A sneak peek at my latest project

My very very messy studio. There is a box of acorn tops, half painted, half naked. Left-over supplies from homemade Halloween cards. Yarn and snippets from another one of my brilliant million-dollar ideas, my empty sewing machine tote, and gobs and gobs of leftovers from October and early November projects.
Really as soon as this one is done. . . . . Creative chaos!

Since my life changing weekend with Laura Cater-Woods, I have been working. I have ignored pages and pages of Quiltart.com and the dust on the mantel and the laundry in the upstairs hall, and the mess underfoot in my studio to focus on two projects. And still, there never seems to be enough time to do as much work in the studio as I want. How much time do I want? Unanswerable. Even an hour a day is hard to scrape up between my beautiful girls and my "job" as a volunteer mom at school.

My "job" at school entails writing the weekly communication bulleting and the quarterly PTA newsletter. Doesn't sound like a big job. Especially for someone who has words spilling out of her mouth-er-hands at a rate of 140WPM. But it is the information gathering that is so slow and tedious. If folks would just email their info and keep me from hounding them for it, or guessing what they want to go in it, things would go a lot quicker.

Today my friend Jules posted her finished rag quilt. Jules has four children, including her newborn son, Sam. When Jules was at my house a few weeks ago, we played with hot wax. It was great fun. Here she is batiking away. Her daughter played with my daughter, beautiful Max slept the entire time. Blissful.

So here I am with only two, both in school, no babies suckling at the breast, wondering why I don't have time to finish anything!?! Hmmmmm...... Jules could it have anything to do with communications? ;)

Here's a sneak peak at my more "traditional" piece for the She Made her Mark Exhibit. I have another very "non-traditional" piece I am working on. A new friend gave me the courage to pursue it. However, it will remain under wraps until it is accepted, or rejected.

Who picks your fruit and vegetables?
This is something we should all take into consideration every time we go to the grocery store. This is Dolores Huerta. As a child, I remember never eating grapes because my parents were big supporters of Caesar Chavez and the National Farmworkers Association (now the United Farm Workers Union.) Dolores Huerta played a key role in the Delano Grape Strike of the 1960's and hasgone on to be the leading champion for farm workers in our country. She's an incredible woman and my choice for the She Made Her Mark Exhibit.

THE PICTURE of my piece depicting Dolores was removed in order to qualify to enter the She Made Her Mark challenge. But here's the inspiration picture -- click on it to read more about Dolores and the Dolores Huerta Foundation website.

And now, I have a rare afternoon, when my children are playing at a friend's house, I'm going back to the studio instead of playing on the computer.

You too, scoot.

Post Script: In the picture of my studio, see the roll of wonder under laying right next to the parchment paper? It is. And Wonder Under looks just like parchment paper, especially if you are in the throes of creative excitement. Which I was when I fused a nice large piece of it to the top of Dolores' face! Ugh. Another hazard of a messy studio!