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Monday, September 29, 2008

Life's little surprises

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Another pet emergency (and just when she seemed to be doing better), another derailment of studio plans. Ah well, life has a way of making ...
Sunday, September 28, 2008

New Source of Inspiration

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I attended a "quiet day" at my church yesterday which actually turned out to be a lot less quiet than my normal days. It's ju...
Friday, September 26, 2008

Taking a break while moving on

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Gee, thanks everyone for your opinions on whether or not one can mix matte and shiny beads. I knew the answer was "yes" of course...
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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Mixing finishes

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Should one mix matte-finish beads with sparkly ones on a piece? That's the dilemma I find myself in this morning. The beads around th...
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Artwork vs Works of Art

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"All paintings are artwork, but precious few become works of art - just as the fact that a pianist can play all the correct notes doesn...
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Beading Has Commenced

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I didn't have the patience for it yesterday, but I can't delay working on my TIFC quilt any longer. There's an exhibit coming ...
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Monday, September 22, 2008

Color Influence

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Right on cue, our temps dropped a good 15 degrees and rains set in. The maple has started its slow turn and I find I'm not as drawn to ...
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Sunday, September 21, 2008

More Fun in Hood River

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Saturday morning Judi, Sherrie and I headed down to this funky coffee shop on Stevenson's main street. Here's Sherrie and Judi disc...
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Saturday, September 20, 2008

Reunion...

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Well, I just can't wait any longer for my friends to retrieve their trip pictures from their balky computers. Here is the reason we pic...
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Thursday, September 18, 2008

More Distractions and Pondering

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Here's the other thing keeping me from my creative journey this week. When I got back from my weekend trip, the yellow plums were ripen...
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Diverted Again

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There's not been much creative journeying going on this week, partly because I'm working on the publicity for this Art event at my c...
Monday, September 15, 2008

Sightseeing

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I thought I'd share a little of what I did on my trip in and around Hood River, Or. Here I am with journal quilt partner, former hand-d...
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It's a classic...

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...and it's mine! I'm back from my trip, the dog's home from the kennel and I'm ignoring the next batch of ripening plums fo...
Thursday, September 11, 2008

Almost Gone...

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The dog's at the kennel, the marmalade's in jars, last minute e-mails are sent...time to pack and be off to Hood River, OR . See yo...
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Plums

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I'm going away for the weekend. I'm starting to stress about the things I need to do towards the art exhibit I'm organizing at ...
Monday, September 08, 2008

A slight diversion

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My nephew's birthday is coming up soon and I thought I'd get the 12th installment in his freedom quilt out of the way while I contin...
Saturday, September 06, 2008

Back to Pondering

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Now what??? As you can see, the quilting is done around the outside of my quilted "frame" and I am so in love with it. But as I s...
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Thursday, September 04, 2008

Unconfused

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More thought, more thread unearthed to test, and a chalk marker helped clear up my confusion about how to proceed on my TIFC for August . T...
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Confused...as usual

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Here's some of the threads and design ideas I played with today in preparation for quilting my August TIFC quilt. As usual, the pictur...
Saturday, August 30, 2008

Open For Business

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I've spent the better part of the last few days setting up and adding product to my cafepress shop, Idaho Beauty's Textile Arts at ...
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