tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52618563555471925952024-03-13T10:27:50.269-04:00Fun from A to Z !Amalia Teresa Parra Morusiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813881511304502459noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261856355547192595.post-19882910034832127522014-05-04T23:13:00.000-04:002014-05-04T23:13:03.843-04:00Find it! Come see me on my own website <a href="http://funfromatoz.com/">funfromatoz.com<br /></a><br />
All the old stories and the new wild adventures are waiting for you to go and get it!<br />
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blogging it at <a href="http://funfromatoz.com/home/">funfromatoz.com/home/</a><br />
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<br />Amalia Teresa Parra Morusiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813881511304502459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261856355547192595.post-37438687607497826142013-03-24T18:25:00.000-04:002013-03-24T20:24:54.060-04:00Savage Selvedge: Life on the Edge<br />
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this was a fun project to do - well, the inside was fun - the border was a lot of work but worth it and the piping and binding was fun too! I'm super excited to have 2 ribbons for this quilt, a Vendors' Choice from <a href="http://www.materialgirlsquilt.com/" target="_blank">Material Girls</a> and a 3rd place in the large quilt pieced one-person category at the Southern Comforters Quilt Show this weekend.<br />
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pattern I used is Red Zinger - originally the directions were available on<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Karen Griska</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">'s </span>blog <br />
<a href="http://selvageblog.blogspot.com/">http://selvageblog.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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but looking for the link now, I see that she has it for sale at <br />
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/121443402/red-zinger-selvage-quilt-pattern-pdf">http://www.etsy.com/listing/121443402/red-zinger-selvage-quilt-pattern-pdf</a><br />
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check out photos of some of my favorite selevedge projects - including the covered chair that is on my to do list!<br />
<a href="http://pinterest.com/funfromatozamy/selvedge/">http://pinterest.com/funfromatozamy/selvedge/</a><br />
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<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Here is what I sent to Misty as we did this using old school paper and ink. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Her answers are in bold...</span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Rules – </span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">The first rule of interview
is we don’t talk about rules!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say
try and and answer one question at a time, don’t read ahead, don’t think too
hard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought it would be fun to
go old school and give this to you in hardcopy, there is a certain aspect of
artist that in me needs paper and pen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Do what works for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feel free to respond electronically or
hardcopy or telephonically or in-personally which is not to say impersonally!This should be easy and fun,
if a question isn’t, let me know and we’ll remove it from the interview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is about you so share what you
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Thanks and wish you
funfromAtoZ!</span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Amalia Teresa Parra
Morusiewicz</span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Congrats Misty on being
selected as the featured quilter for the Southern Comforter’s Annual Quilt
Show!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think it would be fun to get
some of the behind the scenes glimpses into you and your work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So close your eyes and let’s pretend we are
sitting in a nice coffee or tea shop and having this conversation face to face…</span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Ok, open your eyes</span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">First question – what are you
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Republic of Tea –
Black Currant & Cardamom Rooibos Tea</b></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Excellent Answer, see this is
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I read your bio on <a href="http://southerncomforters.org/2013featuredquilter.htm">http://southerncomforters.org/2013featuredquilter.htm</a>
and I learned that you grew up surrounded by of creative women, who did all
types of handwork.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Growing up within a
creative community is a great experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Any lessons that you learned back in the day that are still vital to
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Use the best tools you can afford.</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Collaboration can be both fun and aggravating.</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">It is important to share your creations plus your knowledge &
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I don’t think you can throw out
the baby with the bath water, so feel to talk “art” in general way don’t worry
if it’s a quilt or a painting. You grew up in the south, studied art in Baton
Rouge, a city filled with rich artistic influences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How has this experience influenced your art?</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Actually grew up in rural Northern LA, not much going on artistically. </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>[studio
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I watched a lot of <a href="http://www.bobross.com/" target="_blank">Bob Ross</a>.</b> </div>
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[Me too – I love his happy trees, and
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">who encouraged me to
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Let’s play a number guessing game, so you don’t need to look
up the answers, guessing is totally fine… And you are welcome to tell any
stories you want along the way, this is all about you!</div>
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I understand that you, like many other quilters, first
caught the quilting bug when you had a baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So starting with that first quilt, how many quilts have you made? </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Probably about 80</b></div>
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<br /></div>
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Ok, the quilt police show up at your door, how many quilts would
the quilt police say are traditional vs art quilt? </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">50/50</b></div>
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Percent of the time that you have in your bag something that
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be handsewing, knitting/crochet, sketchbook )</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">100%</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Even if I don’t have
a specific project, </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I am the type to write down an idea on a dinner napkin, a
receipt, any paper, my hand, etc.</b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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Number of scissors you own? <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">6ish just for sewing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m a get
rid of the old when I replace it gal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>[I
should learn from you!]</div>
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<br /></div>
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Favorite size machine sewing needle? </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">80/12 Universal</b></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdt55GN9UnRTcAK8nMZGWNBf1B2wGaZkfSfD5scQRxw8yG-vpKSwoEQQax07eUm0dI_xyArnxgpypjMQsFN3MMReNm0RH3R2sPsbWS-7rHo9UTCr0KgRP-Zgx3osAxOZDI3VsznXZiXA/s1600/P3250088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdt55GN9UnRTcAK8nMZGWNBf1B2wGaZkfSfD5scQRxw8yG-vpKSwoEQQax07eUm0dI_xyArnxgpypjMQsFN3MMReNm0RH3R2sPsbWS-7rHo9UTCr0KgRP-Zgx3osAxOZDI3VsznXZiXA/s320/P3250088.JPG" width="230" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shades of Baltimore</td></tr>
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Personally, I love that you have made traditional quilts
that have a very current flair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your
Shades of Baltimore in another colorway, wouldn’t have the zing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I get to use one of my favorite words…
Juxtaposition!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tell me about the
creative process for that quilt, did you think of the juxtaposition of the very
traditional Baltimore Applique with the black background and candy color that
are right out of the Easter basket?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sorry, leading the witness!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jury,
please disregard that last question… I’ll rephrase, tell me about your creative
design process for this quilt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pattern?
