Creativity and more
Good Morning, Quilters Doodlers! Welcome back to Doodle Lessons! JUST MINUTES A DAY Whether your goal is to be a better quilter or more skilled at drawing…You’ve come to the right place! By practicing every day (at least 15 minutes) YOU will get better! AND you don’t have to go to bed 15 minutes later…
Art and more
After reading, “Franz Kafka was a Great Procrastinator” by Mason Currey– a discussion of creative rituals, I started thinking about my own work process… In the article, Mr. Currey asserts that creatives procrastinate on their projects in order to “ratchet up the pressure, which is bad for the nerves, but good for the work.” When it…
Photography and more
I found this appliqué square while gathering my UFOs last month. I’m not sure when I’ll get back to stitching it but in the meantime I had a little fun with a free iPhone app called BlockCam. Once I started playing with BlockCam, I couldn’t stop! I wonder how we could use this app to…
Creativity
CREATIVE CROSS-TRAINING In the world of athletics, the benefits of cross training are well-known. Cross training emphasizes different motor skills, increases motivation and allows rejuvenation or “active rest” for muscle groups. Is there such a thing as “Creative Cross Training?” Does cross training improve our creative skills? EARLY NEEDLEWORK I began sewing and needle…
Creativity and more
IS QUILTING AN ADDICTION? Have you ever considered WHY you quilt? The first response that comes to my head is “Because I can’t stop”. So is it some kind of addiction? If you Google “quilts” and “addiction” pages and pages of information can be found-most are fabric stores, blogs, etc, but the notion of quilting…
About and more
A few weeks ago, I had the distinct privilege to demonstrate free motion quilting to Mrs. Schellinger’s Creative Quilting Class at Forest Lake (MN) High School. The class of twenty girls have been working on quilts all semester and Mrs. Schellinger invited me to give a quick tutorial on quilting options. While the girls politely…
Photography
Art and more
“The artist is a collector, not a hoarder, mind you, there’s a difference. Hoarders collect indiscriminately. Artists collect selectively. They only collect things that they love.” “Your job is to collect good ideas. The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.” –Austin Kleon
Creativity
If you have three minutes to spare today, I think you will enjoy this very short video about a Dutch artist named Theo Jansen. Amazing! (Bonus: the setting is a sunny, quiet beach.) Theo Jansen: Kinetic Sculpture You might also like: Franconcia Sculpture Park The Witch of Fox Point I The Witch of Fox…
