Frosty January
Wow! I am completely blown away that we are already halfway through January and this is my first post of the year. Wait a moment while I hang my head in shame…
I actually do feel quite terrible about not keeping up with the promise I made to myself to post on the blog at least once a week, but somehow life just got in the way and December proved to be very challenging. Without getting into any gruesome details, I’m just going to forge ahead on a fresh slate, gladly wave goodbye to 2016, and go on record as saying “Welcome, 2017, it’s sure good to see ya”.
Crystallized Clothesline
January is off to a fantastic start, with the Saskatoon Quilters Guild inviting me to be the opening speaker in the lineup of presentations at their Personal Development Day on January 28th. My presentation is entitled ‘Metamorphosis: Cocooning’ and will discuss the topic of finding inspiration within, making more room in your life for creativity, and developing the self discipline and motivation to maintain a daily art practice. This will also be an opportunity for guild members to get a sneak peek at my teaching style, as I’m booked to do the guild’s annual fall workshop session in 2018, featuring a variety of classes I’ll be teaching over a five day period. And to think that all this resulted from a trunk show lecture that I presented at the monthly guild meeting last April – wow!
Winter Windmill
Although this post hasn’t featured any quilt photos, rest assured I have indeed been ‘making’ like crazy. I have all three mini quilt tops done in the Bubby Winter Quilt Along, with the secret sister one all quilted up, bound, and labelled, ready to give to my Bubby in March when I see her at the Central Alberta Quilt Show. I also finished quilting my Humble Quilts madder quilt-along, I’m still keeping up with the Canadian Women project, and I’ve begun a new art quilt series that I can’t wait to share with you. I’ve also made my list of 17 in 2017 in order to complete some of those ufo’s still lingering in bins and baskets, waiting to become quilts. So keep watching for more posts this month, with far more quilts and art photos, and hopefully much more inspiring articles than this one. Thanks for bearing with me – it’s good to be back. As always, carol
Glad you’re back !
Thanks, Janine! It’s great to be back. I’ll be doing another post later this week and it will definitely be more quilty this time around. I’ve got so many things that are progressing along nicely but now I need to stop and take some photos :o) Hope you’re getting some stitching done. Hugs from carol
Sounds good, Carol. The comment I was going to leave was slightly less “nice”, so I decided I had better not post it on your website for the world to see! I wish I could be in Saskatoon with you. I can hardly wait to see you. Hope everything goes great for you with your presentation. I have no doubt that it will be wonderful!
Hey, Bubby, wishing you could be in ‘toontown too. That would be so cool but I think I’d be even more nervous than usual. I don’t normally have any close friends or family in attendance. Keep in mind that this is another Saskatoon Quilt Show year – this October. p.s. thanks for keeping your comments ‘nice’ because I know you were probably shocked to read that I’ve finished all three tops. I keep forgetting that someone, somewhere out there in cyberspace might actually be reading my blog :o) including you!