Inspirations? Thoughts?</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I think this is funny
because I DID NOT DESIGN THIS – totally a kit that I bought, all the hand dyed
came with it, I wanted to try applique and saw that in a magazine and thought I’d
try it out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the photo caught my eye –
the traditional design with those brights contrasting on black.</b></div>
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Do you know which of your quilts is one of my favorite? </div>
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Well, I do like that high flying quilt, but the 2 favorites I was thinking of are… </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orange Lotus (upside down!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orange Lotus </td></tr>
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One is Orange Lotus – I’m obsessed with circles, so that’s
one reason, but it has that prettiness and grace that hand applique offers; and
a unique curved border that is very organic, a spilled milk on the counter
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And you know I love Crab Cakes!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s got undeniable whimsy and humor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You captured the essence of <a href="http://www.charmcitycakes.com/home" target="_blank">Ace of Cakes</a> and
created a piece with real Maryland flavor, incorporating both sewing and
painting techniques.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you got it,
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I love Orange Lotus,
too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I enjoyed every step of making that
quilt. I’m glad I gave myself permission to machine quilt it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved sifting through the button box.</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I like the one called
Coral Snake – it was a round robin with a friend, Alicia Simon. We work very differently,
I learned a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus it looks great in
my living room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fabric was a gift from
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You are a mom, wife, teacher, artist and have many other
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">My kids will remember
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Stop worrying about what everybody else thinks.</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I still feel like a beginner in many ways, even though I’ve been making
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">My art at age 10 looks like my art nearing age
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<br />Amalia Teresa Parra Morusiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813881511304502459noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261856355547192595.post-45979313147013202082013-03-08T22:32:00.002-05:002013-03-08T22:32:53.343-05:00Houston, here I come!!!What a day!<br />
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One of my two submissions got accepted into <a href="http://www.saqa.com/" target="_blank">Studio Art Quilt Associates</a> Text Messages exhibit. I promise I will post that photo after the exhibit opens October 31, 2013 - with me standing next to it!!! <br />
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I am doing the happy dance tonight! I had a goal written in my studio to have a quilt hanging at the Houston quilt show. My quilt will be hanging in <a href="http://quilts.com/home/shows/viewer.php?page=FallFestival" target="_blank">International Quilt Festival Houston 2013</a> and then it will continue to travel with the exhibit til 2015. <br />
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<li><span style="color: #3e506d;"><span>International Quilt Festival - Houston, Texas, October 31 - November 4, 2013</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3e506d;"><span>International Quilt Festival - Cincinnati, Ohio, April 4 -6, 2014</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3e506d;"><span>International Quilt Festival - Long Beach, California, July 2014</span></span></li>
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And the joy of the timing! I submitted two entries to the Text Message exhibit and much like the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091203/?ref_=sr_1" target="_blank">Highlander</a>, there can be only one... so the other by default had to get rejected, or as I prefer to say be "not accepted". The rules allowed us to submit up to three entries for the same fee, but only one quilt could be accepted. Since I was notified of the "not acceptance" today and the <a href="http://www.sacredthreadsquilts.com/" target="_blank">Sacred Threads</a> entry closes tomorrow, I was able to resurrect it as my second entry into Sacred Threads. <br />
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Of course, I'm not posting those photos or jinxing that entry! Below is Cognition that got my gears spinning and started me on these adventures in 2011. <br />
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This is has been an exciting day for me! Tomorrow, I will get to visit Cognition, which travels as part of the <a href="http://www.powersuitquilts.com/" target="_blank">Power Suit Challenge</a> as I go to the gallery talk by <a href="http://www.moonlightingquilts.com/" target="_blank">Cyndi Souder</a> at the <a href="http://www.thedelrayartisans.org/" target="_blank">Del Ray Artisans</a> in Alexandria, Virginia.<br />
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And did I mention that recently I accepted the offer to serve as one of the co-representative for the Studio Art Quilt Associates for the region of Maryland, DC and West Virginia? Here is my very official photo... <br />
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Quite a transformational journey for me. I think I got powerful from the Power Suit challenge, it the first step of a thousand mile journey... (well 1400 miles to Houston to be more accurate) <br />
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Amalia Teresa Parra Morusiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813881511304502459noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261856355547192595.post-81517355323716148752013-02-24T23:32:00.003-05:002013-02-24T23:36:13.612-05:00what's in a name?I've been transitioning to using my full first name of Amalia, instead of the nickname that ends in a Y and starts with the first 2 letters of my real name. Maybe its a bit odd, that it's taken me this long to embrace my Amaliaousity. Amy isn't my name, nor is it an nickname given to me by anyone who is related to me. In fact, if it wasn't for 4th grade, I would be "Tere". My middle name was Teresa when I was born. Tere is what my family called me, and in school I used Tere Parra until 4th grade. We moved 2000 miles across country from New Mexico to the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I'm 9 years old and walk into a classroom, and the first interactions with my new teacher and class were her telling me "we have 2 Terri's and 3 Teresa's, can we call you Amy?" This question is much like when on the phone you hear "Can you hold please?" it seems acceptable, but is it really? and for how long? And since I had just moved, started a new school, there was no one but family calling me Tere anymore. And I'm 9, what do I know?<br />
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The more I tell the story of how I got "Amy", the less I like the name. <br />
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My other memory of 4th grade is being introduced as bilingual, and feeling like a zoo animal, and being asked by kids to "say something in Spanish". I hated this, it was tough enough to be the new kid, but as a kid just wanting to fit in, I felt like I was the monkey being asked to dance for their entertainment. When asked to "say something in Spanish", I would respond "algo", to which I would hear, "ooh, what does that mean?", and the answer I would give is "algo" is "something" in Spanish. I accept that it's possible that the kids were interested in Spanish, but it was never a "teach me to say... " always a "say something in Spanish"...<br />
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Sorry for getting sidetracked, but it's related...<br />
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So back to to Amy topic.... Since for so long, I've been Amy, I know that many will continue to use it, and what other people call me is their choice, but I'm choosing to not propagate the nickname that just feels very blah to me. 11 years ago, I started using "A to Z" as a moniker, since my first name starts with an A and my last name ends in a Z. "A to Z" feels like me even though I've only had the last name that ends in Z for less than a quarter of my life. So I added the Fun, to make it Fun from A to Z, cause who wouldn't want more fun in life?<br />
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I may have said it before, but George Clooney had a great line in Inside the Actor's Studio... "great things come from light happy places" as a reason that he jokes around on set. So in all seriousness, you can call me anything you wish, cause if you are calling me something, I'm honored that in the hustle and bustle of life you took time to interact with me. <br />
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And for George, my lighter funnier version is "you can call me anything you like, but don't call me late for dinner"...<br />
