Merry Christmas to all my art quilting friends. May your stocking be filled to the brim with quilting art supplies. I don't know about you but I think I am going to ask Santa for the gift of time, more time to work on my art quilting! What! I can sense some of you are shaking your heads...get back you unbelievers of the jolly Clause. He can give me more time....by hiring someone to clean my house, cook the meals, do the shopping and the laundry. Yea, right, dream on Denise. Well, that's why I'm good at art quilting, I have a vivid imagination.
I do hope midst all the hustle and bustle you are finding time to create, it will relieve holiday stress. One thing I am sure of, a few of you are creating some last minute Christmas gifts. I myself have two that need to be finished in two weeks.
One way to relieve holiday stress is to think about the upcoming year. For example, Karen Dewhirst needs you to be at the Children's Discovery Museum on Saturday, January 3 from 9:00 - 11:00. You will be helping the children sew together a monogrammed pillow or bag. Nothing to prepare simply show up and work with the children using the sewing machines for two hours. Let me know if you are available and I will put you on the list along with my name.
Have you had a chance to get on YouTube and find an art quilting demo, our 2015 GT program? At our meeting in January, I will have one chosen, after we watch and discuss we will then pass around a sign up sheet for the year. You might find something that strikes your fancy that would be appropriate for a certain time of the year.
I'll be honest, my husband and I are hosting our annual Book Group Christmas party Tuesday night. My upstairs sewing room looks like an F-4 tornado hit it! Someone always ask to view my latest project, So, I am asking you, the blog reader, the following question, Should I.....
1. Put my two cats upstairs and tell them, "I'm sorry but my cats are locked up there and I'd rather not get them any more upset than they already are." OR
2. Stay up all night tonight cleaning and straightening. (problem with this solution is eventually I will stop cleaning and begin sewing, solving nothing). OR
3. Tomorrow I should forget cleaning the rest of the house, which looks doubly clean compared to the sewing room, and clean the sewing room instead. OR
4. Take them upstairs regardless because, a messy sewing room is an artist at work, be proud of my accomplishments. I could perform this problem solution only because my sister, Psyleeta, is not coming. If she was coming this solution would not hold snuff!
Help me solve my dilemma by voting for what you think I should do.
Don't forget about our March 12, National Quilting Day. We need each GreatFul Thread member to make a 36 X 36" art quilt to be hung on the clothesline in Hamilton Place Mall. If I remember correctly one will be chosen to hang OR they will rotate off every hour and another hung in it's place. Either way...Fun, Fun! Any theme or color can be used.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight!
Denise
Welcome to GreatFul Threads. We are an art quilting group located in the North Georgia/Chattanooga, Tennessee area. Our group is composed of 21 active members and we meet the 4th Thursday, January-October. Meetings are from 3:00 - 5:00 PM and are held at Bernina Sew and Quilt Studio located at 5950 Shallowford Road in Chattanooga. GreatFul Threads is open to anyone interested in art quilting.
