As some of you may know, I am the Seminar Chair for Share-A-Stitch XXXI, the Tennessee Valley Region’s annual embroidery conference. SAS XXXI is scheduled for June 2011. If you are a member of EGA (or want to be a member) please consider coming to Birmingham, AL for this three day event!
Anyway, I am headed up to Memphis to spend the weekend with the Dean of Faculty. I am excited to participate in class selection for the event, in part because I have never been a part of this process before. I mean, how cool to see all of the proposals and watch the process for selecting classes unfold. From this point forward, the chairman job will demand more of my attention. So please understand if I am distracted!
Oh, and on a completely unrelated topic. Yesterday and today, my hair was curly. I often let it dry naturally, but it has been too cold to do that for a few months. My hair used to be super straight, but it got wavy after my thyroid problem presented itself. I started using a straightening iron about ten years ago. For the last two days, I have noticed a lot of soft curls, something that would have required a permanent wave to accomplish in the past. It has been so long since I had a perm, I can barely remember how to handle curly hair.
I officially signed my life member contract with Weight Watchers tonight. It took a year and a half, but I made goal and no longer have to pay for meetings, as long as I do not vary from my goal by more than two pounds and I weigh-in at least once a month.
I was watching “My Life in Food” and came across the episode with a raw vegan runner and a couple practicing calorie restriction (CR) to extend their lifespan. Like a lot of people, I had a negative gut reaction to the whole concept of calorie restricted lifestyle…right up until she stated that she ate approximately 1600 calories a day. I had to laugh at myself. I mean, I have not eaten that much in a few years!
I am so pleased to announce the release of the January 2010 issue of CQMagOnline.com! It seems like I am always scrambling to get articles and Readers’ Showcase submissions. However, this issue it was particularly rough on me, because of family obligations and an acutely ill dog. For that reason, I want extend a very special “thank you” to everyone who contributed to this issue and our two sponsors, Maureen’s Vintage Acquisitions and Evening Star Designs.
This turned out to be a lovely issue, with lots of projects and ideas. New staff member, Dakotah Davis’ offers up her debut articles with a fabric fusion method and a needlebook project; Victoria Adams Brown has given us a sneak peek at a covered tin from an upcoming publication; Maureen Greeson shares a vintage embroidery design; Lynn Schoeffler figures out a clever way to use wire as a tree trunk embellishment; Sharon Boggon explores storage solutions; Allison Aller takes the reader along for a visit to River Silk; and so much more!
I certainly hope you will take the time to read through this issue and try out some of the techniques, projects, products and ideas.
OK, so my ex-husband was the first to mention how long it had been since I updated my blog…but he was not the only one. My blog has become a victim of FaceBook.
I thought I would share a few dog photos here too.
The first is Princess, being a snarly pants on command and being a sweetie. Plus, a photo of Rudy before the vet school shaved his belly.
I will be at the Craft Center on Rice Road tomorrow demonstrating needle felting, spinning and embroidery. I am scheduled to be there from ten until four. Come by and see me if you get the chance.
I am home from the EGA National Seminar in Pittsburgh. The city was so much nicer than I had imagined it would be and the Omni was everything an upscale, urban hotel should be. I took three classes, learned a lot and met a lot of really amazing people, including my CyberStitching friend from France, Virginie.
It was fun to dress up and put on make-up.
I am looking forward to Seminar 2011 in San Francisco, even though it is nearly a year away! I am planning to make a corset to go along with the Stitching on the Barbary Coast theme, but I am worried that I may have bitten off more than I can chew already.
I am still stitching, but I have not been posting a much lately. The posts got a little redundant.
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, begins at sunset tonight. I am prepared for the fast, but not being able to drink water for twenty-five hours is much harder than not eating. There are other restrictions, such as no lip balm and no bathing, but it is only one day…and an important one. The older I get, the more difficult it becomes, but this is the one holiday I have always tried to observe. Religion is complicated.
So, by now, you have probably surmised that I am stitching a lot lately. For my holiday, I stitched all morning, then my husband took me to lunch at Aladdin Mediterranean Grill. Next, I ran some errands with Trish, before I got back to stitching.
As I looked down, I thought my little stitch companions by my side were so cute that I dug my cell phone out of my pocket to take a picture. If I had gone for my real camera,I am sure they would have shifted or moved. Please note that neither Rudy (left) nor Roscoe (right) has been spared the indignity of random thread snippets.
In other news, there are now two belly dance classes at La Salsa! The Saturday class has moved to 5 PM and they added a Monday class at 7 PM.
I loved this color thread, but it was the most temperamental of the batch. It left marks anywhere it went through the fabric. Oh, well. Again, I opted for the photo without flash, since the colors looked good. I am too lazy to retake the pictures with manual focus.
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