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So this brings me to another name story... When I was about 15, my younger cousin were very persistent in saying "Amy, Amy, Amy, Amy..." This lead to my re-name myself... Amy can be repeated over and over very easily, so I thought I need a name that they can't repeat so fast, so I told my cousin's that they were to start calling me "chicken face", it was perfect, they would call me "chicken face" then start laughing and forget what they wanted in the first place, and they would laugh and feel a special connection to me, and isn't being connected to others what many people are looking for in life?<br />
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<br />Amalia Teresa Parra Morusiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813881511304502459noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261856355547192595.post-91168769060310153492013-01-18T09:31:00.003-05:002013-01-18T09:31:56.078-05:00Enjoy More!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Amalia Teresa Parra Morusiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813881511304502459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261856355547192595.post-25571426925087529082013-01-13T12:08:00.002-05:002013-01-13T12:08:58.483-05:00Lucky 13's - treasures foundHappy January 13! Thinking of luck and one of my favorite quotes "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103064/quotes?qt=qt0416813" target="_blank">no fate but what we make</a>", why not have 13's be lucky?<br />
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So far in 2013, I've been lucky enough to find 2 of my favorite tools that were lost! They were hanging out together in a crossstitch kit, that obviously I had not been working on recently.<br />
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Funny these two tools had a few things in common that I wouldn't have thought of if they weren't found together. Both came from "Falls", Omstead Falls and Great Falls, both from really unique quilt shops, and both were splurges. If you ever have the chance to visit <a href="http://www.abigayles.com/" target="_blank">Abigayale's Quiltery</a> in Omstead Falls, Ohio or <a href="http://www.jinnybeyer.com/studio/about.cfm" target="_blank">Jinny Beyer's </a>in Great Falls, Virginia, enjoy the adventure!<br />
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Several years ago traveling to Cleveland area for work, I happened to find Abigayle's. I was in sewing withdrawal and the ladies working there were beyond friendly and welcoming. I started up a handsewing project so I could sew on the go, and picked up my Roxanne open ended thimble - it allows you to have a longer nail and the thimble stays right where it should on the pad of the finger. Abigayle's in is an old Victorian house, each room held different treasures: a room for the threads, another for novelty prints, then the flannels, etc. In one of the upstairs rooms I found scraps by the ounce - a giant barrel of scraps, you pick out the ones you want and they get weighed at the checkout - kinda fun to dig thru a barrel of scraps!<br />
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Jinny Beyer's shop did not involve any digging thru barrels! Jinny's shop has a museum quality to it, there is an awe I experience in seeing the precision and handwork of her quilts. There is a genuine beautifulness to the display cases of the handsewing tools (including a pair of Dovo folding scissors, that came home with me). I love the colors of the Palette Collection, and of course the border prints! I went to Jinny's with a few of my quilt bee-mates, made a day of the adventure including lunch. Food, friends and fabric: key ingredients in a fun adventure.<br />
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I love these two tools, not just cause they are great tools, but together they have remind me of these adventures - one I experienced alone and the other with friends. Now having found them together, it adds to their history. So I'm saying it aloud, "I'm lucky to have misplaced them!" It allowed me remember these stories and share them with you! Plus, these tools came back to me at a time, when I am ready to spend more time on my handwork. <br />
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Gotta say that was lucky!<br />
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<br />Amalia Teresa Parra Morusiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813881511304502459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261856355547192595.post-47666041295823059822013-01-09T22:34:00.001-05:002013-01-09T22:43:46.971-05:00PersistenceFound a rose still blooming the last week of 2012. This one flower would not give up the fight, it's tired and old and has lost many petals, but it remains. <br />
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Comparing with the same bush in September. I wonder if it is the same blossom?<br />
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So I'm thinking of business cards... last September I updated my card, why? cause I went to hand one out and realized that I had to hand scribble to update my email address and include my blog address, plus it included the image of a traditional quilt, listed me as Amy (and I am starting to embrace my full name of Amalia). I had been avoiding this update since I felt like I didn't have the perfect image, but I had a good enough image. I used <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/custom/businesscards" target="_blank">Zazzle</a>, cause I'm familiar with it and it was easy to use. For less than 20 bucks, I had new cards - basically the cost of a yard of fabric and a pack of new needles.<br />
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Cards have been in use almost forever. Visiting cards, calling cards,
social cards these are the ancestors to our modern day business card. I have a vague memory of playing Merriman, in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest" target="_blank">Importance of Being Earnest</a>, with a calling card handed to us lowly servants in order to announce a guest.<br />
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In current day, I find that they make great bookmarks and are like mini-art. I cannot own all the great art I would like, but when an artist has postcards or business cards with an image of their art, I have a piece that I can own, and hold even if it's just a paper copy of the original.<br />
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It must be the scientist in me, but I always ask WHY... why would I want to get or give a card... that way I can be sure my card will work for me the way I want it to work.<br />
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So the reasons why I would get a card from an artist...<br />
- I like their work<br />
- I might consider buying art from them<br />
- I definitely want to buy art from them<br />
- I want to take a class or workshop or bring this artist in to lecture or teach a group<br />
- I want to follow what they do, I want to see their blog or website and see more of their work<br />
- I want to communicate with them, could be as simple as I have ideas for a collaboration or I want their insight into an idea or project I have<br />
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and the reasons why I would give out a card...<br />
- giving a reference - I want to share some info - a website, another artist I recommend even a movie or good book, I can write it on the back of my card and they can easily remember who referred them... and yes I know I could just scribble it on a scrap of paper...<br />
- pure laziness - scribbling my contact info on a scrap of paper is time consuming<br />
- increasing my network (not just who I know, but who knows me)<br />
- getting more followers to my blog<br />
- promoting myself as lecturer/teacher<br />
- selling art<br />
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I leave you with my three recommendations regarding artist's business cards...<br />
1- Make it legible!<br />
OMG, I can't believe some of the fancy scripty lettering I've seen on cards. Maybe with my name I am more sensitive to this, but make it easy for someone to contact you - if an email address or phone number are hard to read, it's like saying "here is my contact info, but please don't contact me". And yes, this does mean that you can't sa<br />
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2- Do it your way!<br />
I've seen cards without email address or mailing address, or phone
numbers. I think all are fine, you decide how you want to be contacted
and put that info on your card. This card represents you, make it yours, make it so that it serves as a reminder to others of who you are, your art and style. My Grandmother used to say, get advice and then do what you think is right! So do what is right for you!<br />
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3- A little white space is refreshing!<br />
I like leaving the back blank or mostly blank - that allows for space for a quick note or reference. My last card is pretty busy, and I miss the scribble space.<br />
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last but not least, I found a bunch of stuff out there - here are a few links...<br />
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Some cards are as much art as the actual art... <br />
<a href="http://smashinghub.com/50-impressive-business-cards-from-professional-artists.htm">http://smashinghub.com/50-impressive-business-cards-from-professional-artists.htm</a><br />
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thoughts on a "artist business cards" <br />
