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Daffodils and Ink Woman

We went to Wellesley College on Sunday to see the daffodils but it was too early or too cold or both. What a wind was afoot!

It was so cold, we abbreviated our walk.

Hellebores were putting on a good show, even if the daffodils weren’t.

A surprise package from Holland came last week. Inside — “Ink Woman,” a collage by the talented Saskia. Totally unexpected!

I just love Saskia’s work. She’s a visual artist with a real knack for storytelling. I don’t know how, but she manages to be both serious and whimsical and her creatures are particularly delightful. I’ve watched her work evolve over the last many years and it’s exciting because she is so very original and keeps taking risks. There’s a fearlessness at work that I admire.

This is a shitty photo but it will have to do for now because she left her post on the windowsill and is hiding from me right now!

The photo above is a little deceptive. It’s shot across the top of my zoom screen toward the window.

PS I got my hair cut this afternoon. It looks very “Karen of the PTA” to me now but I’ll get used to it. I really needed a change. Maybe I’ll post a picture tomorrow. Pretty wiped at the moment.

New Growth (i)

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Today it is supposed to stay in the 40’s and rain, but I will make a point of noticing the beautiful work of spring unfolding….

Mini-daffodils bloom near our crumbling front steps… I make a point of seeing the yellow trumpets!

This morning, the taxes are done, a big luncheon is over, and it is time to ‘get back to it’ in the studio… I have many things to finish and so, even though spring is so much about new growth, I vow to make this a week of finishing things that have already sprouted!  Such as:

  • Worm Moon (last week’s Journal Quilt)
  • Zero Tolerance (yesterday’s Journal Quilt)
  • Gingko Ground
  • Adam & Eve IV
  • Global Warming IV
  • a pin cushion…

And that’s not even getting to the layers of stuff in the IN PROGRESS PILE!

The cleaning, also, must continue.

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studio-qtips-and-pets

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the-mess

What you see above is only about 1/3 of my stash… the black board is a piece of 1/2″ insulation covered with black felt, which is WONDERFUL to use as a pin board… but is HUGE, because it is part of my booth.

Goals —

  • to redesign booth for shows so that we don’t have to cart around 8′ x 4′ pin boards
  • to redesign booth so that I could erect the damn thing by myself
  • to cut existing 8′ booth-boards into easily-moved pin boards for studio
  • to hammer triangular wedges on existing shelves, where boards can live while holding works-in-progress
  • to get rid of more fabric
  • to organize my patterns better

Victory list —

  • threw out at least 3 laundry bins full of fabric
  • instituted a 3-ring binder for holding ideas that I print off of computer (this is BIG!!)
  • a new table for cutting grid and rotary blade — it is low (the right height) and just needs light, now
  • felt all in one place
  • several boxes labeled ‘Precious Bits’ — for those chips of fabric I adore and will actually use
  • Christmas fabric and images and transfers are now congregating in ‘their area’!
  • sold my first quilt on etsy!!  (more on that later in week)
  • convinced my guild to take my quilts into the May show even though I was a month late (more on that later, too)
  • finished Schedule C (who knew I was a fantasy writer?)
  • tomorrow will mark the completion of 14 days of ‘Awakening Prologue’ with Holosync… (more on that soon!)