"Creative people are curious, flexible, persistent, and independent; with a tremendous spirit of adventure and a love of play."~~Henri Matisse
Here are photos of my booth in Bloomington, IN along with my friend Cynthia who was my helper for 2 days. I think she enjoyed getting out with people for awhile.
We demo-ed painting with Tsukineko inks in the bottle. They are wonderful to paint with! They don’t change the hand of the fabric like acrylic fabric paints do. If you mix them with aloe vera gel to paint with like we do, you have the ability to spread them and blend them.
Here’s my booth from the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show in Bloomington, IN. I was in the annex and in the bar to boot! Course, they didn’t serve drinks to us.
A whole 4 people could get in here at one time to shop!
It is the last day of 2008. My blog is set on some weird time zone, but I think it will show that I am still writing this in 2008.
(Note: Whoops, guess not…after I published it I see it shows Jan. 1. 2009. Oh, well.)
It is hard to be pensive and thoughtful about the past year as I am cleaning and fixing food, in preparation for a few guests tonight. Perhaps I will be able to tomorrow. Of course, my husband will also be home with me, so, maybe not. I am making that yummy potato soup recipe with homemade croutons that I have talked about before and the shrimp cocktail is on ice.
A lot of people on the quiltart list are already talking about goals for 2009. Hmmm…all I know is that my first three months of the year are likely to be quite busy and I am gearing up mentally. I will be attending two quilt retreats (count ’em…two!) in January. My husband purchased one of them as a Christmas gift to me. What a sweetie. I have a project class scheduled to teach at the quilt shop in Evansville. In February I have a machine quilting class scheduled and the rest of the month will be spent preparing to vend at the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show in Bloomington, IN. I received notification that they had a space available. Since I have wanted to vend there for a few years, I jumped at the chance. So I will be dyeing fabric as well as making decisions about my inventory of other artsy things to take. The Indiana Heritage show is a fairly large show lasting 3 days. I may also have the opportunity to teach a workshop for a Greenwood quilt guild while I am up there. Currently I am still slugging around trying to complete the commission proposal. It is not finished yet. I am making small advances.
New piece I’ve been working on for a “go green” exhibit…I’m sure it’s now done..except for finishing the edges…made from a section of an old quilt…
