August 15, 2008
Last week, there was a surge of finishing projects (and mostly wearables) and the makers came to visit us at The Quilter’s Alley. The store is in the background in a lot of the shots.
Audrey
A Birthday Skirt
Barcelona Skirt
Lounge Pants
New Kaffe Fassett
I made this one. Sew easy!!!
And then the quilters…
Cheer Leader Extraordinaire!
Runner Extraordinaire!
August 12, 2008
That’s Christian Lane Quilters Berlin, CT and The Quilter’s Alley Ridgefield, CT
Would you believe that no one had a camera, but we still had a great time catching up over omelets. We met at a show in New Milford, CT over a year ago (feels like we know them forever. Actually they visited our very new shop three years ago for a minute.) and chose the town again for our second reunion. It is charming on a gorgeous summer morning and after we finished eating, we walked and talked and joked (a lot- thanks, Jim. Stu may have met his match.)
There are a few things, like meeting great people with similar interests, that really stand out about among the hard work of owning a business and doing shows. When all the goods are finally lugged in, and you can sit for a minute, you may end up finding your new best friends behind the quilt in the booth next door.
Wilma is an award-winning long arm quilter, and well known in these parts and elsewhere. I’m a humble shop owner who loves art and fabric. Jim and Stu have found their niches as comic relief. (Jim is an amazing long-arm quilter as well and Stu brings Viking Sewing Machines to their full potential.)
I am most excited to have left my 1930’s quilt top with her for quilting. I can close my eyes and imaging how beautiful it will be with Wilma’s lines of thread. What a great collaboration!
July 21, 2008
Behind the scenes, I’m almost obsessively working on completing the illustrations for Molly’s book. This project is more than a year old, and it will be good to finish. I had no idea that projects like this took so long, or were so much work for that matter. But I guess anything worthwhile takes time. So I have spent more time in my tiny craft closet with my old watercolors and the drawings than I have doing anything else lately. Two more paintings are left to do and then I can continue on my lollypop trees among other pressing ideas.
April 22, 2008
We visited NYC this afternoon for errands and fun. One stop: The Museum of Modern Art. I almost cried in the presence of Rauchenberg’s fabrics, Derain’s color and Matisse’s composition. The museum itself is the subject of many photographs. The Color exhibit was my goal, but we stayed to walk the other galleries and observe the crowds. What a great day, and no traffic on the way home. Oh, how I love the city!
April 5, 2008
Because there is something mentioned in the 30 Day Macro Challenge about possibly learning a bit more about my camera, I started to play with the buttons. I even took out the book and played some more with the buttons. I am on some still recording feature and I am surprised but pleased with the results.
I love the grid. I have been loving it for so long, even before it took me to the quilt. Long story, but… I can’t seem to get away from it and when I see it, I love it more. So mistake or not, I am happy with this accident. Thanks to the Orange Flower for the inspiration.
February 23, 2008
I’ve been working on the illustrations for a book called “My Friend Molly Goes to Preschool.” This may not be the final title, but neither are the illustrations at this point. I thought I should document the unpainted version of some of them as this process evolves.
