Interesting Israel
Martha memorized the Broadway hits of her generation… I didn’t read further, I went to the library to borrow the musicals I could find, and I loved to watch and listen. It didn’t take me long to decide on Jesus Christ Superstar, since I came home from Israel 20. November
If I were a poet in cloth…
This is as far as I have gotten on my next challenge piece. When I start a new project, once I have an idea of what I want to do I start shopping in my stash for fabrics. I pull out everything that might work, then stack them all
In the moon light
In Japan during the Heian Period about 800 years ago, people wrote short lyrical poems of love. A round moon, a half moon and even a crescent moon, all filled with mystery ,inspired much poetry. For example ,there were 100 poems made by one hundred people. The soft moonlight
Lyrically Speaking
When I drive I usually listen to recorded books. (Out in the country where I live radio signals are an uncertainty.) But when I take walks I like to listen to music. Lyrics attract me. I memorized the Broadway hits of my generation like Sound of Music and South
Touch of wind or water
I thought about “Touch” that Lisa proposed the second challenge. What I thought at that time was wind and water. There are many kind of wind, but I like the soft and a little cool winds. When it touches my skin, it does let me up get out of
Feel the Heat
TOUCH is the prompt this go around When Lisa Walton challenged us to think about touch, I immediately thought about the extreme experiences of touch. Hot and Cold. Fire & Ice. I knew exactly where I want to go with the prompt.
Touching Technology
Around the same time Lisa gave us “Touch” as our next assignment I got a new laptop. This fancy device not only has a touch screen and a touch pad, but also a small pad that recognizes my fingerprint. I unlock the computer by touching it, so that got me
A touch of gold
I happened to have bought a Victorian crazy quilt at just the same time as Lisa’s prompt was issued. Crazy quilts became a fad following the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. One of the most popular exhibits was the Japanese pavilion with its fascinating crazed ceramics and asymmetrical art. Well-off women
Playing well together!
When this group was formed, it was my hope to work alongside brilliant fiber artists from many places around the globe, and that we would share our brilliance and grow from the relationship. I’m delighted that this is what’s already happening! We’ve chosen unusual inspirations for our bimonthly prompts.
Please touch me
Isn’t it crazy that I work with textile because I love it’s tactile nature but don’t let other people touch my work? Hang my work on a wall and stick a ‘do not touch’ notice next to it. Sometimes quilt angels in white cotton gloves will lift a
Sounds of Silence (guest artist)
A fiber friend of mine has been following our blog and has made a quilt based on our first prompt about sound. Her quilt is titled Sounds of Silence, and I’ll leave it to you to interpret what may be happening. This quilt is by Marianne Williamson.