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.
Read MoreI 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.
Read MoreMy 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.
Read MoreI’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.
Read MoreI’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.
Read MoreI’m making quilts out of words. It fascinates me that the idea IS the quilt. I position the letters in a way that keeps the message hidden so the reader has to puzzle a bit. This started when wanting to personalize my niece’s quilt with her name on the back.
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