Wordless Wednesday 08-14-19

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Inspiration 07-01-14

Now that the SQG July newsletter is finished and posted, I must get busy with the Ruth McDowell quilts I'm sending to Marion, Indiana, for the exhibit that goes along with Ruth's induction into the Quilter's Hall of Fame.  And, at the same time, get ready to go to Indiana for the festivities.  I always leave too much stuff to the very last minute, but I am trying to do better this trip.  I had the Lexus serviced and a "trip check" and tomorrow morning I will write a stack of checks for bills due and about to be due.   And then there is laundry and....... so much more. 

 

So, I am going to do about a week of "Inspiration" showing pictures I have taken to inspire a quilt or two.  Who knows, I might be seriously inspired and make a quilt..  or two sometime this summer.

 

 This is a fence next to a dilapidated garage in Placentia.  In many of these older areas the Asparagus Fern Plumosus (the one used by florists so often with roses) has become a noxious weed.  As you see it is doing well vining through the fence cracks

You see how dilapidated the door is.  I wonder if this hinge would survive it someone tried to open the door. 

 

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Monday Browsing/Portal 03-03-14

The Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel, located 60 miles West of Denver on I-70 is the highest vehicular tunnel in the world, located at an elevation of 11, 013 ft at the East Portal and 11,158 ft at the West Portal (shown).

Too funny quilters’ calendar: http://www.lulu.com/shop/megan-dougherty/qsmasbc-2014/calendar/product-21238689.html




An awesome murmation of starlings: http://www.youtube.com/embed/88UVJpQGi88

Wordless Wednesday - Portal with Ristras 02-26-14

Monday Browsing + Portal 12-30-13

Keep your eyes on ….what?   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tedtalks/watch-keep-a-close-eye-on_b_4476313.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl6%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D423004

Where are you from?   http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0     [My map showed  Sacramento, Stockton and Salt Lake City, places I have never lived.  At least it showed I am a Westerner. Del]

Ads worth a second look…  or a third… or many: https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/mgCIKGIYJ1A?hl=en&fs=1&autoplay=1

I’ve checked up on Viewpoints9 – they have done some interesting work in the last few months.

http://viewpoints9-2.blogspot.com/

 

Aliaga home in Lima, Peru  Photo by Nancy Ota November 2013 

Monday Browsing + Portals 12-23-13

Winners at 2013 Houston Quilt Festival:  http://www.quilts.org/winners.html

Interesting comparison of “-ough”:  http://dictionary.reference.com/?sshow=ough

For dog lovers:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2X3cecTU3w&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL6FDA762F19FD9F3B

Who is deciding what we read?   I find this more than a little frightening:
 http://mail.aol.com/38236-111/aol-6/en-us/mail/DisplayMessage.aspx?ws_popup=true

Crossword Puzzle addicts might appreciate this.  [WA is for the state of Western Australia.]

http://www.watoday.com.au/national/centenary-of-crosswords-word-nerds-pay-tribute-to-puzzle-inventor-arthur-wynne-20131220-2zqyz.html

Now, THIS is a happy dance!

 http://www.edisproduction.de/2013/10/20/man-with-awesome-dance-moves-will-amaze-you/

This blogger talks about speakers who have visited her QGuild in Lincoln, Nebraska.  Interesting.

http://rebecka-rasmataz.blogspot.com/search/label/Quilts

 

A Holiday Portal - San Clemente - 12-17-13

Monday Browsing + Portals 12-16-13

How about using fabric instead of paper?   I’m trying to work out a method for fusing.

http://www.stampingwithbluemooncreations.com/my_weblog/iris-folding-instructions-and-video-tutorial.html

Separating eggs tutorial:  http://www.handimania.com/diy/egg-yolk-trick.html

Make a tiny bow:  http://www.handimania.com/diy/tiny-bow.html

Nature photographer:  http://www.tmurphywild.com/

Dad becomes an artist:  http://distractify.com/culture/coloring-in-kids-drawings/

Cat lovers:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/05/dogs-terrified-of-walking-past-cats_n_4276499.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

Women’s History:  http://www.makers.com/blog/day-womens-history?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D415880#/blog/day-womens-history/9

I am ashamed that I had not heard of some of these women.

Paper piecing from Germany:  http://www.lenzula.de/en/

Paper piecing expert  Debby Kratovil   http://www.quilterbydesign.com/lessons.html   

        or Google her name.

