Sunday, February 13, 2011

alfie says...

i see you.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

warmer days

today is kind of nice. mid 40's. of course, i am realistic. it is february, in philadelphia. i know it's not over. still... i can dream of sunshine and shorts, right? to curb my unhappiness with the valentine quilt, i have gone gardening...


with scraps of left over flowers i have replanted and started something new! yeah color! it's funny how much my emotions come into play when working on a new piece. i sat and stared at the valentine, thinking, why does this not come together? i love these colors, this design, what is wrong? slight perturbedness, i know. to ameliorate some of that bad thought i decided to just have a go at something else.


i am still on a serious log cabin fix. something about their clean lines and the way that each fabric pattern gets to envelope the whole piece, i just dig it. so now i am making a log cabin quilt, with 15 inch squares, but that is about as far as i can say. it sounds kind of pretentious/artsy, but i guess sometimes you just have to let the colors take you where they want to go. (wow, again with the hippie junk...)

Saturday, February 5, 2011

love the light

so i was working yesterday, later in the day, that time of day when the sun is sadly about to go, but there is still a flicker left in the sky. i happened to turn and look into the bedroom...


and this tiny stream was shooting through in the corner of my new curtains, lighting them up. so cool. that's all. tah!

Thursday, February 3, 2011

feeling the love...

valentine's day is coming, and i am trying to feel the love. really, i am. what i am not feeling is this project...


but i guess that's what you get when you spend a couple of days watching and reading martha with all her cute valentine crafts. you think, yeah, i'll do that too! pattern? who needs a pattern, let's wing this puppy! it all started with a disappearing 9 patch and some applique hearts, and it has become a mess. i have not yet given up, but it does kind of have a deadline, doesn't it? i mean, red and pink hearts? kinda screams valentine's day, presidents' day? not so much...

of course, valentine's is really a kids kinda holiday. not that there's anything wrong with that, but i don't have any kids, sooooo.... not much of a market for making valentine cards and such. maybe some cookies? we'll see. better get back to work...