I brought my quilt to my parent’s bakery/restaurant in Sonoita, The Grasslands, yesterday, and hung it up behind the baby grand piano. It’s for sale. I hope I find it a new home with folks who really appreciate it.
Archive for January, 2011
Art Quilt Now at the Grasslands Bakery
Posted in Art Quilts, Grasslands Bakery, tagged Arizona, Sonoita, Tne Grasslands Bakery on January 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »
My Fantasy Machine Quilting Setup: A Juki
Posted in Art Quilts, tagged Juki TL-98Q, machine quilting, Sharon Schamber on January 29, 2011 | 6 Comments »
While at the quilt show last week, a friend took me over to the vendor area to see how Sharon Schamber is machine quilting. Sharon is a very famous quiltmaker well-known for her amazing machine quilting; I’ve known about her for years, and when she teaches workshops in the area I think about how nice [...]
The Nazi Analogy on Cable News: The Daily Show Gets it Right Again
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Daily Show on January 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The recent stratospheric increase by cable-TV news hosts and pundits alike to recklessly use the word “Nazi” was the subject of a recent hilarious episode of the Daily Show. Watch the segment here: guaranteed to make you laugh! It’ll make you long for the days, not too long ago, when there was no 24 hour [...]
Quilt Fiesta 2011: A Quick Look at Great Quilts
Posted in Art Quilts, tagged AZ, El Sol Quilting, professional quilting service, Tucson, Tucson Quilter's Guilt Quilt Fiesta 2011 on January 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Today I spent most of my day at the Tucson Quilter’s Guild Quilt Fiesta quilt show, and it was lovely to see so many amazing quilts and art quilts; I would be hard pressed to say I had a favorite, but I must say I laughed my ass off at Maria Groat’s Anatomy of a [...]
Silk Organza Paper Lamination Project
Posted in Art Projects, Art Quiltmaking Design, Art Quilts, tagged fabric collage, paper/fabric lamination for art quilts on January 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m really interested in trying to make this new technique I learned–laminating paper onto fabric with acrylic gel medium–work. I have a lot of exploring to do. The print or image on the paper is transferred to the fabric via the gel medium, and then you can peel off the paper: the image is left [...]
The Art Quilt: Es Todo
Posted in Art Projects, Art Quilts, tagged Art Quilts, Dharma Trading Company, Quilt Fiesta, Tucson Quilters Guild on January 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Well, this is it, a quick snapshot of the finished art quilt project; I hung it up in the livingroom to get an idea of how it looked when I was done. Clearly, I will need a professional photographer to take a decent picture!! But this gives you the idea, and it’s largely straight; at [...]
Backyard Coleslaw
Posted in healthy cooking, tagged coleslaw on January 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You know, cabbage never really appealed much to me; but that’s because the pale, giant globes in the grocery store have no taste. This winter I planted cabbage to give my lettuce bed a break, and I’m surprised at how good it tastes. Something has chewed holes in the outer leaves, but so far the [...]
UMC Memorial for Tucson Shooting Victims: A Sunset Visit
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged UMC Memorial to Tucson Shooting Victims on January 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s hard to believe it’s been a whole week since the January 8th mass shooting and attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. In the past week there’s been vigils, funerals and an insane amount of media coverage. University Medical Center is just a couple miles from my home and I must admit I’ve stayed away [...]
Tucson Shooting Covered Well by the Daily Show
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Daily Show Coverage of Tucson Shootings on January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jon Stewart and a couple of his correspondents discussed the media criticism of the January 12th Memorial at McKale Center for victims/survivors of the mass shooting in Tucson January 8th. Watch here for their criticism of the criticism; they manage to feature nematodes in their analogies. Last Monday, just 2 days after the shooting, the [...]
Tucson Can’t Mourn: Pundits Say We Fail at Collective Grief
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Michael Gerson, Obama Memorial Speech Tucson, Tucson Shooting on January 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s speech at University of Arizona’s McKale Center by President Obama honoring the victims of the January 8th mass shooting/assassination-attempt in Tucson was a great, inspiring bit of oratory. He’s quite politically deft, if he can give a speech both the right and the left are praising with enthusiasm. And the way the ceremony started, [...]