<a href="http://faso.com/fineartviews/17699/artist-business-cards">http://faso.com/fineartviews/17699/artist-business-cards</a> <br />
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4 great tips<br />
<a href="http://www.printplace.com/printproducts/tips-for-designing-business-cards-for-artists.aspx">http://www.printplace.com/printproducts/tips-for-designing-business-cards-for-artists.aspx</a><br />
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keep in mind while designing a card<br />
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/12/designing-a-business-card_n_997449.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/12/designing-a-business-card_n_997449.html</a><br />
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beyond business cards<br />
<a href="http://artbistro.monster.com/benefits/articles/11388-art-marketing-business-cards-arent-enough">http://artbistro.monster.com/benefits/articles/11388-art-marketing-business-cards-arent-enough</a><br />
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<br />Amalia Teresa Parra Morusiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813881511304502459noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261856355547192595.post-8498077223338345732012-12-02T12:31:00.001-05:002012-12-02T12:31:05.407-05:00Slightly IrregularI remember a great <a href="http://www.ermamuseum.org/home.asp" target="_blank">Erma Bombeck</a> story of her finding a pair of irregular pantyhose that had only one leg... So in my never ending attempts to save money and waste time; I mean when I shop at the overstocks, factory seconds stores - I know I am embarking on an adventures in the slightly irregular world... <br />
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Kinda bummed that my favorite bed quilt would no longer fit, since we upsized to a King Bed, time for new bedding.<br />
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Odd fact - the Brits consider the bed to be part of "bedding" - so in England I would say, I bought new bedding so I needed to get new bedding?<br />
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So I adventure off to the Marshalls to see what I could see... to see what I could see... I know you Girl Scouts are now humming "The Bear Went Over the Mountain"!<br />
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At Marshalls, I found a Eddie Bauer Down Alternative Comforter, clearly labelled washable - Yippee! Comforter was plain in a very soft grey, but I intended to cover it so it didn't have to be fancy. At 69 bucks, was not quite cheap. At a different Marshalls found a nice gold (not metallic) King Duvet Cover set that was advertised as including the duvet cover and 2 king pillowcases (20 smackers - pretty darn good). Then at HomeGoods, in the clearance section, unearthed a Ralph Laurent bed skirt jumbled in a bag, clearly for a big bed, but didn't list the size so could be queen or king - I knew it was a gamble but a $7 risk I was willing to take! Plus, if it was queen, it could be used in the guest room. The blue wavy lines would work with my favorite quilt and my guest room would be fantastic!<br />
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The big day was yesterday, the bed arrived. Oh yes, the metal frame that we thought was adjustable to King Size, was NOT... so 2 hours before the bed arrived, we are off buying a frame! Got it, bed got delivered... TA-DA! The bed skirt was a winner and fit the king bed! Dressed the bed with new freshly washed sheets... Opened the duvet cover package (Plan was to wash it, if it worked for me, but visual-me wanted to see before deciding)... there were 2 pillow cases, then it seemed the duvet was in 2 pieces and one featured elastic much like a fitted sheet... AH-HA this is not a 20 dollar duvet cover - no this is a 20 dollar sheet set - still not a bad price - except it's QUEEN size!!! So I thought, I can put the plain comforter out and later go find or make a duvet cover... well, as I opened the alleged Eddie Bauer Down Alternative, it was labeled "Down" on a very wrinkly, used looking "Not to be removed" tag... then I see that it's not a soft light grey, it's a used comforter - SO GROSS!!!Sorry to have to gross you out too. Thank goodness I wanted to see what a duvet/comforter looked like or I would have washed both parts first and not been as sure that is was used... it was still Down so I wouldn't have been able to keep it. <br />
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Okay so back to the bed... A friend pointed out that I could turn my favorite quilt sideways on the King and it might work - and it did! Plus I had an all-white quilt that we used on the queen that allowed for a generous pillow tuck - and voila - it worked great sideways as well.<br />
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I was rejected from an international exhibit, Radical Elements... So why am I calling it a success? Well, I applied, I took the leap into the unknown, and put myself out there for evaluation. 40 of 61 artists were selected, so I could start thinking that 65% of the people are better than me, or even that my application was the 61st in the what they liked list. But no, I am taking another road, not the higher road or the bitter road, but the third more interesting road. I am saying ok, the curator didn't select me, my focus is to make art and have fun with it - does this news allow me to still do that? - YOU BET!!! moving on!<br />
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for another SAQA Exhibit. The creation of it took me forwards and
backwards in time: design, sew, design, sew, rip, sew, design... Don't
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reveal so need to keep it on the hush-hush a little bit longer!<br />
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I knew just what to do, I pulled up a podcast, and skipped to the 1 hour 7 minute mark - yes, I've listened to that part quite a few times! <a href="http://events.lapl.org/podcasts/PodcastView.aspx?pid=304" target="_blank">Twyla Tharp on her podcast for the Aloud Series</a> on the topic of of auditions said "This I always say to people in my auditions... Do not take it personally, the person who is in the front has either got a clear idea of exactly what they want and that's been decided before you come in the door, or they are inept. One or the other, alright, and they let you go, that's it! Go to the next audition!" Great podcast covering creativity and collaboration - I've listened to it at least 3 times all the way thru! I recommend it and her books to any artist - and we are all artists! And I don't think the curator was inept, I think she just had a vision that didn't include what I had to offer. Next!<br />
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<br />Amalia Teresa Parra Morusiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813881511304502459noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261856355547192595.post-23249109583703651512012-10-29T19:10:00.000-04:002012-10-29T19:10:42.643-04:00Bucket List - Radical Elements!Submitted my portfolio registration for the <a href="http://www.saqa.com/calendar-detail.php?ID=3611">SAQA Radical Elements</a> exhibit!<br />
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A first - my very first ever entry to a SAQA exhibit - and my first ever portfolio entry - they select based on views of artist's work, then artists make something specifically for that exhibit...<br />
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Try-angle Trees and Cutting Tool Clouds, currently on exhibit in my powder room</div>
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<br />Amalia Teresa Parra Morusiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813881511304502459noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261856355547192595.post-88232426711469822392012-10-11T07:59:00.000-04:002012-10-11T07:59:46.135-04:00Ten Eleven Twelve! Number, order and humor!Happy eleventh of October in 2012.<br />
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I love numbers, order and humor - and some things we get honestly. <br />
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Yesterday my Dad celebrated the 71st anniversary of his birth. Always good to acknowledge the <b>numbers</b> in <b>order</b> to maintain your sense of <b>humor. </b><br />
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My Dad's mom was one of my first role models for aging, humor and creativity. She had a sense of humanity that I appreciated as a child. I always felt like she saw me as a whole person even though the number of my years was less. I love this photo of Abuela Marta with my dad, when he was very young, very blonde, with just a little Dennis the Menace look about him!<br />
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A recent email from a friend included: "I love that you see and respect his amazing personhood even though he's just five." Wow, without even knowing my Abuela, she paid me the greatest compliment, in letting me know I am carrying on her trait of connecting with people young and old with a respect of their wholeness. <br />
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One of my favorite Abuela Marta memories is account of how she lost her good sewing scissors only to find them later in her refrigerator... </div>
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Can you see I've been having fun? Imagine yourself skiing thru the fall colored trees and
looking up to see the clouds forming shapes? Perhaps you should keep
