CALM

"All true artists, whether they know it or not,

create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness."

Eckhart Tolle

A facebook pal posted this the other day... and I thought,
Hmmm, yeah, I get that,
(all though I would change, ARTISTS to just PEOPLE)
(everyone creates... weather it be labeled art or not)

it's called the "ZONE"

I've been juggling so many projects lately, I lost the zone...
I needed to slow down, step back
and look to see where I've been and where
I'm going...

It's so easy to get caught up in life, that we forget that
QUIET and STILLNESS are achievable if we are open to it.

I think that is why I like to quilt the way I do.

I've had many conversations with many different people about quilting.

Some say, TRADITIONAL is the only way to go, or it's not a quilt.
Some say, free piecing is sloppy,

Sloppy?

I say, what ever you stitch together, and it stays together, is both

A quilt, and Art.

Sewing mindless, in the CALM, and stillness,
brings me complete joy.
I use what I have, I appreciate the utilitarian use of a quilt,
I appreciate that there is MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT.
pardon the expression.

I try to focus on what brings me to that place of stillness,
usually...not thinking so hard.

think of it this way.
....


A child can draw and draw and draw.
Nothing is flawless, nothing is scrutinized, it flows and it happens, uncluttered.
(an it's prefect in it's "unperfectness")

We lose this quality with the more info we pour into a brains.

Focus on that childs mind. finding that place... We get calm.

We can all use calm right?
We can all use joy?

Find a way that let's you hold onto the calm.
3 minutes, 15 minutes, at least, a day.

it's not to much to ask for.

Do you work best from the motion or the calm in your life?

Does this become a part of why you create?
Does it relate to your creative expression?
or do you just create because, "well, what else do I have to do?"


I'm off to take my 15 minutes...
and to find That ZONE.

happy sewing.

Rotate!

Rotate!
Backing up a bit....
I finally finished these little Paula Prass snowballs Shelly and I have been working on...
I just love all the different colors in here... I need to get the borders figured out today, get it together, Then I will send it back to Shelly and she will quilt it... She's been great about getting her blocks done! I've been jumping all over the place...

I'm trying to get some more of these nearly finished quilt tops done... I did get the borders on the On POINT quilt. I thought at first i wanted something fancier for borders... I do love big simple borders... But after I found the perfect fabric, I thought it did plenty for it... So, it is what it is... Backing is cut, so, that's one more off my list...


I can now add it to the 13 others I have sitting here ready to be quilted...
sigh... I can't keep up on the quilting... I am still plugging along on the Tile quilt... all that micro stippling gives you a stiff neck! I hope to have the quilt finished this week...

But then again, I've started another project... This one for Tonya's Liberated Amish quilt challenge...

And this quilt is overlapping my grandmother's house quilt.... time to get them off the wall!

I am dwiddling down that stack of UFO's! yippeee!



String runner complete!


Oh!
And a pinch and a punch for the First of the month and no returns!

Happy sewing!

Sat. stuff

Memories: Sold

My two little quilts are up for sale on the AAQI page.
It your interested, go take a peak.

#4777 Memories & 4778 PAST PRESENT & FUTURE


Tonya has a class up to do some wonky Amish stuff!
Go check it out here if you want to play along...
I started straight in last night... Couldn't help myself!



This piece is coming right along. I know exactly what I want from it...
A mixture of memories from my grandmothers house, the quilts she made and all that fabulous 40's wallpaper that covered her walls... Funny that this started from thinking about a cheese and crackers quilt! Funny how the mind wanders!
Grandma's house... that's a good name for this one...