Scrap quilt ideas from Martingale Press. 

http://blog.shopmartingale.com/?utm_source=Stitch+This%21+blog&utm_campaign=25348a9f54-Daily+Email%2C+Quilting&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ab6bb44864-25348a9f54-296416441

Creation Station - Buellton, CA  09-03-08

Monday Browsing & Portals 12-09-13

A playlist of vintage fashion reels from the YouTube channel Vintage Fashions. Taken from the British Pathe.     https://www.youtube.com/playlist?annotation_id=annotation_274320&feature=iv&list=PLC916D4214A951AC9&src_vid=25xA3SNCb18

“Go Tell it at the Quilt Show” – Video interviews with quilters from the Alliance for the American Quilt.  “One quilt, one person, one camera, three minutes,  another story saved.”   If you hover your mouse indicator over the listing on the right you can see who the interviewee will be on that segment.  Hollis Chatelain does one about her “new technique” which is a variation of San Blas style reverse appliqué.   https://www.youtube.com/user/QuiltAlliance?feature=csp-in-feed

 Time for Xmas tamales:  http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/top-lists/best-places-to-buy-tamales-in-oc/

A special installment of “Hawaii 50” which includes info about the internment of Japanese American citizen in Hawaiian concentration camps.  http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=n9hdpzaab&v=001cQDW1aEI0uXpX1SCpXD5BlZaHtTL_Gj2dj1kFN8IlMS_ZktyUqNJeI2Zgvd8Sj6AayVBCqCEGeln0VXZN6lS95CAqC4muXxFWgzUs-kKN7byfyPEexhsF_eEoc6DF4DY1fA7S3X-2nF1U889_3BPTg%3D%3D

Workspaces of 40 famously creative people,  including Gerrie Congdon’s daughter Lisa. http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/40-inspiring-workspaces-of-the-famously-creative

 

Monday Browsing + Portals 12-02-13

Google Doodles are a little bit of fun among the detritus of the Internet.  I especially like this year’s Thanksgiving Doodle.   Use the “finder” to look for almost any topic or date:

http://www.google.com/doodles/finder

http://www.google.com/doodles/thanksgiving-2013

Ecologically correct?  Or just a gimmick?  http://new.poopoopaper.com/

And yet another source:  http://www.londolozi.com/cubsden/how-to-make-elephant-dung-paper/

The results of the Alzheimers Project sale at Houston – w/videos and pictures:

http://aaqiupdate.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/we-made-it-1-million-for-alzheimers-research/

 

Monday Browsing + Portals 11-11-13

Control +Shift +T  http://www.tested.com/tech/5732-the-best-keyboard-shortcuts-in-the-world-1/

The American quilt square trail movement and Donna Sue Groves:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1126694000/pieced-together-the-story-of-donna-sue-and-the-qui

An act of kindness:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/06/sleeping-stranger-subway-picture_n_4228826.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D402644

Quilting in Space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0c1CijmH7o    Fascinating!

National  Quilt Collection: http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/blog.php/blog_id/6054 (about 12min)

Here is a site shared by Terry Grant for reduce price on Liquid Thread®, but there are a lot of interesting items  - like bird cages, eggs, nests, birds of different materials,…..  and on and on.  Check it out, you might find something you can’t live without. 

http://www.save-on-crafts.com/liquidthread.html

Here are two of Terry’s great tutorials about her fusing method and her edge finishing method:

http://andsewitgoes.blogspot.com/2006/04/my-fusing-method.html

http://andsewitgoes.blogspot.com/2007/11/another-beetle-and-little-toot-toot.html

Luana Rubin of eQuilter has posted some interviews done in Houston on her video website:

http://www.equilter.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/videos.html

And here is Alex Anderson talking to Kaffe Fassett: http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/blog.php/blog_id/6070

Garage door - Placentia 2013

Exhibit opening reception +Portals 11-09-13

This evening was the reception for the "Recent Acquisitions From the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection " at Visions Art Museum in San Diego.  There were about 90 people attending, not bad for a holiday weekend!  It was a lovely group of people and they all seemed to enjoy the exhibit.  One of the VAM Board Members suggested that we do a popular vote, so all the guests are handed a little ballot and a golf pencil to vote for which quilt they like best.  Several ask me which is my favorite, but I tell them I don't have a favorite - how could I?   They are all my favorite or I wouldn't have added them to the Collection!  

I was so busy talking and answering questions and explaining techniques that I didn't take a single picture, or even think about where my camera might be - in my purse!  But after my meeting tomorrow I'll go back to the museum and if there aren't many people there I will take more pictures.  