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Went to the Sewing Quilting Expo at the Dulles Expo Center this weekend. I was so fortunate to be a passenger and I wanted to get my "stitching on". So at 8:30am Saturday realized I needed some handwork to take. Found the Scissors sunprint in my "altered fabric" box and fused it to some felt (oh yes, lime green!) - then looked at the shape of the scissors - in the class last week, I really saw how repeating elements helps the piece and thought , hmm - applique of a scissors shape was, well, kinda blah and I don't do blah very well.<br />
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So started looking at the fabric, where the blades open there is a very nice triangle. and there is a second triangle in the opening area near the handles. So glad I decided to open the cutting tools - the largest one is actually a tin snip from the garage.<br />
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First I wanted to be able to practice some outline sewing - for the 3 scissors left to right- running stitch balanced, running stitch with longer thread than gaps, and backstitch. I liked the backstitch best so repeated it for the top scissors. Added triangles at bottom, at first my thoughts went to "cutting the grass" so laid them out in a grass-like, organic order. And did some free-motion applique with YLI thread. <br />
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So thanks to one friend I had time to sew in <span style="font-family: inherit;">the car, thanks to my other buddy, I was given the vision of skiing thru trees and seeing shapes in the clouds... She insisted I see these stuffed koi fish in one of the vendor booths. AND - I do love making me some three-dee objects, and fun to see what others are doing. In the booth I was chatting up the sales person and behold, the topic of quilting came up - shocking, huh! She had this steering wheel - but kinda square and shaped like a very blocky capital C. And she was no sales person, she was the </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://thegypsyquilter.com/" target="_blank">Gypsy Quilter </a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">herself, Lanette Edens. Liked her right off - even when I thought she was just a sales person.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhgvczZ_Q3tr1zn683CzsrUGSk8axmczHhGp1IEbPGlM34SmR6j7nQifNrWfuuuWlXBv66Hp_U8ax7CnivQDfR-6QAB8CNKr0BZwa5yydKY1x6rvGN-9ZJmNUx71Fw649GE9ZG-GsWM64/s1600/photo(26).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhgvczZ_Q3tr1zn683CzsrUGSk8axmczHhGp1IEbPGlM34SmR6j7nQifNrWfuuuWlXBv66Hp_U8ax7CnivQDfR-6QAB8CNKr0BZwa5yydKY1x6rvGN-9ZJmNUx71Fw649GE9ZG-GsWM64/s200/photo(26).JPG" width="149" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">Love. LOVE, L-O-V-E the tool, it' really does live up to it's name "The Fabulous Fabric Glide"<span style="color: #660033;">, the feel and motion is really close to that of the long arm and the control is amazing. Before this tool, I would wear the white Micheal Jackson like grippy gloves - better than barehanded - but not that comfortable. I was able to do some ridiculously tight quilting - see in a nice turquoise <a href="http://www.robison-anton.com/sbp8colorchart.html" target="_blank">Robison-Anton thread</a> "Marine Aqua" - I do love the 40 weight Super Brite Polyester - one beacuse I have it - two cause it has a nice shine and the poly is stronger than rayon so can also be used in come construction. Note to garment sewers - never ever never never use rayon to seam a garment - top stitching is fine, but seam construction in rayon can lead to unfortunate wardrobe malfunctions. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #660033;">Thanks </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #660033;">for letting me go off on a quilting and thread tangent! Back to the project at hand!</span></span> Here is a needle-eye view of my Fabulous Fabric Glide - hanging right behind the machine I quilt on.<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #660033;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #660033;">Before I did that quilting I fused on some appliques. </span></span>The second shape in the scissor was the oval handle loop - so instead of
circles, I cut ovals to and cut "triangles" out of the oval flower-cog...<br />
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flower-cog-oval...<br />
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My goal for this project was not to make art - but to experiment - so tried different stitching on the flogs - no two the same. I can use this as a reference for adding handstiching to flowers. And if it was for a project I thing I would have done the same stitching inside each one - I think some variety is nice, now that I see it. Maybe in future do a few styles of stitching - on purpose!<br />
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I love the bottom one with the V's and the single french knot... Never would have come up with this stitching pattern if I had not done the others. And I didn't undo or go back - in the left of this photo the one with the single bar on each pedal is not my favorite, but that's the one I did that led my to the V's.<br />
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Here you see it hanging in our powder room, the walls are the same mossy green as the flogs, not yellowish as it looks here. <br />
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And that raises two questions<br />
Question number one <br />
- Should I be providing "powder" if I insist on calling it a "powder room"? Or it it BYOP?<br />
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Question number two<br />
- What is "a scissor", singular? The 2 handled tool is called "a pair of scissors" or a scissors, plural...<br />
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Just saw this in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissors">Wikipedia</a>. It's a bit odd...<br />
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"In New Orleans, some believed that putting an open pair of scissors underneath your pillow at night was a sound method for sleeping well, even if one might be cursed." <br />
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I don't recommend sleeping with scissor open or closed under your pillow!Amalia Teresa Parra Morusiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813881511304502459noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261856355547192595.post-45906363005941423802012-10-03T19:04:00.000-04:002012-10-03T20:46:52.291-04:00Series-ous Fun, process, lessons and confessions!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://deborahsjournal.blogspot.com/p/workshops-and-programs.html" target="_blank"><b>Small Art Quilts: Designing a Series </b></a></span><br />
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my goals for the day included:<br />
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SIMPLIFY - spending more time sewing and less time agonizing... so when the supply list called for 6, I brought only 9 - not 39!<br />
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SEW MORE - selected the "4 sided angular shape"as my design element (maxing my design time and maxing my time to sew, by cutting out the extra cutting time!) <br />
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HAVE FUN - fun to work at something that you enjoy - I love the handwork!<br />
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<b>Color Scheme</b><br />
I picked colors based on my inspiration fabric - FUN hand painted and hand stamped fabric I made in <a href="http://www.lyrickinard.com/" target="_blank">Lyric Kinard's </a>Playing with Paint class through Quilt University this summer.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CECgvPVqG7z7BvnpmR8wxbRTZ8K40HrILaVDhPSQP3njRXETT6_n_H0Rjkzvwl4iSPZVkQTHjsQkKRCddJYZYVNz0f5bXBSmeyJis0Uo1OOA_Uw89ICTpUvBLgZVaZWpRppViwSJtPI/s1600/Copy%25282%2529+-+photo%252825%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CECgvPVqG7z7BvnpmR8wxbRTZ8K40HrILaVDhPSQP3njRXETT6_n_H0Rjkzvwl4iSPZVkQTHjsQkKRCddJYZYVNz0f5bXBSmeyJis0Uo1OOA_Uw89ICTpUvBLgZVaZWpRppViwSJtPI/s200/Copy%25282%2529+-+photo%252825%2529.JPG" width="200" /></a>Background is a commercial mottled fabric that I had gelatin printed with bubble wrap. Orange is commercial print, one yellows is from my <a href="http://funfromatoz.blogspot.com/2011/05/adventure-to-lonnie-rossis.html" target="_blank">Lonni Rossi scraps by the pound grab bag</a>, other yellow is from my first handdying, pale green is hand painted fabric, dark green is handdyed and stamped (from 12x12x12). So I actually used 6 fat quarters - hmmm, lesson? listen to the supply list!<br />
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Look at what I found in my orphan blocks box... I think
it's a sign that the 3 sided Angular Shape wants attention and I should
continue to play with this color scheme! <br />
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<b>Design</b><br />
Here it is early in the design process - the top set was nice and clean/simple but the bottom had a complicated flavor -AND for the series to be cohesive, I needed to go one way or another - AND I wanted to be able to go wild with stitching both hand and machine, so I went the simple route! <br />
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I think the complicated bottom ones would be good to do on a much larger scale... ideas!</div>
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there was something very compelling in the weaving of strips and frames... I had to keep some of that in...</div>
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Can you see that this was done on my nephew's 11th birthday? and that I am one of 3 sisters? </div>
