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Lemon-Sage Wine Mustard
When this post goes live it will be my birthday. This year's birthday is a extra special because it's the last one of my 30's. When I think about that, I sigh a little. I know it's cliché, but where did the time go? I am not so sure...but I do know I plan to make the most of 39. Then next year at this time, we'll see how well I'm embracing the reality of 40. Long sigh. I have a feeling I might go into it kicking and screaming just a little bit.
The birthday plans have been low key this year. Just enjoying a few meals out with various family and friends. My sister's birthday is 3 days prior to mine so we always celebrate together. We went out on Sunday for lunch at a restaurant I've been wanting to try for over a year. They specialize in seasonal ingredients and all their dishes are under 475 calories. I have to say I was very impressed with how they spent their calories--will definitely be going back. On the actual birthday Hubby and I are going to dinner just the two of us to steak house. I'm not going to be counting the calories there--trust me! Tuesday evening I'm slated for dinner with one of my closest friends for Mexican food and Thursday is dinner with the parents at a seafood restaurant. Food, friends and family is the perfect way to celebrate. :)
I didn't necessarily plan a specific post to coincide with my birthday, and it just so happens this lemon-sage wine mustard is up next on the blog roster. But I'm more than happy to celebrate with mustard!
I LOVE mustard! It's high up on my list of preferred and necessary condiments. My family thinks I'm a little crazy about mustard in fact. When I eat a hot dog for instance, the ratio of mustard to dog is about 50/50. Yeah. Really. I guess my family has a point and it might be a smidge overboard. What can I say? I just cannot seem to get too much mustard on a hot dog. And I like it all. Yellow. Dijon. Grain. Brown. Honey. Spicy. I love the acidity and tang from mustard. Yum.
When Hima of All Four Burners challenged us to use citrus in our monthly Can It Up project, I started looking for recipes. I came across this lemon-sage wine mustard in my Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving. I thought it would be kind of cool to make homemade mustard. Plus I've only canned sweet things to date....jams, fruit butters, preserves, so this seemed like the perfect opportunity to combine my love of canning with my love of mustard. That sounds silly as I read it back. But it really was fun to make and I enjoyed the final product.
The mustard is really very lemony. The sage is subtle and the wine sings a nice little melody in the background. Since the lemon is prominent, I've found I've enjoyed this accompanied with a little mayo too to balance it out. At least on sandwiches. The sandwich pictured below is homemade ciabatta bread (courtesy of Hubby), turkey, grated sharp white cheddar cheese, mayo and lemon-sage wine mustard. Delicious!
Mustard is surprisingly easy to make. The hardest part was finding the main ingredient. Whole mustard seeds. My first stop was Whole Foods. They sold it. In incredibly tiny portions. My mustard would have cost a small fortune. I know a lot of people love Whole Foods, but I really don't seem to have the best luck there. Next I tried Sprouts (another local health food grocery store). What's great about Sprouts is they sell spices in bulk bins/jars where you can fill up a bag with as much or as little as you want. I've purchased many spices this way especially when I am using something new for a recipe and I don't know if I want to invest in a whole jar. I was thrilled to see Sprouts had a huge container of mustard seeds. I was able to eyeball a 3/4 cup portion and it cost right around $5 dollars. Once I secured all my ingredients it was smooth sailing.
The mustard seeds get soaked in a sage steeped wine for a couple of hours. The seeds soak up all the liquid from the wine and get transferred to a food processor along with white wine vinegar. Several long pulses in the food processor allow the seeds to break down, but some grain is left. It's nice to have a little texture from the seeds in the finished product. The mustard goes into a pot on the stove to cook along with the lemon, sage, honey and salt and, then into prepared canning jars to be processed in boiling water.
You'll notice this mustard doesn't have a bright yellow color. I had always assumed the mustard seed is where the color came in. But I learned that it actually comes from one of the spices in yellow mustard, turmeric. Since this mustard is turmeric free it has a much more muted yellow, almost pale brown color. Don't let the color fool you, this mustard has quite a zing!
It's great on sandwiches. And I envision it accompanying homemade pretzels, grilled bratwurst or hot dogs or a honey baked ham.