Gate with bougainvillea at Spinnaker Bay  July 2010

Monday Browsing & Portal 11-04-13

Libby Lehman is still recovering from a massive stroke and it will be a long recovery.  In her honor Quilts, Inc. has gathered some of her quilts for a special exhibit at the Quilt Festival in   Houston.  I sent  “Silent Partners” from TCQC.  http://billarnold.zenfolio.com

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:  The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation. -Ezra Pound, poet (1885-1972)

Postal worker cares:  http://on.aol.com/video/new-hampshire-war-veteran--postal-worker-pays-for-care-package-to-afghanistan-517994380?hp=1&playlist=127164&icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D399485

Marraige rules in India http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/31/india-second-marriage-ad_n_4181192.html?1383239302&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D399561

A “Feel Good” site:  http://www.upworthy.com/

Faking beauty:  http://www.upworthy.com/see-why-we-have-an-absolutely-ridiculous-standard-of-beauty-in-just-37-seconds?c=fea

Fantastic birds of New Guinea     https://www.youtube.com/embed/REP4S0uqEOc

 

Monday Browsing - Portals 09-09-13

Fans of Kaffe Fassett  and Brandon Mably will enjoy this interview done by Luana Rubin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV5y0rvOKqg&rel=0

 Kaffe’s autobiography is colorful and full of interesting tales, but a bit on the pricey side.

Check out this Bio on his website: http://www.kaffefassett.com/Biography.html

An old guy takes a chair on a trip around the world:

http://designtaxi.com/news/360360/IKEA-s-Ad-Inspires-You-To-Start-Something-New/#.UiYG33rWaTI.facebook

The view of the USA by a student from India:

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-weirdest-things-about-america-2013-8

And then there is the growth of yarn bombing:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/19297128

The “fashions” of everyday people:

 http://on.aol.com/show/the-sartorialist-517912860?icid=acm50_thesartorialist

 

Artist’s  journals from those participating in the SAQA “Seasonal Palette” exhibit.  Fascinating.    http://www.saqa.com/about.php?ID=2494

 

Front gate in Long Beach, CA  07-03-10

Monday Browsing and Portal 08-26-13

Shopping in the future:  http://on.aol.com/show/hardwired-517741276/episode/517869645?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl30%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D356880

Facial recognition for dogs? http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/20/pip-uses-facial-recognition-to-reunite-lost-pets-with-their-owners/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl27%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D360977

Love from a baby sea lion:  http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLL-Sq-rCtXaqAsLkqEf6ag/videos

Quilt Canada  2013  http://www.flickr.com/photos/luanarubin/sets/72157633865983372/

Birmingham, UK QShow    http://www.flickr.com/photos/luanarubin/sets/72157635169672384/

Also videos at:  http://www.equilter.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/videos.html

“Kimono” challenge by FiberartNE, a group of fiber artists from New York and Connecticut:     http://janedavila.blogspot.com/2013/08/kimono-inspirations.html

http://www.artquiltgallerynyc.com/The_ArtQuilt_Gallery_NYC/Current_Show.html



 The Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel, located 60 miles West of Denver on I-70 is the highest vehicular tunnel in the world, located at an elevation of 11, 013 ft at the East Portal and 11,158 ft at the West Portal (shown).
 

Monday Browsing & Portal 08-19-13

 

Dinner at Eight quilt group exhibit at Quilt Festival – Long Beach:

http://secure.smilebox.com/ecom/openTheBox?sendevent=4d7a63314f4441354d54413d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link&partner=neverblue

Virginia Quilt Museum annual  auction: http://www.benefitbidding.com/auctions/listings/index.cfm?auction=101

Japanese ingenuity  - used plastics turned back into oil.  The sound is all in Japanese. Just read the subtitles and watch. What a great discovery! http://www.youtube.com/embed/qGGabrorRS8?rel=0

Portal - Corky's window on the world in Lake Havasu City, AZ. 2006

Monday Browsing 08-12-13

Great pictures of quilts in shows/festivals around the world.

