OK, I apologize for that bad pun. After several days of either staring at the TV or holed up in my bedroom with only a chugging steam vaporizer and damp magazines for company, I pulled out the fabric and set off to make some cloud-themed fabric for my new art quilt. Flour resist is a [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Flour Resist: For Surface Design, It’s Irresistable!
Posted in Art Quiltmaking Design, Art Quilts, Design, Fabric Dyeing, Uncategorized, tagged Art Quilts, Fabric Dyeing, flour resist, surface design on November 29, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Back from Boston
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alternative cold and flu remedies, second cousins, Tucson garden on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a week since I got back from Boston, where I went for my cousin’s funeral. My little garden really went crazy while I was gone, thanks to my neighbor watering it for me: I returned with what felt like was going to be a full-blown case of flu, but after I hammered myself [...]
Michaela: Rest in Peace
Posted in Uncategorized on November 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I learned my cousin Michaela died today in her home, with family who loved her at her bedside; she had breast cancer for 3 1/2 years. She had a lot of guts and, as is the fashion of so many of my kin on my dad’s side of the family, was quite the smart ass [...]
My New Art Quilt: progress takes forever!
Posted in Art Quilts, Design, Fabric Dyeing, tagged Art Quilts on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
During my workweek I managed to do a little bit here and there on my new project. Here’s some fabric I dyed–yellows and oranges for poppies: Here’s what some of it looked like once I put it in the washer and let it dry and pressed it all: I made some basic patterns of poppies [...]
My New Art Quilt: Sonoran Desert Wildflowers
Posted in Art Quilts, Design, Fabric Dyeing, Screen Printing Fabric, tagged Art Quilts, Design, Fabric Dyeing, Screen Printing Fabric on November 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I started this art quilt project late last spring. Right after I started, my uncle was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer; he lived for 2 months after that, and I spent my free time visiting him until he died. Only recently have I picked up where I left off. I have this idea of [...]
Book Covers and Wolf Suits
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Art, Crafts, Movies on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After a long day of work and too little time for anything creative, this link really brightened my day….so clever, in and of itself; but it gets even better, once you get to the Where The Wild Things Are related site. It’s a thing of beauty. I’ll go back often.
Tucson’s All Souls Procession
Posted in All Souls Parade, tagged Puppets, Tucson All Souls Parade on November 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Tonight was the 20th anniversary of the All Souls Procession, an event Tucson should really be proud of; it was packed, of course, probably more so because of Calexico playing at the Rialto at the end. I wish I’d spent some time making a puppet and walking in the procession, or at that I at [...]
Catalina State Park
Posted in Arizona State Parks, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona Hiking, Uncategorized, tagged Catalina State Park, Sonoran Desert, Tucson Area Hiking on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BearBear (a corgi mix) and I went to Catalina State Park Sunday afternoon; the weather was stunning and hardly anyone was there. It’s exactly 30 minutes from my house to the trailhead during non-peak traffic. I remember going up to Catalina State Park when it first opened, when I was in high school; then it [...]
Jon Stewart As Glenn Beck: A Daily Show Gem
Posted in The Daily Show, tagged Daily Show, Jon Stewart on November 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As a complete blogging amateur, I’m already guilty of my first broken link the last time I gushed like a school-girl re: Jon Stewart. But, as my non-existent Jewish grandmother would say about the comedian, “what is there not to love?” and I feel impelled to share his latest bit of genius. Jon Stewart is [...]
Traditional Irish Music Session in Tucson!
Posted in Amateur Blogging, Art Quiltmaking Design, Art Quilts, Irish Fiddle Tunes, Irish Music, Irish Sessions, The Daily Show, tagged Irish Sessions, Tucson Irish Music on November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are no bells and whistles with this post; no photos or MP3 uploads….yet. Next time. You’ll just have to believe me when I say today we had a super traditional Irish music session here in Tucson; it was a house session; and like in ye olden days, the kitchen table was moved aside to [...]