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<b>Stitchin'</b><br />
Denying my nonconformist nature, used some embroidery stitches from the class handout... But soon my nature emerged as I stitched the bars on my twin towers piece (bottom right), and stagger longer and shorter bars up the left tower. I felt like some of my machine stitching was weedy looking so added some loopy weed heads... <br />
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The top left started to looked like a building, so I added the top level in stitching (both machine and hand). Later I would realize it looked more like a mission church than a home or factory... And a dark night sky over the mission that needed a star or a few...<br />
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Added some weaving, squares, stars, bars, y's and french knots (last count was over 70 french knots before adding the alien flowers), <br />
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I wanted to do a blanket stitch in navy blue, but didn't have it and didn't want to wait to get some, and had black dmc floss. I like the black edge on the navy background! Lucky I didn't have navy blue! <br />
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reordered the quilts so that the weeds are growing up from all of the bottom 3.<br />
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<b>Lessons and Confessions</b> <br />
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<b>Lesson 1</b> - free cutting is fun, takes a creative leap of faith, but it's freeing and loose. That overall looseness is a design element in this series... <br />
<b>Confession 1</b> - NO ROTARY CUTTER OR RULER USED IN THE CREATION OF THIS SERIES... in fact even did free motion sewing - the feeddogs were down for all the machine stitching except the arc across the sky in the Mission Church<br />
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<b>Confession 2</b> - I inked the edge after the blanket stitch with my favorite tools - the humble sharpie - but the fancy "clicky" one in black...<br />
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<b>Lesson 3</b>- hand painted fabric has a slight stiffness makes for fantastic raw edge applique if you don't want any pokeys like in the other fabrics - the light green has a very crisp edge.<br />
<b>Confession 3 </b>- I don't have another confession, yet am compelled to have a balance of confessions to lessons (I guess that's my confession!)<br />
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<b>Lesson 4</b> - DON'T FEAR THE REAPER, you need to prune! Sometimes it's what you remove... I saw many times in the designing that removing a part allowed the rest of the piece to breathe. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span> Eleven Power of 3 Home is where the weeds are...<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
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Circles in background are repeated in the curvaceous weeds and the alien flowers roundishness. <br />
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The open frames in the Power of 3 is simple from a distance, but up close a bit more complicated... and almost too busy, but did repeats of 3 from the 3 stars, 3 french knots in the green frame and 3 orange cube shapes...<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span> Love, Love, Love the weaving - does have an American Lung Association thing going on in the weaving on Eleven. Quite pleased with how the weeds along the bottom turned out!</span></span> <br />
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Totally unintentionally, the color scheme and style really go in my family room. Seriously, goes with my mission style lamp, my $29.99 painting from Ollie's and my orange focal point wall.<br />
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next up, a glimpse into the evolution of this design and adventures in learning!Amalia Teresa Parra Morusiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813881511304502459noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261856355547192595.post-53567946523528124752012-09-29T08:41:00.001-04:002012-09-29T08:41:39.551-04:00FONTastic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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How to pick the perfect font? Wow, that's like saying how do you pick the perfect outfit - where are you going, what will you be doing, what are your personal preferences? Do you want to stand out, blend in, have layers?<br />
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The perfect outfit for a morning spent hiking in the Grand Canyon is so different than for a evening at an artist's reception. <br />
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Things to consider to make your font, font-astic... <br />
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Which technique to use? With paint or ultra suede can use a finer font it can work. For traditional turned applique, you need mad skills for the fine lined fonts and for raw edge fused applique, tightly woven fabric, expecially if you are afraid of a little fray. Can also print text on to special inkjet sheets. I like that with<a href="http://www.jacquardproducts.com/inkjet-sheets.html" target="_blank"> Extravorganza </a>you have the option of layering that printed fabirc and still having your background show. Kinda small but in the pink box there is small bit of Extravorganza<br />
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If you haven't tried the print your own fabric, give it a try - easy and no special software needed. What ever you print on paper you can print of sheets of special prepared fabric with a paper backing you can buy, several different brands (google "inkjet fabric sheets"). Or I just heard of people using full size sheet labels to stablize fabric that then goes into the printer.<br />
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Do a little research on what <b>feelings</b> you get from fonts. Check out some brand logos. What fonts are they using and how do those shapes and colors make you feel? What feeling do you want to evoke with your font?<br />
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Gotta run, it's time for me to head to a fun class!Amalia Teresa Parra Morusiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813881511304502459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261856355547192595.post-20989994817233750732012-09-26T23:37:00.003-04:002012-09-26T23:37:48.382-04:00THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PARTS!POSSIBILITIES, these are the parts to our creativity. <br />For years I would find something interesting and pick it up. Okay, you can call it trash, but I saw possibilities, ideas and inspiration. Like isn't this an interesting piece of metal, plastic... I am trying to be more environmentally aware, so when pirchse anything it's got some plastic or metal dohickey attached to it , and I look at it and ask myself the great question of the scientist and experimenter...<br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WHAT IF?</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><br />
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Now I'm lucky enough to have a kindred spirit who sees these possibilities. The child of a fellow artsy friend likes to build robots and "machines" from the parts I and others collect for him.<br />
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Today, I opened an envelope and inside it was an awesome steampunk styled drawing and the words "THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PARTS" in block letters over the largest cog in the machine. <br />
I thought I might share a photo of the image, but honestly it was a gift to me and I want to enjoy in my decadent solitude. Plus his name is on it and I feel an obligation to preserve the privacy of kids.<br />
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<li>Your most awesome machine - this physics geek loved the wires, cogs, light bulb, rotating parts! </li>
<li>Your nice block letters - great symmetry and balance.</li>
<li>I love the artistic flair of the N that starts at the top, slides down and pokes back up to the top and lands on the ground (some call it a backwards N.) Remember that just like a Mountain that starts at the bottom and pokes up, like the letter M, the block letter N starts at the bottom, just the like you have Nothing and then starts it's pokey journey up, them down, then up! </li>
<li>Your kindness, I may have given you PARTS, but you gave me ART, inspiration and grattitude! </li>
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You made my day, young artist! <br />
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THANK YOU FOR ALL THE ART! <br />
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Here are some pictures of what I created from rusty "PARTS" collected while on vacation <br />
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As the earth revolves around the sun, while rotating, I think of my evolution as an sewing artist too... Birthday month introspection!<br />
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Throughout my school days, I doodled echo lines around words.<br />
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<b>quilts of my own design</b> (didn't know the term art quilt or traditional quilt) it was just play! This was a slow design process, but oh so enjoyable... Love the bike close up in the center with the Kermit leg, and the Vanna White posing Kermit! No pattern, just drew it!<br />
