The deadline for Art Procurement has been extended until January 22. Further details on the Provincial Art Procurement Program (2006) are available on The Rooms website. http://www.therooms.ca/artgallery/appnl_2006.asp Please note that for artwork to be considered, artists are required to submit images of the work in either 35 mm slide format, photographs or digital files on…
Category: work
Thus endeth a roller coaster ride
I thought I might take a pass on the “oh, what a year this has been” post, but I can’t seem to leave it alone. Part of me looks back on 2006 with rather negative feelings, but closer inspection reminds me that we pretty near broke even, although it didn’t much feel like it at…
Why stop now? More holiday craziness….
Yes sir! When you already have more projects than can reasonably be accomplished before the 25th, add one more! These mug holders are taken from D’Arcy-Jean Milne’s article in the most recent edition of Quilting Arts (Winter 2006, Issue 24, pages 68-70) and are a rather fun way to use up some scraps. I’m also…
"It's like some kind of torture,"
“We’ll have to start to sew.” (with sincerest apologies to fans of The Muppet Show) This project was started with the best of intentions a little over five years ago. It’s a wedding quilt for my sister and her husband who are (fortuitously) still happily married. I worked frantically at it for some time and…
Christmas break
I’m more or less signing off on work and work-related blogging for the next two weeks. I have a few Christmas gifts to finish up by Sunday night, one of the most elaborate of which is the quilt below. Katherine asked for a new quilt for her bed made with my own dyed fabrics and…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 