Last night one of the classic movie channels had giant insect night. They played several atomic age sci fi movies featuring huge bugs puzzling scientists and terrorizing innocent victims. These black and white films now look quaint and sometimes downright funny to out 21st century eyes. But they were created out of an age full of curiosity about and the scientific exploration of atomic power. Scientific curiosity led the way for all sorts of unusual experiments in reality, and lots of crazy ones leading to giant insects in Hollywood's version of reality. Our world really is richer for it.
Curiosity and the very open ended question , What if....? can lead you to lots of interesting quilt discoveries too - no matter whether you prefer the way out version or the more conservative one. Out a a thread color, what if I use this other one with more contrast? what if I use a bit of this bright green? what is I take this print I love and dip it in paint or dye or even tea to coordinate better with my current project? As adults, we sometimes need to be reminded to ask the What if question. Most young kids do it all on their own, which is why we will have so much fun with the kids workshops over the summer. I will tell you more about that when it is all finalized, but I want to encourage you to join us for the Quilt Journal Altered Book that will begin on July 13. This liberating project is designed to hold your answers to some of these what if questions, and keep organized the things you want to play with in the future. A quilt journal can be kept as a record of what you have done, a place to keep all those ideas in order, and being a work of art in itself, you are much more likely to keep it in plain sight so you don't lose the pages you pulled out of that magazine. This is your chance to make the perfect quilting book for you, because you have chosen each thing in it to support your personal set of quilt ideals.
This Monday begins the knitted purse workshop. There will be numbers, yardages, width of strips to cut, size of knitting needles, number of stitches to cast on - you get the idea. Your Altered Quilt Journal is the perfect place to record all of them so you can go back to it easily when it is time to make holiday gifts. There is still room in both the knitting workshop and the altered book, so please call to reserve your spot. Supply lists are on the workshops tab of this blog. Stay curious!!
Curiosity and the very open ended question , What if....? can lead you to lots of interesting quilt discoveries too - no matter whether you prefer the way out version or the more conservative one. Out a a thread color, what if I use this other one with more contrast? what if I use a bit of this bright green? what is I take this print I love and dip it in paint or dye or even tea to coordinate better with my current project? As adults, we sometimes need to be reminded to ask the What if question. Most young kids do it all on their own, which is why we will have so much fun with the kids workshops over the summer. I will tell you more about that when it is all finalized, but I want to encourage you to join us for the Quilt Journal Altered Book that will begin on July 13. This liberating project is designed to hold your answers to some of these what if questions, and keep organized the things you want to play with in the future. A quilt journal can be kept as a record of what you have done, a place to keep all those ideas in order, and being a work of art in itself, you are much more likely to keep it in plain sight so you don't lose the pages you pulled out of that magazine. This is your chance to make the perfect quilting book for you, because you have chosen each thing in it to support your personal set of quilt ideals.
This Monday begins the knitted purse workshop. There will be numbers, yardages, width of strips to cut, size of knitting needles, number of stitches to cast on - you get the idea. Your Altered Quilt Journal is the perfect place to record all of them so you can go back to it easily when it is time to make holiday gifts. There is still room in both the knitting workshop and the altered book, so please call to reserve your spot. Supply lists are on the workshops tab of this blog. Stay curious!!
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