Word of the Day: Renewal

“…just find a little quiet time each day to withdraw into yourself…none of us can maintain the fertility of our beings without renewal.”

I recently started a course of career counseling, not so much to find a career, but to find my place within my skills and career. One discussion we had was about how I get energy. I think this is about renewal. How do you renew yourself in order to infuse energy into your quiltmaking. I think that this is an important question and is what helps us move on or ahead in our quiltmaking.

Birthday Activities

Every year, I try to figure out a fun and/or creative endeavor to arrange for my birthday. As I am trying to buy in my neighborhood, I decided that Color Me Mine, a pottery painting place was the way to go. I have been walking by it a lot and had been wanting to go in and do some painting. This was the perfect opportunity.

I sent invites to some of my girlfirends and a number of them were able to come along.

I painted this little bowl to match another bowl and a spoonrest I made a number of years ago when these types of stores first came on the scene. All of them also match my kitchen. In the pic above, the bowl is upside down waiting to be fired.

The funnest part for me was to see everyone painting and being creative even if being creative wasn’t their habit. I also really enjoyed seeing all of my friends, long and new, get along with each other.

2009 FOTY Possibility?

Jen posted this picture of a quilt she is working on to her blog, The Quilted Jewel (http://aquiltingjewel.blogspot.com/).I have been mulling over the 2009 FOTY block, and talking with TFQ about it. I still have not come to a decision. The block in this picture may be what the doctor ordered.

I like the movement and the 4patch, which is a block I was thinking of working with. I also like the way it fits together and is a real block not just pieces like FOTY 2008. I am not sure what is going on with the sashing and will have to have a closer look at it. I think I would have to have a background fabric if I decided to do this design.

TFQ and I are thinking about doing the same block to see what we come up with, which is still in process. I am excited about that possibility as well as I have been feeling like I need to work with someone on something. I don’t feel bad about collecting ideas regardless of what we decide to do.

A Quilting Jewel
A Quilting Jewel

Clipped from aquiltingjewel.blogspot.com