Many communities in our country are restricting what teachers can and can’t say in the classroom about issues of race.
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I have been feeling my pre-pandemic self lately. I’m enjoying it but not going to analyze. I feel engaged and curious and productive.
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Exploring a question is what makes quilting interesting for me. This exploration started with an overheard comment (yes, I’m an introvert), a quilter who said she loved the modern aesthetic, and sadly wondered what to do with her beautiful William Morris fabric collection.
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It’s May, and my brain and body are starting to relax. I’ve loved having a meaningful job teaching kids in person, but I’ve been stressed out of my mind going in to work.
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Experts say schools are safe as long as correct protocol is followed. The responsibility for implementing correct protocol weighs heavily upon me.
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When my summer started, I pulled out a box of big quilt tops sitting neglected, and set the goal of quilting them. There were eight in all, and I am now quilting the seventh. There is something calming about knowing my task, and just doing it.
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These are strange times, so I have been doing some strange things that are completely out of my comfort zone. It seems a fitting time to try something new.
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I’ve given myself permission to play, rather than sew what I should. It’s been a delightful escape in this COVID time. I’ve been playing with scraps, my most favorite thing.
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Aphasia is a new word for me. But after my dad’s stroke two and a half years ago, I know something of its heavy burden.
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Trends have always been impactful, but they are more so in our digital age. Our local newscasters now report on what is trending. This seems to have replaced real news.
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I’ve been playing with partial seams. They add a lot of interest to my work. People say, “Wow! How did you do that?” Actually, it’s not true. No one has ever noticed my partial seams.
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I’m exploring a new idea. I made two experimental blocks months ago that I didn’t use. So what to do with them? I hate waste, so this was my challenge.
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Interesting stop signs are hard to spot. You have to look carefully before noticing something’s different. But you will never see a go stop sign. This piece was inspired by something drivers here in the Ocean State do that I call a tag team stop.
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This piece started as a baby quilt. I wanted to make something infused with meaning, color and fun. A tall order. The cross cut of a tree sparked an idea, but as I pondered what to say to someone beginning their life, it took a serious turn.
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“Go Green” is a quiet cheer for my favorite color. This piece began with a comment overheard about how yellow greens can’t coexist with blue greens. Well, that got the attention of my questioning mind.
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When school starts I don’t have the energy to be creative, so I sew fabric scraps together. I randomly pull pieces out of a box of leftovers from other quilts, and chain sew. It feels productive. I enjoy remembering, and using up every last bit.
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I love the yellow in this photograph. It communicates warmth, happiness and safety. I cannot imagine a life without safety, without refuge; having to leave country, culture, language, traditions, family and friends.
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My year has been full of learning curves, mostly associated with technology. I’ve dealt with so many that I am now noticing a pattern. Initially I’m energized and excited, and the curve swings up. But I try it and hit walls everywhere and the curve plummets downward.
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I’ve never been one for orange, but now I understand the appeal. It has impact. I had an image in my head of rows of black and white lines in the middle of an orange field. I’m not sure where that came from, perhaps from Halloween colors everywhere in the fall.
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I’ve walked past this pole hundreds of times and never seen it. That is, until I started looking. The discipline of regularly posting pictures to Instagram has opened my eyes and now I’m astounded by inspiration all around me.
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