Art VS craft - eye candy VS hand and eye candy with purpose. Wayne MacKensie
I've been having a good time clicking around the Modern Quilt sites looking for something simple and quick to make for the new baby on his way. Seems like they cover quite a range, with the best work being amazing and the worst being pretty boring and ill-crafted. Then there is the wide middle range which exactly follows the quilt tradition where the 'middle' is not exactly compelling! Anyway, I didn't find anything to imitate and decided to just use a lot of white along with several discarded shirts from TY. I got the whole thing cut out and ready to sew on Friday so today that's the project. I really want to get the top put together and get this behind me since this is the replacement quilt for one that was met with resounding silence from everyone who saw it.
Oh. I just realized I told you all this before. Never mind.
Currently, Robin McCarthy’s sense of whimsy, imagination and humor are displayed in her work doing graphics for television and her fine art, which makes use of a combination of photographs, illustrations and embroidery. Her early years of daydreaming, sewing and a sense of play are all evident in her body of work.
Today I'm taking a walk back in time to show you our first dog back in 1975, a Puli. This is a Hungarian sheep dog and his coat corded rather than straight or curly. He actually took very little grooming other than picking crud out of the cords. His name was Panda, short for Pandemonium, and he was dearly loved UNTIL he became what he was bred to do: protect his sheep, and that would be us. He wouldn't let babysitters near his kids and would follow them up the stairs biting their ankles. He went right through the screen door going after the postman, and little kids in the yard and my neighbor who stopped by. There were stories about how Pulis would accompany the shepherds and flock up into the mountains for the season and then bring the flock back by themselves because the shepherd had died months before. We had to get rid of him because he was just doing what centuries of breeding had produced and we were ignorant about his needs. NEVER get a Puli unless you have a big job for them to do and want a dog that will lay down his life to accomplish it. I still feel guilty for failing this little guy.
I have done better with the four subsequent doggies. Dealing with #3, Molly, right now and her diabetes diagnosis. She's losing weight and sleeping a lot and we are very concerned for her- vet appointment for the insulin instruction is Wednesday.
Poor Doggie.
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