th, 2012Single Girl quilt face, done
Me excited to see the quilt in baby-size, 4 complete circles. At this point I had 12 left to combine. This fall I took my first quilt class, at Whipstitch Fabrics in Atlanta, because I wanted to tackle a quilt design based in circular design. In particular, I had long coveted Denyse Schmidt’s Single Girl [...]
December 11th, 2011Among reindeer
Nils Peder kneels among his reindeer This week I have finally been able to open my October and November issues of National Geographic and I was awestruck by the November story on the Sami people of northern Sweden. Their wardrobe and striking faces radiate against the harsh landscape of the region where they live–blanketed all [...]
November 22nd, 2011