Some corners of my home in Woolwich. I've been painting walls, sewing curtains and pillows, rearranging, cleaning out closets and re-organizing STUFF. Still a ways to go. After being away from the house part-time for five years, there is alot to do to get it in order. I enjoy chaos as part of my creative process, but I do not enjoy living in chaos! I made it back into my studio earlier this week to start the organizing process there as well. When I get everything whipped into shape in the studio (and it will require a whipping!) I will get back to my art. I read this horoscope on-line last night, and it really fits for what my fall has been about! Here's what astrobarry had to say:
Pisces...I'd like you to starting looking ahead to 2010, when benevolent blessing-bestower Jupiter will spend a good chunk of the year in your sign, bringing you an expanded vision of what you as an individual are capable of. Jupiter in one's sign usually delivers a memorable year, so I'm already getting excited for you. In preparation for this, use Mars's new long-term residence in your 6th for an attack on whatever unfinished work you've left to gather dust for too long now—your disorganized papers, your mediocre day-to-day job performance, your out-of-shape body, your household projects or other nagging chores whispering for your attention. Clear the decks during this tail end of '09. (my emphasis!) Make way for a bigger you.
(Suhweeet!)
Have a great weekend everyone!
Charlotte and Maggie with their finished Story Quilts.
Getting ready to sew the top to the back of Charlotte's quilt (laid out in the hallway outside of my studio yesterday...)
Maggie tying her quilt. This makes it a comforter, technically, I think...
Charlotte sewing together the opening on her quilt with a blind stitch.
Ta da! The front...
...and the back of Maggie's finished quilt.
Ta da! The front...
...and the back of Charlotte's finished quilt.
The girls used all recycled fabric for the quilt tops, and we made a trip to the fabric store where they each picked out a fabric for the back of their quilt. They used acrylic paints and sharpies to do the central panel.
A test run.
Two of my young art students, with the story quilts that they each created, inspired by the work of Faith Ringgold. We finished this project at my apartment this afternoon, and the girls took their quilts home, with big plans to use them all summer - to sit on to watch the fireworks on the 4th, to take to the beach and to camp, and to sleep with starting tonight! Aren't they bold, bright and beautiful? (The quilts and the girls!)
