Shame 2017-2021
As I said in my previous post, I consider myself a proud, patriotic citizen of the United States of America, however I can also see that not everything the US does is worthy of being proud of. In fact, I’m ashamed of many of the policy stances my government has
Privacy vs. Access
As I mentioned in a previous post, my idea for the prompt compromise focuses on the Internet. In this age of data sharing, there has to be a compromise between locking up all your personal information and giving away the keys. I think each of us has to determine how
Shame on US
I consider myself a proud, patriotic citizen of the United States. But we as a nation have many things to be ashamed of. It didn’t start with Donald Trump, and it won’t end with his departure from the office of the President. And I don’t want to give the impression
To Compromise or Not
Author: Deb Cashatt It’s my turn to write about our latest prompt–compromise. There were so many ideas that crossed my mind about this prompt. Living in California, where water is a precious, often scarce resource, I was going to create something on water. But the idea never gelled. The interpretation
Isolation, the Quilt
You’re probably wondering what this quilt has to do with isolation. It started out when I made individual pieced blocks, which by themselves (in isolation) were not that exciting. But when I started putting them together (into a community), they made for a pretty cool composition. You can read more
Local Newspaper
The prompt was media. This one was difficult for me. Too few ideas, too many ideas, in a creative funk? I’m not sure the reason. Did I get the idea of creating a local newspaper while visiting my parents and reading their weekly, ultra-local newspaper The Grapevine? Or is it
Hong Kong Park
The importance of calming green spaces amid the hectic chaos that is Hong Kong.
Communities need Greenspaces
The overarching theme of our prompts is Community. For June and July we are working on the prompt Gardens, Parks, and Greenspaces. When I travel, I love to visit gardens and arboretums in the places I visit. The carefully curated plant selections can be very inspirational. I usually take mental
Doc’s Sing, Sing, Sing
Cooperation and sharing. That was the prompt that Eunhee Lee gave us in the beginning of April 2020. She wrote a lovely post about the topic here. I must admit, I sat on this topic for quite a while. I wasn’t feeling very creative a month into sheltering in place.
Rural Neighborhood
I live in a rural neighborhood surrounded by mostly native flora and fauna. If you know the Sierra Nevada foothills in northern California, you might be wondering why my quilt has so much green, when most of the year it’s so brown (or as we like to say, golden). For
Deb Cashatt
Deb Cashatt Cameron Park, California, USA Professionally, I have been part of the creative duo Pixeladies since 2003. Pixeladies create art quilts, teach Photoshop, and print their own fabric. Joining Cloth in Common is one of the first solo artistic endeavors I have undertaken in a long time. Probably like