Monday, October 29
I'm away for a while
Not exactly a quilting post: but after much soul-searching, I've decided to follow the recommendation of the psydoc and go into hospital to sort out the treatment for my current depression. He estimates 2-3 weeks. I've packed fabrics, threads and will take my sewing machine. Hopefully, there are better days ahead...
Wednesday, October 24
Awesomely talented Fibre Artists
Outside our clinic is a huge tree in which a community of weaver birds have made their nests. They were not happy about me snapping pictures of them, and protested loudly. One even flew down and did a close fly-by in an attempt to frighten me off. (I retreated after that. Gotta show artists their due respect.)Weaver birds are the most awesome birds - they weave these nests you can see in the pictures, that are really secure and very intricate. Once the babies have hatched and flown, the nests blow down and I have carried many of them home. I consider each one an absolute work of art.
Spring is so beautiful, I wish I felt happier.Computers...
... can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em! I'm trying to upload photos, but none of the USB ports are responding.
Ok, I admit it. I am a digital dumbo. I have gone from Computer Literacy Teacher (I kid you not; this was back in 1989-92) to Clueless Computer Dunce. I used to be able to open the cover and point out the various bits to students and trouble-shoot problems. Now the USB port doesn't work and I don't have a clue what to check. I also don't know how my digital camera operates. I used to have a manual camera where I had to set the f-stops, shutter speed and focus before every shot - I managed an entire year in Israel with lots of great shots back in 1981, but now I cannot even take a photo that is in focus, because the damned technology has gone beyond where even a reasonably intelligent person can keep up unless they paddle like the dickens.
Phew. Sorry about that. Didn't realise there was such a rant in me this morning. {Deep Breath}
The USB port at work, works. I'll upload the photos later. (such as they are!)
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It's later. I'm at work and here are the pictures:
It's been a long time since I did a traditional bed quilt... but I'm enjoying the quilting of it. I had to wait 4 hours to see the doctor, and it seemed much shorter, as I had this with me. I chose colours and a pattern that my mother likes, as it's for her.
I stuck bits of paper label (the leftover bits after we printed labels for the blood tubes for the clinical trial) onto the quilt as guidelines for the straight line quilting. It helped a lot, they were easy to remove and left no stickiness on the quilt.
The backing is a Da Gama fabric I found some time back. Called "The Little Five", it has images of the Big Five as babies - very cute and my mom loved it.
Ok, I admit it. I am a digital dumbo. I have gone from Computer Literacy Teacher (I kid you not; this was back in 1989-92) to Clueless Computer Dunce. I used to be able to open the cover and point out the various bits to students and trouble-shoot problems. Now the USB port doesn't work and I don't have a clue what to check. I also don't know how my digital camera operates. I used to have a manual camera where I had to set the f-stops, shutter speed and focus before every shot - I managed an entire year in Israel with lots of great shots back in 1981, but now I cannot even take a photo that is in focus, because the damned technology has gone beyond where even a reasonably intelligent person can keep up unless they paddle like the dickens.
Phew. Sorry about that. Didn't realise there was such a rant in me this morning. {Deep Breath}
The USB port at work, works. I'll upload the photos later. (such as they are!)
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It's later. I'm at work and here are the pictures:
It's been a long time since I did a traditional bed quilt... but I'm enjoying the quilting of it. I had to wait 4 hours to see the doctor, and it seemed much shorter, as I had this with me. I chose colours and a pattern that my mother likes, as it's for her. I stuck bits of paper label (the leftover bits after we printed labels for the blood tubes for the clinical trial) onto the quilt as guidelines for the straight line quilting. It helped a lot, they were easy to remove and left no stickiness on the quilt. The backing is a Da Gama fabric I found some time back. Called "The Little Five", it has images of the Big Five as babies - very cute and my mom loved it.
Tuesday, October 23
Exhaustion
Having just finished another clinical trial (at work), I am ready to just fall over. It's funny how one paces oneself, holding out to make sure everything gets done, but then when it's all over, one just crashes. And I've crashed. Saw the psydoc this morning and he wants me to go to the "hopsital"(my daughter's pronunciation when she was little) for "2-3 weeks". Very big sigh. I muttered and muttered, so he said, "ok, think about it".
I'm quilting a huge double-bed quilt for my mother that I pieced several years ago, but didn't get any further with. It's great for my current state of mind, as it is just long straight hand-quilted lines, over and over. Will take pic and post it here soon.
I'm quilting a huge double-bed quilt for my mother that I pieced several years ago, but didn't get any further with. It's great for my current state of mind, as it is just long straight hand-quilted lines, over and over. Will take pic and post it here soon.
Monday, October 8
Inchies
I was very excited to receive in the mail a pack of NINE inchies all the way from England! How did this happen? I was blog-surfing one day and came upon the blog of Kate North with a post about Paying It Forward. If you're wondering what this is, see my own PIF Post. I was very excited to see there was still a chance to reply to Kate's challenge, so I leapt in. And then the inchies arrived!
{Edited 24 Oct 2007, to add blurry picture, sorry about this, Kate}
{Edited 24 Oct 2007, to add blurry picture, sorry about this, Kate}
THANK YOU, Kate! {happy dance} They are just GORGEOUS. I first read about inchies in a recent Quilting Arts magazine (I have a subscription); I had never heard of them before. Now I have these CUTE ones and want to mount them onto something - will probably use a fabric postcard - I have dozens of incomplete ones, so I'm sure I can find a suitable background.
It was SUCH a thrill to receive these in the post - I don't get many gifts anymore and have become pretty used to always being the provider, so it was a great thrill to receive an art-quilting-related gift, just for nothing. Do take me up on my own PIF challenge, if you happen upon this post, so I can perhaps pass on this great feeling.
It was SUCH a thrill to receive these in the post - I don't get many gifts anymore and have become pretty used to always being the provider, so it was a great thrill to receive an art-quilting-related gift, just for nothing. Do take me up on my own PIF challenge, if you happen upon this post, so I can perhaps pass on this great feeling.
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