Sorry about not posting yesterday but the schools were closed for a holiday and I seem to forget to post on those days...I get to sleep in!
I had a lot of guild work to do this past few days. Updating the website from the last guild meeting which meant lots of picture editing. Along with that is getting ready for the online quilt show. In order to do that, we are having all the quilts hung at the next guild meeting, I will be taking lots of pictures of each of the 43 quilts at that meeting.
However, due to available options to hang quilts, I had to make a detailed plan of where each quilt was to be hung, make the signs for each quilt and finally type up, print and assemble a catalog of the quilts. There is a substantial money prize for member's favorite quilt so that also means developing a way for members to vote!
Once that is all done, then I need to edit the pictures and put them in a video with music background. At least I will have until January to finish up that part of the show!
So I have been looking at ways to 'gather in' this fall. Gathering in the vegetable harvest was always a great fall activity but not so much any more. I'm wondering, though, if we may need to go back to something like the 'Victory Gardens' long past. I know that next summer I will be taking far more care of our garden.
However, what I am talking about is a way to gather in ourselves in anticipation for winter and more activities at home. Kind of like the Norman Rockwell type of picture cosying up with a quilt, a book to read and a cup of tea in front of a fire.
I came up with a lot of ideas which I will talk about throughout the next months but the first is a journal. Not necessarily one that you write in but you can. It's more a place for quotes, concepts, single words, pictures cut out or drawn, articles cut out, recipes, craft how to's, etc.
I remember that the next door neighbor to my grandma in the little town of Ogilvie, Minnesota kept a simple composition book (Yes, they have been around a long, long time!) full of those things listed. I wished I could have looked through her book because I think I would have gotten to know her better. Most of her things were cut out of newspapers and magazines. Lots of how-to's like crafts (she loved making things), saving money, growing gardens and recipes. But there were lots of quotes and short articles about people helping people.
I'm going start a journal like that and put in those things that I cut out of magazines which rarely find a permanent home...this time they will. And I can look back to see what caught my fancy (as the saying goes) and how I have changed. I invite you to start one also. You can use a simple notebook, or even a book that you no longer want - just glue things unto the pages.
Did I tell you that I have ten cartons of quilting books in my truck. That was what was leftover from the guild library after the books were sold to the members. We no longer had a place to house the library and quite frankly, few members even used the library now. So rather than keep something that was not of use to the guild anymore, they decided to find places to donate the books which will benefit a lot of folks.
And no, I haven't worked in my studio much except to hand stitch the three miniature quilt blocks I shared in an earlier post. hopefully this week I can find more time!!!
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Talk with you tomorrow...