In the past month, I finished new work that absolutely stumped me in design for the longest time. When I finally figured out what I wanted to do, it went swimmingly and I love it so much! It is titled Hypocrisy 1; because you just know I am making another! It is about evangelicals who worship […]
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on inspiration for MY new work…
Ever since I switched from designing ‘pretty’ quilts to narrative work, I have attracted people who want to advise me on subject matter! One of the reasons I now make narrative work is it allows me to express my voice, and opinion without physically marching in the streets. For as my body has aged, my […]
the muse is back…
A weird thing happened on the way to the pandemic..my creativity came back. A lot of folks are saying theirs has completely dried up, they are filled with anxiety and/or the only sewing they are doing is mask-making. My creative muse has been MIA since my dear friend and project partner Marion died, nearly a […]
dazed and confused…
While undergoing bathroom reconstruction in our home, I decided to do some construction of my own and created two 20″ x 20″ pieces for exhibits in 2020. I decided to do both on climate change, as followup to Fire & Flood 1, so now have Fire & Flood 2 and Fire & Flood 3. Nothing […]
catching up…
I have lost all inspiration to make new work since Marion died…well actually before then. The muse slowed down earlier this year. Immediately after her death I was occupied with returning files and quilts to her family, and then started in on my own to-do list, which had grown to mammoth proportions. I received the shipment […]
new bed quilt…
Last year about this time I admitted out loud that I should design a new queen bed quilt for our room. The previous one I made 15-16 years ago is terribly thin and faded, although we still snuggle under it with two blankets this time of year. I kind of thought that by saying it […]
keeping up appearances…
Last summer while cleaning out my aged father’s home I happened across my mother’s manual for life…Amy Vanderbilt’s Complete Book of Etiquette published in 1954. I grabbed a spot on the sofa and began to leaf through this treasure of civility. Not too far into this tome and I was laughing till the tears came. […]
adding categories…
It all started when I thought it was too early to start dinner. Now it will be a late dinner. I had for some time wanted to add categories to this new WordPress blog. So first I researched it and started in with my categories. About an hour into it discovered I have 23 pages of blog […]
before/after
I must admit it took a little attitude adjustment on my part to embrace the new white background on my website. Somewhere in time I got seriously hooked on the black background which I since learned from Gloria at GloDerworks is really bad on the eyes. Hmmm…maybe that’s why I had cataract surgery in my […]
the tall girl….a work in progress
My Tall Girl Series: A Body of Work is complete. It has been finished for nearly 2 years, had its debut exhibit with two more coming up this spring. I have given my TG PowerPoint presentation to 7 groups and sold a lot of books. And yet it continues to be a work in progress. Huh? the […]
the site’s (a)live…
My renovated website is live! It’s been a wild and crazy few weeks since I decided to take the leap and have it upgraded by people who do this for a living. I have finally realized that doing it all is no longer my mantra. That said I have been duct-taped to the chair all […]
"someday" is here…
I am by far one of the world’s most organized people. This is the reason organizations always tap my warm body to organize their stuff. Currents #6, detail ©carol larson 2009 So you cannot imagine how frustrating it is to me that I have so wantonly ‘filed’ original digital images of my work. Several […]
