I promised in my podcast I would post an early sketch I did before I was keeping any kind of a journal. I did this sketch over nine years ago, and it’s imperfect, but I love it. It’s from a childhood photo of me wearing my dad’s sport coat and hat (when men [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2008’
My Journals’ Humble Beginnings
Keeping a journal has transformed my art. It’s hard to believe initially I resisted keeping a journal of any kind, as writing is my profession and I didn’t want to do more of it at home. Surely I keep visual journals and sketchbooks as well, but I started by keeping a simple journal [...]
Keeping a Journal Podcast
It’s here! My podcast is here! I’m excited to share with you the first Quilts and Creativity Podcast: Episode 1: Keeping a Journal. I’m new to podcasting, so it’s just me, no background music or other fancy additions. Just great content. The Keeping a Journal podcast talks about [...]
My Sketchbooks Capture a Moment
We’ve returned from a week-long vacation in Jekyll Island, GA – a sleepy, pristine barrier island that hasn’t been overdeveloped – yet. I took a lot of photos and tried to sketch everyday in my journal. Not necessarily to document every phase of the trip, as a source for my art, or any [...]
Thread Catcher Tutorial « mellebugandme
Whipup has a link to a great tutorial for anyone who does a lot of sewing – quilter or not. Here’s the link:
Thread Catcher Tutorial « mellebugandme
I intend to try this out whenever I’m in a quilting/binding frenzy. I went to the chiropractor yesterday about the soreness in my hands. He did [...]
Art a Key to Happy Life for the Aging
Thanks to Alyson over at ArtBizBlog for the heads up on this great NPR story on Aging Artists. I was intrigued enough to read the more detailed summary of the study, and was delighted at the attitude of these artists, who struggled financially but were elated with life and their art.
“Art is what makes [...]
