Back With The BH Gals!

Yeah, I'm back with the BH (Bonnie Hunter) Gals Gathering!  and it feels so good!  The group meets every two weeks at Wooden Spools, Denver, CO.  In the area, check out this unique shop--they buy your quality quilting fabric, thread, etc and resale it.  I find many bargains there.  They also have a complete selection of knitting and crocheting supplies, yarn and wonderful books.

The classroom is brightly lit and always, always a haven of eye candy--quilts that are featured in their workshops.  I really liked this one.

And another class upcoming on their schedule

The gals usually work on the same quilt pattern from Bonnie's books.  This time around they are working on Easy Sunday.

This is Judy's stash being worked up

one finished block--100 more to go!

Marsha is working with bright fabrics

Our fearless leader, Jessica, has some show and tell.

This would be a great baby quilt--hard to tell--but, the border fabric is

yellow tulips!

Here is another one of her creations--a gift for family

I'm working away on my quilt pieces--I chose to do Emery's Stars--a free BH pattern on her website.

I like doing my 1/2 square triangles with paper

I find the print outs at Quilting and Whatnot 

lots of cutting and then tearing of paper--which I do while I'm watching a movie or TV program

Stay tuned for the block placement

Being Creative

How are you creative?  When do you become creative?  Is there a space where you are creative?  A time?  A thought process that allows you to become creative?

Recently, I heard a musician say, "I'm most creative when I'm in the studio"--does that mean his 'Muse' only hits him when he is in the studio?  doesn't he have any other times to channel his 'muse'?  Then he said, "we were walking and discussing a topic and it hit me--let's go back to the studio and make music!"  So, his 'Muse' struck him outside the studio!  But, he was most creative when he returned to the studio.....................................I find this very interesting.

Then, the other day, I was visiting with a long arm quilter--she does free lance quilting--no pano for her!  She said, "some days I put on a quilt and I know immediately what design I should do" but "other days, I sit and sit--wondering what I should do"--Her "Muse" comes and goes. 

We had a lovely lady in our spinning group--sadly to say, she has gone to spinners heaven.  Her "Muse" hit her at the most important times--When we needed a skit for our conference!  We could always count on her "Muse" to appear and we would have the most brilliant skit--song, dance, actions, etc.  Her "Muse" was the greatest!   She would always say, "Let me bring in my "Muse" and there it was!

How creative can you be?  Do you have a "Muse" that suddenly appears and offers up the finest of thoughts?  Or maybe, not so fine but some that can be fine tuned to be worthwhile.

Let's open ourselves up to Our "Muse"......................................................When is your "Muse" time?

Patriot Sewing

I guess we should be thinking about sewing Patriot all year long--shouldn't we?  But, somehow, it only comes to my mind when we are close to a Patriotic celebration.  These two quilts popped up on my radar this week.   Both are free projects through Windham Fabrics.

 

 

 

Debby Kratovil is the designer behind many excellent patterns. 

I Found Lost Books!

Recently, we decided to clear out our bookshelves--taking time to go through all the ones we had

took hours--did we read this one?  or that one?

Okay, we put those we think we have read in one pile, another pile for me, a stack for hubby, pile for brown headed daughter,

a box to donate to the library and books that can be posted on Paperback Swap

Amongst all those books, buried in the lowest shelf, this was found!

The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore has no date on the inside cover--

I remember reading all these books when I was 12--oh so many years ago!

what fond memories this book brings back to life!

There was also this book way in the back of the bookshelf--

you can't imagine how many books we have

I love books about fiber related stories

and this is a good story

Oh, another one to re-read again for the enjoyment!

And this one--so beautiful illustrated with spinning, dyeing, weaving--

can't get any better!

We donated 100 books to the library; posted many on PBS, saved just as many as we

donated and posted, but these four books will remain on MY shelf in plain sight!

There's An App For That!

I'm playing!  Oh my how much fun this is!

I found an app (isn't there an app for anything and everything!!)

that layers photos over each other

so,

needless to say I've been having fun with my photos.

 

 

Take this photo

I layer this one

over this one

 

And this one--I layer

this one over

this one

as you can see I'm having so much fun using my photos with this app

I don't know how I'll use this in the future, but there is always a means to my madness!

The app is Diana on I-phone & I-pad

I'm sure there must be a similar one on android systems.

Take a minute or in my case, an hour or two, and explore

your phone and the apps out there.

Brain, please engage!

I'm knitting away on That Bald Guy Knits Mally sock pattern.  You can find it on Ravelry.

I have the pattern on my I Pad app Goodreader.  There the pattern is in text and charts. 

there are the symbols and meanings all written out plain and simple

I'm using four #1 bamboo needles

 

I'm knitting along and knitting along

Wait, where are you going?  Hey brain come back here!

why do you wander when you are in the middle of knitting

this pattern--just look what you did! 

there's a mistake--way back several rows!

come on Brain, settle in--why wander and think about something else

this is a straight forward pattern--see the charts--

get yourself back on track and quit thinking about something else..........

 

DAM--That's Denver Art Museum

Am I excited?  You bet your bottom dollar!

There is an exciting Tapestry exhibit at the

Denver Art Museum

 

more than 20 tapestry-woven wall hangings, rugs, furniture covers, garments, and sculptural forms

are on display! 

Whoop! Whoop!

 

Creative Crossroads: The Art of Tapestry

May 31, 2015 – March 6, 2016

North Building - Level 6 —

 

Mark Adams (American, 1925-2006), Flight of Angels, woven by M. and Mme. Paul Avignon, 1962, wool and cotton tapestry; Neusteter Textile Collection: Gift of The E. Mark Adams and Beth Van Hoesen Adams Trust. Copyright of The E. Mark Adams and Beth Van Hoesen Adams Trust

Irvin Trujillo (American, b. 1954), Saltillo Shroud (detail), 2014, wool tapestry. Neusteter Textile Collection