Lemon-Sage Wine Mustard
from Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving
Makes 5 four ounce jars
1 bunch of fresh sage (enough to yield 1/3 cup finely chopped plus 1/2 cup roughly chopped)
3/4 cup dry white wine (I used Pinot Gris)
3/4 cup yellow mustard seeds
1 cup white wine vinegar
Grated zest and juice of two large lemons
1/2 cup liquid honey (I used regular honey)
1/4 teaspoon salt
Finely chop enough sage leaves to measure 1/3 cup and set aside.
Coarsely chop remaining sage leaves and stems to measure 1/2 cup and place in a small stainless steel saucepan with the white wine. Bring to a boil over medium heat, while stirring and pressing on the sage to release as much flavor as possible. Remove the pan from the heat and cover. Allow to steep for 5 minutes.
Using a fine mesh strainer or sieve, drain the safe infused wine into a bowl while pressing down on the sage to remove as much liquid as possible. Discard the sage and return the wine to the saucepan. Add the mustard seeds to the wine and cover with a lid. Allow to sit at room temperature for about 2 hours or until the mustard seeds have absorbed most of the moisture.
Prepare your lids and jars by washing in hot soapy water. Place jars in a water canner, ensuring jars are covered with water and bring to a boil. Place lids in a small sauce pan over low heat. Set screw rings aside.
Transfer wine soaked mustard seeds to a food processor or blender, including an residual liquid. Add vinegar and process until the mustard seeds are well chopped but still has a slightly grainy texture.
Transfer the mixture to a stainless steel medium-large size saucepan. Add lemon juice, zest, honey, salt and the 1/3 cup of finely chopped sage. Turn heat to high and boil, stirring continuously. Once boiling, reduce heat to low and allow to gently boil, stirring often. Allow mustard to reduce by 1/3 of it's volume, about 20 minutes (note--mine only took 10 minutes). The book cautions from allowing the mustard to get too thick as it can prohibit proper heat penetration during canning process.
Remove one jar at time from the canner using tongs, discarding the water and hold with a doubled up clean kitchen towel. Ladle hot mustard into hot jars leaving 1/4 head space at the top. Remove air bubbles by using a thin chopstick around the mustard. Wipe any residue off the rim. Place a hot lid on top and secure using a screw band until resistance is met and turning until fingertip tight (do not over tighten). Repeat until all the jars are filled.
Place prepared jars in canner. Allow the water level to sit at least 1 full inch above the jars. Bring to boil. Process for 10 minutes with lid on the canner. Once they've boiled for 10 minutes, remove the canner lid and wait 5 minutes. Remove jars from canner and cool on a kitchen towel, undisturbed for 24 hours.
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Happy Birthday!!! enjoy your 39th year :)) and what a great way to celebrate with this delicious mustard - LOVELY!!ReplyDelete
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Happy Birthday, Best Friend. I will be calling later today to sing to you (after coffee).ReplyDelete
This looks ridiculously yummy! This is totally my kind of sandwich. I wish I was having this for lunch today. This will be a must-do soon.
XOXOXOX Enjoy your day, mama!Replies
Thanks honey! Sorry I missed your call. Work got a little crazy today. Dinner was really nice though. I had lava cake for dessert! YUM. I'm so stuffed. Will probably call toward the end of the week. :)Delete
...And speaking of mustard I just remembered that time in high school when we went to Subway and I was shocked to see you had mustard all over your meatball sub.. it looked gross and I couldn't fathom it...until I had a bite and realized it wasn't crazy...it was GOOD.ReplyDelete
To this day, I have never seen anyone else do that.Replies
OMG...you've just officially publically confirmed my craziness for mustard! I so cracked up when I read this comment. Haha!Delete
Happy happy birthday Gloria!! I absolutely love your plans, you can never have too many birthday dinners :) I'm not a huge mustard person (I mostly use it in sauces/dressings) but Shane is a big fan. I'll have to try this for him one day soon!ReplyDelete
PS - Been loving your pins lately. My time to pin has been limited, but I like to sneak a peek at the front page when I can.Replies
Thanks Tracey! The birthday dinners have started with a bang!Delete
I've totally caught the Pinterest bug! I feel like I'm playing catch up. And loving every minute.
