Open the book you’re currently reading, turn to page 161, and copy the fifth sentence on the page:
She looked at Mr. Penhallow’s weather-beaten face; he looked much too old to have a son young enough for a swimming race.
(Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper)
No more suspense…
My mini quilt has been selected as a finalist in a show called “Under Cover“, which will be shown at a gallery called Greenjeans in Brooklyn NY. I sent them photos of the quilt, they juried the first round in by photo and then I packed it up and mailed it off to them. They are making final decisions on Friday.
In other news, Happy Birthday to my sister Beth!
And the windchill here is supposed to be something like 40 below today! Stay warm everybody.
This mini quilt is called “Sewing Room”. It is 8×10 inches. Made from new and vintage cotton fabrics. Yes, there are pieces in that tiny sewing machine that are 1/4″ square. It has been accepted as a finalist in…. stay tuned for more!
One of the classes I am teaching this spring is embroidery with beads. Two local beads shops were having big sales this weekend and so I decided to go and get my class supplies. I like working with semiprecious stones so a sale is a great deal. As I started to gather up everything I realized pretty quickly that getting every color to supply every kind of favorite color was really not practical. So I decided my class gets a color scheme – earthtones. I got everything in the amber-green-blue sorts of colors. I think almost anyone can find something to like in this group and it made it so much easier for me to get nice combinations of sizes and textures.
Pictured above: carnelian, amber, tourmaline, labradorite, turquoise, peridot, bunches of freshwater pearls and crystals.
“Mango”
hand embroidered with cotton on hand-dyed silk.
This is my piece in the Textile Center’s members show, A Common Thread. My inspiration for this piece was this story about a small South American hummingbird that found itself at the center of much attention at a feeder in Wisconsin.
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I have filled up my spring with teaching gigs! Come and see me in Idaho at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts teaching wet & dry felting, beginning shibori and hand embroidery plus a teens shibori class and a kids weaving class. Or you can come to my “Starting a Blog” or “Opening an etsy shop” at the Textile Center in March and April.
I got these two batts from loop.etsy.com – combinations of merino wool, alpaca, silk, tencel, bamboo, sparkle… I don’t spin, so I traded my friend Jen her spinning talents for a couple of puppets that went to some little friends for Christmas. Just last night she presented me with my yarn!
Now I just have to decide what to knit!
Jon Scieszka, the author of witty and subversive children’s favorites like “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs” and “The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales,” is to be named the country’s first national ambassador for young people’s literature on Thursday, a kind of children’s book version of the Library of Congress’s poet laureate program.
You can read more about it here…
I just have to say “WOOHOO!” Love John Scieszka. Have very fond memories of Andy reading the voice of the Stinky Cheese Man on one of our many “story tapes” for our nieces and nephews. (For those not in the know, we read about an hour’s worth of books on to a cd for the kiddos every year or so for Christmas so Uncle A & Aunt B can read them bedtime stories.)
I gave all of my family an etsy shopping list this year for Christmas. Here are some of the great gifts they chose from my list.
tshirt from wenifnotnow.
yarn from Phoenix Fiberworks.
bracelet from loopityloopglam.
necklace from HardflowerStudios.
earrings from LeftHandOriginals.
