I bought this quilt top in Tennessee…it’s hand pieced, a little funky. It’s a pattern none of us had ever seen before. But last night Nifty emailed me to look on page 78 of Scott Heffley’s book “Bold Improvisations” and sure enough there it is! Phew..time for a coffee
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Gee’s Bend at Camp McDowell
So…I decided to send my self to camp. Quilt camp. Four days with two Gee’s Bend quilters and 16 other quilters, in Alabama. Ten days ago I hopped on an early morning train to Seattle, and the next day our little girl group of three took off for the “Deep South”…leaving the northwest behind…on our […]
Easter Holiday Aftermath…
Just a few images of the Easter before and after (thanks Carol…) and have you ever had “monster fruit”??? New to us…good though odd… Back to mundane reality today…went to the CARWASH!! (I do love the car wash…today I was taking photos, talking on the phone and rolling through…) I think these are winners…
Happy Easter!
“Back in the day”…in this case, the mid-1980’s, I wasn’t the easter bunny. That was R all the way. Zach and I dyed the eggs, but R hid them for Zach to find. Zach would find them all and then say…”Dad, could we do this again?”…and they would. When I dug out the old photos […]
Betty Feves, James Lavadour
We had an interesting couple of days in the city…saw a good show of eastern Oregon artist Betty Feves’ clay work at Contemporary Craft and the show “Betty Feves: Generations ” is open until July, so you have plenty of time to go take a look. My favorite was this piece called “Six Figures” and […]
Living the Creative Life: Sue-Del McCulloch
I’m in love with Sue-Del’s Akebana cherry tree, and we’d set Monday as the day I might come out and take a look. She and John planted it when it was a “whip” no bigger than her finger. Now it sits majestically with it’s columns (designed by architect friend Bill Lindburg) and although the buds […]
Onion Tart…Pizza-style
In the New York Times this week there was a yummy sounding recipe for an onion tart, (the recipe for which I have included.) But first, my own experience and the changes I made (subverting order once again). I started with the WONDERFUL pizza dough from Lifesource which comes as whole wheat or spelt…slight preference […]
One More Week for the Marie Watt Show…
The Marie Watt show “Lodge” at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem is coming to a close this Sunday…but the museum IS open Sunday, from 1:00 to 5:00. Better go take a look…the show will leave Salem and travel to the Tacoma Art Museum…
Gathering Steam…
Thanks readers, for all the good birthday wishes. It was a busy week last week including a few meetings (possibly you can tell where I was sitting?)… and here’s my ukulele teacher Ron with HIS birthday present (the day before)…an electronic bass ukulele! Rock on…(and he will) Sharon and I went to ukulele “graduation” (well..it’s […]
MY LIFE SO FAR…
I published this on my birthday in 2009, and also in 2011, but I still think it tells my story, so let’s go again!! Today is my birthday and I’ve attained a certain age. I have plans, things to do, places to go. But today I’m looking back. (I tried to cut my own bangs–oops.) […]
On The Way 