Blog Index

  • TED: Laws of Simplicity

    While watching a series of TED talks, I happened on John Maeda’s talk, which led me to The Laws of Simplicity (LOS), which led me to Todoist, which led me to Jerry Seinfeld’s Productivity Secret.…

  • Catrina, Day of the Dead Quilt • 2008

    My apologies if this should arrive in your mailbox; I’m fixing up old posts and I never know what they are going to do! I was in a Black-and-White challenge for my guild back…

  • Cowboy Quilt

    Last Saturday I spent the day setting these blocks with sashing, putting borders on. The fabric has a cowboy print, so I call it the Cowboy Quilt (real original). Saturday night I spent the…

  • Road to California 2008

    I was bedazzled by the quilts, the shopping, and low on energy this year, so I apologize–I didn’t write down the makers of the quilts. None of these are mine, and some may be…

  • Data Broken Free from Organization

    Data Broken Free from Organization

    Organization or, rather, lack of it, is the key: David Weinberger insists that “we have to get rid of the idea that there’s a best way of organizing the world.” Building on his earlier…

  • Be Happy

    Be Happy

    Be Very HappyMontalcino, ItalyJune 2007 “The world is this way, we wish the world were that way, and our experience of the world—how we see it, remember it, and imagine it—is a mixture of…

  • Kaffe Fassett Quilt

    Kaffe Fassett Quilt

    Finished the first batch of English papers, so could get back to the Kaffe Fassett quilt I’d been working on. Today, I attached the inner pink border, then the wide grey-blue jungle print that…

  • Road to California, 2007

    Road to California, 2007

    Last week I attended Road to California, a quilting conference with exhibits, vendors and classes. I took a class from Gabrielle Swain, an applique-er who uses paint crayons, and watercolor pencils to shade and…