It’s essential to sanity. Having beauty around you each day. At Seldom Seen Quilting Studio, this need is met in so many ways! Beautiful fabrics, beautiful projects that people are working on, beautiful designs, and an enchanting mezzanine location. Come by and see…
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Head, body, feet…
It’s a game we play in my family — learned it from our dear Grama Scruggs. As you can see, the object of the game is to draw a wild creature. This is about my third attempt to translate one … Continue reading
A new outlook…
It struck me as I drove to the studio this morning, planning out my day, what a vastly different process that is than it has been for the last more-years-than-I-would-ever-admit. Instead of thinking through the difficult conversations I would have, the boring meetings on the schedule, the looming deadlines… I was planning which colors of embroidery thread to use on a block for a wedding quilt!
Vintage Cowboy…
On the left (barely visible) my first attempt at translating this vintage-coloring-book-cowboy into embroidery via the 5D embroidery software. On the right, my second attempt! Still have some work to do, but I think I’ve taken the next big leap … Continue reading
Shining eyes…
Today, a small boy with shining eyes and a winning smile bounced into the studio and announced, “It’s awesome up here!” with a voice as loud as all adventure! We pulled a chair up to the railing to allow him the full effect of our mezzanine view, and then I just soaked up his wonder. It fueled my creativity for the rest of the afternoon!
Christmas is coming…
I’ve been working on this Christmas quilt for several weeks, and plan to enter it into the quilt show in Midlothian in July. But today, when I put it on the frame, it was a very strong, special reminder of … Continue reading
Life is not my own…
i am not a maker of promises
i am not a spinner of fine threads of dreams
i cannot weave happiness into tomorrow
though I try
life is not my own.
i follow on
i am a follower
i live by listening
and trust to grow
and grow by trusting more
still more
come along
i follow on.
my footsteps climb a path
i cannot see
i do not need to see
the Light is strong
the darkness gone
and Love blows like the wind
the breath of Life
still given not my own.
where are the promises
i have them here
where are the answers
there is but One
i follow on
the path grows hard
the stones are sharp
i follow still
beyond me and above
lies a pasture green and rich
and happiness
still given not my own
it is not mine to give.
What to do…
I’m at that point in several of my quilting and embroidery projects — the point where the project doesn’t know where it wants to go or what it wants to be, exactly. Sometimes, I like this part, but sometimes it frustrates me. This time, I’m on the fence about it.
Finding solace…
I find solace in simple, repetitive actions; in the feel of fabrics; in beauty; in completing a task; in working with my hands. In other words, I find solace in quilting.
How many ideas…
Imagine how many creative ideas will be completed using these rolls and rolls and rolls of quilt batting! What an awesome sight this was, at Hobbs Bonded Fibers in Waco, Texas. Inspiring!
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