I enjoy browsing in Luana Rubin’s photo albums http://www.flickr.com/photos/luanarubin/sets/

 

The Oceania section of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) has twenty-five members lined up ready to share a "behind the scenes" glimpse into how they create. Over six weeks you'll have the chance to visit each artist listed below and see the inspiration behind the piece they made and donated to the SAQA Benefit Auction 2013.   There are 32 quilts in the Oceania Collection, but some artists are not “hopping”.

http://saqa-oceania.blogspot.com/2013/07/oceania-collection-blog-hop.html

 

Pet Postcards for Houston Animal Shelter:    http://pokeysponderings.com/2013/06/28/quilters-its-time-to-get-busy-quilt-festivals-pet-postcard-project-is-back/ 

Participants make postcards related to animals and send them to Houston.  The postcards are sold at a booth at QFestival  and the funds raised help support the animal shelter.

 

Havel’s Scissors has a number of free tutorials and patterns.  Including some by Jamie Fingal of Southern California:  http://www.havelssewing.com/free-quilting-sewing-tips-from-havels-sewing.html

 

I read this when I was on the Ohio Road Trip and can’t keep it out of my mind.  What an amazing world we live in.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/22/3d-printer-implant-baby/2348091/

 

Portal - through a blue door.

Monday Browsing 07-29-13

Website with great pictures of embroidery/beading work done by a costume embellisher: http://www.michelecarragherembroidery.com/index.htm

An article about Quilt National in the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch.  Click on the picture to see a few more quilts: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2013/07/07/1-uncommon-threads.html   Mary Ann Tipple’s quilt “Easter Sunday” is part of the TCQC.

Bead artist extraordinaire:   http://www.galeriaalegria.com/

They just don’t make ‘em like they used to:  http://www.catersnews.com/viewstory.php?id=2232

Door quilt by Mary Leakey - San Juan Bautista, CA

 

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Monday Browsing 07-22-13

I have spent much more time online this past week so I have a long list of sites you might find of interest.  You may have noticed that I am combining Monday Browsing with the photos of portals I have taken over the years.  There is no connection between the two, I just pick a portal image at random. 

Take a tour of Spoonflower – courtesy of Etsy:

http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2013/spoonflower-tou/?ref=fp_blog_title

Oh, my goodness, this is amazing.  Of course, I couldn’t do this at 20, much less 75!

http://safeshare.tv/w/cdaBSBkGKr     There are two routines – bars and floor.

Awesome firefly (lightning bug) photos:  http://www.pawnation.com/2013/07/18/italian-photos-capture-the-dance-of-thousands-of-fireflies/#photo=11

And isn’t the revolving nature of the stars wonderful. 

Interesting exhibit with work combining fiber and metal.

http://www.waterstonegallery.com/index.php/exhibitions/392/2013-july-contrpunto/

 Pooping!  If you have never had a problem with this you could skip this one.  Serious, but also funny.   http://www.squattypotty.com/

If you have an interest in pricing quilts to sell, you might find these posts useful:

http://www.pixeladies.com/quilt-national-2013-analysis-of-prices/
http://www.pixeladies.com/quilt-national-2013-more-price-information/#comments

Facebook user?  Here are two things about it that you probably do not know.

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/two-tips-for-facebook-users/

The oldest family owned business in America – although it predates the founding of the USA:

http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2013/03/11/zildjian-cymbal-factory-craigie/

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mens-Underwear-Quilt-Throw-Outsider-Primitive-Art-Wall-Hanging-/171057665384?pt=Quilts&hash=item27d3d4d568      No comment on this one!


View from parking garage at Oceanside Civic Center - 2006

Monday Browsing 07-15-13

Not much browsing going on this past week, I've been busy with Surfside QGuild work.

http://www.heidihunter.blogspot.ca/2013/07/heather.html  Heather Lair was a prominent member of the Canadian quilting community, her death due to breast cancer was a shock. 

http://melinful.blogspot.com/2013/07/mary-ellen-hopkinsrip.html   Another loss in the quilting world, SCalifornia quilter Mary Ellen Hopkins has died.  She was so much a part of the Orange County Quilters Guild in the beginning – March 1981.



Cove Fort. Utah  06-02-12
 

Monday Browsing 07-08-13

Not a lot of time for browsing this week - busy with Surfside QGuild newsletter and directory.

http://www.google.com/doodles/first-day-of-winter-2013   Google knitting doodle

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=r13uYs7jglg     DIY Doctoring

http://quilltr.blogspot.com/   Blog about antique quilts  

 http://thequiltshopnavigator.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/libby-lehman-updates-from-caring-bridge/
Check on the condition of Libby Lehman who is hospitalized due to a serious stroke.

http://pinterest.com/margaretalmon/quilts-textiles-fiber-art/
Another Pinterest site with a vast range of selections including quilts.



National Bison Range, Montana  June 2012