Hello everyone, life has been somewhat busy for me lately. A few folks have contacted me about the lack of blogging on my part, so here goes a blog to update you on the last month and a half of my life.
Vacation
I took a very nice and relaxing vacation to Florida and then took a cruise. Friends from LA flew down and we all visited friends in Fort Lauderdale. The house we stayed in was very lovely and our hosts were superb. The 6 of us had a great time, just like we did when we cruised around the Baltic Sea last year.
Drawing Class
Here is the picture of my last drawing – of hands and feet, done in very early February. Because the start date for my new job was moved earlier, I was unable to take my final 2 classes, but the instructor has allowed me to put them on hold. I hope to make them up at some point (before a year is up).
Job
The new job is going very well. The project is a very exciting project and the project team has some great people on it. I am learning lots about library data and more about the reasons that this new software project is needed. It is a very complex situation. In fact, there are all sorts of initiatives brewing in the library world.
Pillows
These pillows are the last creative thing I have done, and again this was in early February, before I started the new job. Due to a snow and ice storm, my plans for the day were cancelled and I had a whole day at home. I probably should have worked on a drawing or a quilt or cleaning or any of a hundred other tasks, but I felt drawn to make these pillows via a little game I made up. My rules were as follows. Start with 2 squares of matching linen, each 18” square. Use one as the top and make only vertical slices (at least only have vertical slices that went from edge to edge). Do not draw out or otherwise plan the piecing, but just cut. These are what I came up with. It turned out to be a bigger project than I had thought and it took me most of the day to make the 5 tops. It took me half the following day to insert the invisible zippers and complete the pillows. And now the pillows’ new home seems to be on the floor beside the couch as there are far too many of them if you actually want to use the couch. Basically it was a bad idea all the way around and making a batch of cookies would have been more rewarding.
Houston 2008
I am very excited that I have been accepted to teach 3 “Stretching for Quilters” classes at the IQA fall Houston show in late October. The class will be a 1 hour class and will be timed in such a way that people can still take my class even if they are enrolled in half or full day quilting classes. I will primarily be focusing on stretches and breathing to make sewing and quilting time more enjoyable and less fatiguing to the body.
Quilting…argh!!!
I absolutely MUST find a way to get something made in time to submit to Houston this year. I have no idea if it would get accepted or not, but I have to find a way to get something made to submit….and I only have about 2 and a half months to do it in. My friend Hollis has told me that I had good success in 2007 and that I can’t just “disappear” because I am working full time. It will be hard, as I teach 7 exercise classes a week and am working full time, but I will try to find a way.Stay well and stay in touch and I will try to post again soon.
