The old saying "Life is what happens while you are making plans", comes to mind these days. Various stressors in my life right now, but my computer issues appear to have been resolved. I'm still missing some of the sites that I had bookmarked on the internet, but that will come with time. I have the special ones. My studio has always been my savior when I find myself under stress, but at the same time, my creativity diminishes. But this time, I'm finding myself putting things together, using the "Mod meets Improv" techniques I learned over the summer. Not great art, but original work. None of the pieces is large enough for use on a bed, but that isn't stopping me. Since these pieces are larger than my usual wall hangings, the issue of quilting has come up. Do I want to try to quilt them myself, or give up some control to a long-armer? I was very pleased with the result last time, but the urge to do it myself is always there. Since I have no long term use for them, I think I'm going to try it with one, and just see how it works out. Nothing ventured, right? But, I have a hunch there is a long-armer in my future
At the same time, I continue to work on the presentation I'm doing for the LQG. Two of my Fibre Diva friends have loaned me pieces for the show, and the Power point part of it is now out of my hands. Now I just have to rehearse my speech, and get it firmly in my mind, while making sure it will only take the 20 minutes I've been allowed.
Saturday, November 30, 2019
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
A tiny bit of heaven
My computer issues remain unresolved, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. The temperamental computer I bought is going back and a new one--an upgrade is on its way. I should have it by the end of the week. It means the hassle of setting it up again, but I've been promised professional help with that, so am able to relax a bit.
In the meantime, I got to do some studio work today. Some of you may know that between art-y projects I have been slowly working on Jen Kingwell's "Long Time Gone" pattern. This is somewhat of a stress reduction strategy, as it involves very precise piecing of tiny pieces. The precision needed leaves no room in your brain for thinking about anything but what you are doing. Yesterday and today, I finished 21 churn dash blocks each 3"square, finished. They had been cut some time ago, and had been hanging around my design wall making a nuisance of themselves. But now they're done. Then I decided to start some more imrov piecing. Since my elderly wrists won't tolerate more than a minimum amount of rotary cutting, I taught my husband to do the basic cutting. He has done a lot of my cutting, for years. He says that this improv stuff is the easiest he's ever done.
So, a few hours of peace and contentment, in a world that has been anything but recently
In the meantime, I got to do some studio work today. Some of you may know that between art-y projects I have been slowly working on Jen Kingwell's "Long Time Gone" pattern. This is somewhat of a stress reduction strategy, as it involves very precise piecing of tiny pieces. The precision needed leaves no room in your brain for thinking about anything but what you are doing. Yesterday and today, I finished 21 churn dash blocks each 3"square, finished. They had been cut some time ago, and had been hanging around my design wall making a nuisance of themselves. But now they're done. Then I decided to start some more imrov piecing. Since my elderly wrists won't tolerate more than a minimum amount of rotary cutting, I taught my husband to do the basic cutting. He has done a lot of my cutting, for years. He says that this improv stuff is the easiest he's ever done.
So, a few hours of peace and contentment, in a world that has been anything but recently
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Not much action lately
There have been two major projects on my mind, and neither of them involve studio work. One is a major organizational project for a group I volunteer with, and the other is a presentation on "Embellishment", complete with photos and a screen presentation, as it will be a fairly large audience.
Add to this a major computer fail, and the acceptance of the need for a new one. We've all heard of lists of the most stressful events in one's life--divorce, death, moving etc, but I don't remember reading about computer fails in any of those lists. Buying a new laptop was simple, but add to that data transfers, and then the need to set up the new one--I've done nothing much else for the last three days.
However, my DH and I did take a few minutes for some R&R, and ended up at a small casino out of town. A nice buffet lunch, a few minutes at the penny slots, and off home with more than we started with. My habit when something like that happens is to take a little of the money, and spend it foolishly. This is one thing that lottery winners are told to do. Well, I spent more than I should have, and here is the result. Does this look like $130.00 worth of Beads? they are all metallic, and all but two of the tubes are manufactured by Miyuki. The bobbins of bead thread contain my favourite go-to thread--not cheap. So I understand the cost, but still feel a little guilty. As my husband says "you have enough beads at home for a store, why do you need these?" Don't care. He can spend the rest on furnace filters, but these are mine!
Add to this a major computer fail, and the acceptance of the need for a new one. We've all heard of lists of the most stressful events in one's life--divorce, death, moving etc, but I don't remember reading about computer fails in any of those lists. Buying a new laptop was simple, but add to that data transfers, and then the need to set up the new one--I've done nothing much else for the last three days.
However, my DH and I did take a few minutes for some R&R, and ended up at a small casino out of town. A nice buffet lunch, a few minutes at the penny slots, and off home with more than we started with. My habit when something like that happens is to take a little of the money, and spend it foolishly. This is one thing that lottery winners are told to do. Well, I spent more than I should have, and here is the result. Does this look like $130.00 worth of Beads? they are all metallic, and all but two of the tubes are manufactured by Miyuki. The bobbins of bead thread contain my favourite go-to thread--not cheap. So I understand the cost, but still feel a little guilty. As my husband says "you have enough beads at home for a store, why do you need these?" Don't care. He can spend the rest on furnace filters, but these are mine!
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