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<b>playing in three dimensions</b>, the garment sewer in me loved this, shaping, using my Marks pinking shears (my oldest pair of scissors), following patterns but adapting them.<br />
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Here is Professor Moskovi of Duck U. I wrote a whole little back story for him. One of these days I will get all my ducks in a row (I've made at least 6, all but 2 have flown the coop!) <br />
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<b>art quilts of my own design</b> - these 3 were created in Ideas for Art Quilts class with <a href="http://deborahsjournal.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Deborah Boschert.</a> Looking forward to this Saturday as I'm taking her class, Small Art Quilts: Designing in a Series.<br />
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Fall is sneaking up on us, with promises of a new year. <br />
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Goals - I should be an expert on this!<br />
Why not, I've spent time in goals, I've blocked them, dove on them, let them in (disappointingly) but rarely made them. I'm talking sports of course, favoring defensive positions in field hockey, indoor field hockey,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camogie" target="_blank"> camogie</a>, and ice hockey where I really was protecting the goal.<br />
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In sports, art and life, I blend a certain amount of skill, single-minded focus, full field awareness, practice, with a smidgen of reckless abandon, love of the game and plain old joy!<br />
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With certain sadness, I stopped playing the beautiful game of ice hockey goalie, which is a really different game than just ice hockey! The experiences and memories, I keep forever. The garage full of sweaty gear spread out to dry, yeah that part I don't miss! Funny that the game of my life, was very lopsided - 10-1 against a team from Montreal. We were so overmatched and mesmerized by their skill. I swear there must have been over 70 shots on goal that day! Our team scored the only goal against them that tournament. <br />
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I shared the 12x12x12 with my informal art quilt group, Metrothreads last Saturday. I meant to share some lessons from working small, and I realized that I got caught up in the fun of show-n-chat and may not have given specific details as promised on tips for working smaller... I'm sure there are a lot more tips for working small... but here's a couple that jump out at me.. <br />
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I think putting a traditional bed quilt binding on an art quilt is like wearing a cocktail dress with Danskos. And I do love my Danskos (and so much more than I love cocktail dresses!), but they take the focus away from the dress and make you question what scenario led to that outfit - did the house catch on fire and you grabbed the closest shoes? Was it "laundry day, nothing clean"?<br />
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I love juxtaposition, like in steam-punk - but I think a lot of art quilters don't do traditional bindings becase they want to show juxtaposition...maybe they see it as expected, easy, safe and they know how to do it already! But like scale changes things - If your big quilt bindings are great, good, okay, so so, or not even so - it's going to magnify mistakes, so great is now just good, good is okay, and so on. So if you can do great bindings on big quilts, do it on small ones, but maybe try single fold and try small widths. If you are in the not so great category, I think you have a decision to make. Try facings, "try it, you'll like it." (Yes, I am heavily influenced by 70s TV).<br />
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You know from 2d paper art and photography - framing is an artistic element- and those who come from traditional quilting know what a good border will do for a bed quilt. But the border also needs to be in scale with the item - a 2.25" double fold on a bed quilt has a appropriate scale look that it doesn't have on a small quilt. I've played with faux binding using piping. Wrapped fused binding or zigzagging can be appropriate for a small quilt.<br />
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DANCE THE FACINGS FANDANGO<br />
Facings, like the palette cleansing sorbet, mmm such a great finish! If you've never done facings, it's little harder at first, but soon you get used to the steps and can spin around the room and wow the crowd. What is just a little harder, gives a look that can be flamboyant. The pay offs of dancing the Facings Fandango include:<br />
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<li>puts the focus on the quilt</li>
<li>nice crisp edges</li>
<li>not limited to straight edges </li>
<li>better hang-ocity - give quilts more stability in an unstable world!</li>
<li>gives you options (front, back, matching, contracts, insertions)</li>
<li>you can say "Facings Fandango", who wouldn't want to say that?</li>
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Check out, <a href="http://funfromatoz.blogspot.com/2012/06/life-on-edge-revelations-of-day-11.html" target="_blank">Day 11 Life on the Edge </a>for brainstormed ideas for quilt edges,<br />
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<br />Thanks for having fun with me today!Amalia Teresa Parra Morusiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813881511304502459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261856355547192595.post-58283879658370020792012-09-18T21:04:00.001-04:002012-09-18T21:04:32.025-04:00Frivolous Swivelous!A new favorite tool (especially for cutting freezer paper stencils!)<br />
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<a href="http://www2.fiskars.com/Products/Crafting/Craft-Knives/Fingertip-Swivel-Detail-Knife" target="_blank"><br /></a>
<a href="http://www2.fiskars.com/Products/Crafting/Craft-Knives/Fingertip-Swivel-Detail-Knife" target="_blank">Fiskars Fingertip Swivel Detail Knife</a><br />
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Look for the purple handle - the one with the other color handle and larger blade doesn't swivel - both have the same finger loop style.<br />
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any cutting that needs smooth curving edges - as if you were writing
with a pen. A little different in how you hold it, but I find it more
natural than the pen-style exacto that has a swivel head. Allows you to cut without the natural angle most tend to use when we hold a straight pen.<br />
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Oh, yes I have 2 of these. I could tell you that it's cause they are so good that one is not enough! Truth is when I was doing the freezer paper stencils for days 3 & 4, I couldn't find mine and was near a craft store so just bought a second one. As you can see the first one just wanted a friend and came out of hiding! It's is good to have one in the upstairs sewing studio and the downstairs artistic annex.<br />
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I've used for freezer paper stencils, and freehand paper cutting as well... <br />
Is anyone using the swivel knife to cut anything else?<br />
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Please help me and you could win something fun, frivolous and super swivelous!<br />
What do you think? What should I call my favorite tools..."favorite tools" didn't have the flavor of Fun From A to Z! Maybe something something:favorite tools... any ideas on what the something something could be?<br />
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<li>Trusty Tools (alliteration but not super fun...)</li>
<li>Terrific Tools</li>
<li>Coolio Toolios (this might be a rap singer!)</li>
<li>Favorite Tools</li>
<li>Cool Tools </li>
<li>Fun Favorites (doesn't actually say tool)</li>
<li>Fun Finds (same doesn't say tool) </li>
<li>??? do you have a better idea??? please share!</li>
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Let me know in the comments section what you think- one lucky winner to be picked on day 1 of the actual month of my birth, October 1, 2012... vote early, vote often (especially if you have a suggestion!) <br />
<br />Amalia Teresa Parra Morusiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813881511304502459noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261856355547192595.post-36463623179878805952012-09-17T07:31:00.000-04:002012-09-17T07:31:26.744-04:00Forest Ranger!So what do you want to be when you grow up? In high school, the result of a career questionnaire was that it recommended I be a Forest Ranger.<br />
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Now that I am closer to the half century mark than I am to the four-oh, I wonder... What would have happened if I listened to those results?<br />
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I do love nature and find a peaceful joy in solitude, I could see myself lecturing on and on about some aspect of nature, informing and educating. My dad will attest that I don't let people litter! I look good in tan and green. I love wearing hats & boots... maybe there was some truth in those results!<br />
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Plus you seen the hat?<br />
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And since I'm being introspective, I realize that my childhood teddybear does "bear" a resemblance to Smokey the Bear. Most likely Smokey was designed to look like a teddy bear so that my generation would know that we had personal responsibility for nature. We also learned responsibility from his friend and fellow national symbol USDA's Forest Service, Woodsy the Owl.<br />
