I popped into Bernina Connection today to buy some fusible and the ladies were all excited because the Winter 2011 issue of Stitch Magazine had arrived—and I have a project in it!!! I kinda can’t believe it. Little ol’ me. Seriously, dudes. I mean, I knew it was coming out, but still—here it is! They chose my little felt mouse puppets—Cheezy & Friends.
How transported are you by Shrinky Dinks? I know. Instant childhood. I love watching them shrink today just as much as I did when I was seven years old. The other day we were making Shrinky Dinks with our cousin and my son requested a Ninja. Ninjas are big around here these days.
My new friend, Chicken Julie, just sent me this picture of her freshly quilted Wonky Little House™ quilt! Hers is the very first I have seen (other than mine). And the story behind it is even better than the gorgeous quilt she created with my pattern.
Have you seen the new and inspiring online magazine, Generation Q? I met Jake Finch, one of the editors and founders, when I was at the Long Beach Festival. Jake is an ad hoc historian/archeologist of the very young modern quilting movement. She is a fountain of knowledge and has been participating for several decades as a sewist, writer and editor for several trade publications.
If there are six billion people on the planet and half are women, then it is safe to say that there are 1 billion women on this earth who are currently keeping house (or hut) with their mate (or sans a mate) and maybe raising children. Some of these women have jobs, some don’t. Some have plumbing, some don’t. Some go to grocery stores for food, some slaughter goats in the dirt yard. Some have thick, taupe wall-to-wall carpet, some have compacted mud floors. But all keep house. All sweep. All cook. Many tend to kids. Every day. I jokingly refer to this as the Housewife Olympics. And I not-so-jokingly say that I am not doing very well in the Housewife Olympics.
Finally. This blog has been (and still is) under construction so, please pardon our dust. But after many of you have been askin’, I just got around to activating the shop. (There really aren’t enough hours in the day!)
Just got back from the blogging convention in San Diego (that was the Lede). I experienced a lot and most, not all, of it was good (that was the Hook). But met lots of cool, smart, savvy women and there was loads of energy and buzz. My pretension meter did go off a few times, however. And I was aware that “savvy” sometimes goes hand in hand with “weary.” But there was so much to learn and many kind women to chat up. For example, I learned about the basic format of journalistic writing–Lede, Hook, Nut graph, Kicker (this is the Nut Graph). Here are some more things I gleaned:
San Diego here we come! Two days. Three thousand blogging women! Awesome. Read more about the event here.
What a lot of fun! We just returned from the Long Beach Quilt Festival.We met so many lovely people during the show and I want to say thank you to all of our new friends! To quote Fillmore in the Cars movie, “there’s a lot of love out there, man.” My mom wins the prize for Best Mom Ever for schlepping and promoting and climbing on chairs to hang stuff. We met so many cool, kind, and talented women including many from the LA Modern Quilt Guild.
