Kyle Morris
Pennsylvania impressionist - Schofield
And George....
Friday, December 30, 2005
James A. Michener Art Museum
Yesterday Dan and I took his parents to the James A. Michener Art Museum. There is a wonderful exhibit by Paul Keene, a Philadelphia - born artist. His paintings resemble a few of Carol Taylor's quilts.
Kyle Morris
Pennsylvania impressionist - Schofield
And George....
Kyle MorrisPennsylvania impressionist - SchofieldAnd George....
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Merry Christmas
All,
Merry Christmas from my home to yours.
Hope your holiday season is full of faith, hope and charity.
Merry Christmas from my home to yours.
Hope your holiday season is full of faith, hope and charity.
Friday, December 16, 2005
Tis the Season for Sharing
Nothing new here...just wanted to share some past treasures, I will need to re-photograph these for my up-coming web site...the first one is "Midnight Sunshine" , design by Jane Franke.
This is "untitled", actually it's the only quilt I never gave a name to and I don't know why. I made this for Luke, when he was in college, it hung in his off campus apartment.
This is "Basket Case". It is my completed project from an Ellen Ann Eddy workshop. The leaves and flowers are thread painted, the basket is hand dyed cheese cloth that I wove to look like a basket. It is quilted with pink sliver.
Below is "Well Red", as you see it is not yet quilted...(in the UFO pile) Also, design by Jane Franke. This is the same design as in "Midnight Sunshine", just differnt colors.
This is my mom Joan, standing by a Christmas gift I made for them a few years ago, "Memories". It is a collection of many photos of our whole family, for them to enjoy.
This is "untitled", actually it's the only quilt I never gave a name to and I don't know why. I made this for Luke, when he was in college, it hung in his off campus apartment.
This is "Basket Case". It is my completed project from an Ellen Ann Eddy workshop. The leaves and flowers are thread painted, the basket is hand dyed cheese cloth that I wove to look like a basket. It is quilted with pink sliver.
Below is "Well Red", as you see it is not yet quilted...(in the UFO pile) Also, design by Jane Franke. This is the same design as in "Midnight Sunshine", just differnt colors.
This is my mom Joan, standing by a Christmas gift I made for them a few years ago, "Memories". It is a collection of many photos of our whole family, for them to enjoy.
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
December: Simple Still Life
Capture the Light....
City Hall, Philadelphia, a spectacular holiday colored light display. I took this standing up through the sun roof in a slow moving car. We drove by after a fabulous dinner at Buca's. In Philly we went to see the Body Worlds exhibit at the Franklin Institute. It was quite interesting and somewhat gross. You were not allowed to take photo's of the exhibit, however the human body internally is such a magnificent piece of art work, should have brought a sketch book.
More "lights" from a moving car, using a simple digital camera.
I know it's had to see, but this is boat house row on the Schuylkill River.
And Snow, the light of winter...
December: Simple Still Life
City Hall, Philadelphia, a spectacular holiday colored light display. I took this standing up through the sun roof in a slow moving car. We drove by after a fabulous dinner at Buca's. In Philly we went to see the Body Worlds exhibit at the Franklin Institute. It was quite interesting and somewhat gross. You were not allowed to take photo's of the exhibit, however the human body internally is such a magnificent piece of art work, should have brought a sketch book.
More "lights" from a moving car, using a simple digital camera.
I know it's had to see, but this is boat house row on the Schuylkill River.
And Snow, the light of winter...December: Simple Still Life
Inspiration
Webster says that inspiration is "any stimulus to create thought or action". I've read several post from Quilt Art about how to get inspired like re-arrange your fabric stash, listen to music, do exercises like drawings from a single word or picture, visit a museum or gallery, ect...ect...ect...
Well for me I seem to at loss, maybe it's the holidays, the hussle and bussle of shopping, getting cards mailed, and gifts sent so they are received on time. Maybe I need break from room at the end of the hall. I retired from my job as a swim lesson manager back in May, I had inspirations of spending hour upon hour sewing away with the cd player blaring loudly so not hear other noises in the house, like the phone. I have completed several projects since then, along with some UFO's.
I will continue to search for new inspiring ideas...I know they are there, just waiting for the right time to be discovered.
From the words of Pete Seeger:
"To every thing, turn, turn, turn
There is a season, turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven"
Well for me I seem to at loss, maybe it's the holidays, the hussle and bussle of shopping, getting cards mailed, and gifts sent so they are received on time. Maybe I need break from room at the end of the hall. I retired from my job as a swim lesson manager back in May, I had inspirations of spending hour upon hour sewing away with the cd player blaring loudly so not hear other noises in the house, like the phone. I have completed several projects since then, along with some UFO's.
I will continue to search for new inspiring ideas...I know they are there, just waiting for the right time to be discovered.
From the words of Pete Seeger:
"To every thing, turn, turn, turn
There is a season, turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven"
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
December...19 Days till Christmas
I have for the past 6 years or so been involved with our summer swim team working the scoring table...3 of my children swam/swim year round...I have always stayed away from working the "table" in the winter just because, I need a break, let someone else do it, ect... well, Monday was the start of the high school swim season. The girls coach also coaches a summer team we compete against. We arrived at the pool a bit early yesterday, then I hear my name being called, the coach wanted me to train on using the electronic timing for the meet because they needed another person. Our school district now has 3 high schools, there are 2 pools, each school has a girls & boys team, some meets are on the same day, the same women who "work" the table do it for both pools. So with much hesitation I did it. I guess I'm willing to fill in when there are conflicts but I don't think I want to do it all the time even though it is a paying job. Danielle had a good day, she is a good swimmer, she adds depth to the team. Her 200 Medley Relay finished 3rd, she had 2 - 4th place finishes in 200 IM and 100 Back and 4th in the 400 Free Relay.
I always mail about 80-100 Christmas cards each year with a photo of the children enclosed. This year I'm also going to mail a few "postcards" to family and good friends. I came up with 5 designs to use, maybe changing the fabric choices to make them all unique.
This is the photo of the kids, it didn't photograph very well, the photo transfer has a bit of a glare from the flash.
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I always mail about 80-100 Christmas cards each year with a photo of the children enclosed. This year I'm also going to mail a few "postcards" to family and good friends. I came up with 5 designs to use, maybe changing the fabric choices to make them all unique.
This is the photo of the kids, it didn't photograph very well, the photo transfer has a bit of a glare from the flash.
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