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From USDA<br />
<i>Smokey Bear’s expressions can change, but should never be menacing or frightening. He must always be portrayed as caring and informative, appealing to children and adults alike. The key to Smokey Bear’s expressive nature is generally shown in his eyes. It is important that any reproduction of Smokey Bear incorporates his caring, expressive eyes.</i><br />
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Rolling around in my little grey brain cells are several themes...<br />
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<li> names (especially multiple names!)</li>
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"It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely. One must seek
the truth within--not without." - Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's eccentric detective.<br />
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Did you know... she was born Agatha May Clarissa Miller? and died as Dame Agatha Christie Mallowan?<br />
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thanks for having fun with me today! Amalia Teresa Parra Morusiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813881511304502459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261856355547192595.post-71000609636797220092012-09-16T20:24:00.001-04:002012-09-16T20:24:12.908-04:00Getting Better with Age, AMDG<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My birthday month has started - birthdays are like baseball, they don't always follow time the way you would expect. The birthday month (ok, I admit this is my own invention - but it's a good one) Ok, the birthday month begins one month prior to my actual birthday and ends one month after. So yes, the birthday month is really 2 months long, and in my case spans September, October and November. So this is my "new year" and I turn my thoughts inward. Interestingly enough, I saw a little old lady today who had just a smidge of resemblance to my Abuela Marta, my paternal grandmother, sewing teacher, and one of my creative mentors. When this stranger gave me a smile today that had my Abuela's playful humor and a sparkle in her eye, it gave me joy to know Abuela sent me smile-mail from heaven.<br />
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In Tempe, Arizona I found this beautifully aged copper post cover at the aisle side of the pew at Old St. Mary's Church. I loved that it was worn, wrinkled and tarnished. There is no way that new copper can compete with the beauty of this aged metal. The church is a national historic landmark built in 1903. It's not a traditional parish, it's associated with Arizona State University as the<a href="http://www.asucatholic.org/about-history.php" target="_blank"> "All Saints Catholic Newman Center Mission". </a><br />
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Interesting snippet heard from our local priest ... sometimes when we think to ourselves "wow, that was lucky", that those opportunities could be free gift of grace from God. <br />
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I've always loved being lucky! <br />
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Personally, I love my luck even more now thinking that those lucky times were gifts of grace from God. Padre also elaborated that those gifts aren't shared willy-nilly as he spoke of the need to do good works along with having good faith. I'm considering it a good work to put to this out to the blog-sphere, that this is part of who I am. <br />
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As a human, I have many parts and it's a balance since they are all important parts of me - artist, worker, leader, wife, daughter, sister, stepmother, friend to humans and animals, humanitarian, god-loving-atarian, fun finder, and maybe philosophizer
too! When I was younger I walked past these 4 letters "AMDG" everyday -
at least twice to-and-from classes. And I think that God would be
pleased to read that when I create art, I may not always think or say that I am doing it for God, but that in my quiet stillness of stitching thread through fabric, I feel closer to those who came before me and to the Creator, the great I am. I live my life AMDG, I make art AMDG! I was lucky enough to be Jesuit educated, other trained by SJ's know exactly what <a href="http://www.loyola.edu/About/about-loyola/amdg.aspx" target="_blank">AMDG</a> means. "For the Greater Glory of God."<br />
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In a world filled with people, some with different faiths, some without and others struggling, I find myself not sharing about my faith, because I think that's separate from x, y, or z activity that we share, or that it will offend or exclude. But I can't honestly say that my faith can be separated from the other parts of who I am and for me to share my thoughts on life without acknowledging my simple faith would be offending myself and excluding myself.<br />
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My favorite prayer is one of faithful surrender "not my will, but Your Will", I have a comfortable relationship with God. I say He reads my Facebook posts, so why wouldn't He also read my blogposts? The "Big G" and I are close that way. So on this first day of my "birthday month" special thanks and love to those who created me, Mom, Dad and the big G!<br />
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Here's some great parting thoughts from St Iggie and Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta
(both of which I think would agree that faith is so intrinsic we can't
separate it from the day to day parts of who we are). Mother Teresa share the name Teresa and an abundance of names. Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, "Blessed" because she was beatification Oct. 19, 2003 (only 4 day after my birthday. She was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa of
Calcutta, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta and simply Mother Teresa.)<br />
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signing out with my big name...<br />
AMALIA TERESA PARRA MORUSIEWICZ<br />
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"By blood, I am Albanian.
By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my
calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the
Heart of Jesus."<br />
― Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for
us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him
more surely, and serve him more faithfully. <br />
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to appreciate and use these gifts of God insofar as they help us toward
our goal of loving service and union with God. But insofar as any
created things hinder our progress toward our goal, we ought to let them
go.
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Love is shown more in deeds than in words.<br />
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St. Ignatius of Loyola<br />
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Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.<br />
Life is beauty, admire it.<br />
Life is a dream, realize it.<br />
Life is a challenge, meet it.<br />
Life is a duty, complete it.<br />
Life is a game, play it.<br />
Life is a promise, fulfill it.<br />
Life is sorrow, overcome it.<br />
Life is a song, sing it.<br />
Life is a struggle, accept it.<br />
Life is a tragedy, confront it.<br />
Life is an adventure, dare it.<br />
Life is luck, make it.<br />
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.<br />
Life is life, fight for it.
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― Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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<br />Amalia Teresa Parra Morusiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813881511304502459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261856355547192595.post-87633930325335344292012-09-01T10:19:00.001-04:002012-09-01T10:19:32.052-04:00Small to Grand - Against All Odds! Look up, Look Down<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This little flower is all alone in a strange place where concrete, brick and metal meet. Does it worry that it's different? Does it concern itself with feelings - nope, flowers grow, bloom, and wilt in the heat... No internal struggles for it.<br />
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This flower really inspired me, growing at my auto repair shop (<a href="http://www.risingsunmotorsmd.com/" target="_blank">Rising Sun in College Park</a>). I love that they are letting it grow, you know there are people that would have pulled it out like it was a weed! Funny, how it's nature that puts it there, but humans that protect it...<br />
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I'm easily inspire by nature, but some parts of nature are just undeniable. Like the big hole in the ground that the Colorado River, change in continental plates, and erosion created in Arizona.</div>
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The Grand Canyon is undeniably grand. We had a blast hiking the Bright Angel Trail (you can see a few hikers in the photo to the left on the path) So inspiring and rejuvenating! </div>
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Wish you all have the opportunity to see the Grand Canyon. I'm looking forward to spending some time going thru the photos we took with real cameras! This one was simply the best one of the seven I took with my iPhone. </div>
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