Tasty for an awesome sandwich! Happy birthday and hello...do you see how many restaurants you're going to? Have fun,ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing this recipe! I know your readers are quite happy to see this post. The rich flavor of the mustard intensified by the wine, lemonade, and sage is really delicious. It makes me want to order one bite of it! Why don't you write about another recipe with rum next time?ReplyDelete


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If not treated within one or two days, appendicitis can lead to a perforated appendix. As a result, this painful condition can serve as a marker for inadequate access to health care, the UCLA Medical Center researchers explained in a news release from the American College of Surgeons.
"Appendicitis is a time-dependent disease process that leads to a more complicated medical outcome, and that outcome, perforated appendicitis, has increased hospital costs and increased burden to both the patient and society," according to study author Dr. Stephen Shew, an associate professor of surgery at UCLA Medical Center, and a pediatric surgeon at Mattel Children's hospital in Los Angeles.
In conducting the study, Shew's team examined discharge data on nearly 108,000 children aged 2 to 18 who were treated for appendicitis at 386 California hospitals between 1999 and 2007. Of the children treated, 53 percent were Hispanic, 36 percent were white, 3 percent were black, 5 percent were Asian and 8 percent were of an unknown race.
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Focusing on the experience of Filipino caregivers in London, some of whom are living and working illegally in their host country, Deirdre McKay considers what migrant workers must do to navigate their way in a global marketplace. She draws on interviews and participant observations, her own long-term fieldwork in communities in the Philippines, and digital ethnography to present an intricate consideration of how these caregivers create stability in potentially precarious living situations. McKay argues that these workers gain resilience from the bonding networks they construct for themselves through social media, faith groups, and community centers. These networks generate an elaborate "archipelago of care" through which migrants create their sense of self.
Deirdre McKay is Senior Lecturer in Social Geography and Environmental Politics at Keele University. She is author of Global Filipinos: Migrants' Lives in the Virtual Village (IUP) and a Framing the Global fellow.
"Deirdre McKay takes a novel approach to key concepts undergirding globalization and transnationalism today – citizenship, surveillance, and security. She makes us think differently about the negotiation of belonging in a digital and hyper-securitized age."
— Jennifer Burrell , author of Maya After War: Conflict , Power and Politics in Guatemala
"A beautifully written ethnography of Filipino migrants in the UK and their experience of living their lives within and across the UK and the Philippines, mediated by physical space, institutions and a series of digital media."
— Heather Horst, coauthor of Digital Ethnography: Principles and Practices
"a distinctive perspective on global processes, and a valuable addition to the growing literature incorporating emotion into understandings…. of migration.
— Feminist Review
"[T]his book's exploration of transnational care and flows of affect offers a powerful critique of the limits of state-based articulations of belonging, responsibility and entitlement. It poses novel questions to scholars engaging with migration and care ethics in particular."
— Ageing and Society
Archipelago of Care is a stimulating contribution to the literature on reproductive labour."
— Two Homelands
AcknowledgementsOn TransliterationIntroduction: Archipelago of Care1. In London2. At Church 3. On Facebook4. In the Community Center5. At Our House6. Back Home7. In TransitConclusion: Care and the Global Shatter ZoneNotesBibliographyIndex
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I'm currently starting a new Real Estate company in SE Pennsylvania called Scope Real Estate. I'm a Realtor and part owner of the company.
This logo will be used on business cards, "For Sale" signs, website, Internet portals and other marketing material.
Honestly, I'm not sure exactly what type of logo I would like, but let me give you some pointers and hoping that it will help.
- I don't like bright colors. They hurt the eyes. Example would be ReMax. They use reds and blues and I think it's too bright.
- At this point, the company is concentrating in residential sales, but in the future, we will be starting a Property Management company, so the logo needs to be somewhat flexible.
- Most home buyers are looking in the $300K to $700K price range, but there are people who look for cheaper/more expensive homes.
- I'm looking for some kind of distinctive look and feel.
- Don't like cartoonish designs.
- Needs to look professional.
- The logo needs to display "Scope Real Estate", without the double quotes. Would also like to see some kind of design in the logo or maybe play with letters or symbols.
I want designers to be creative and you're not restricted in colors, just nothing bright. If you can show something in brownish/orange tone, that might work, but I'm open to all suggestions.
Surprise me!
Thanks and I look forward to reviewing your designs. Make it exciting.
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Innovation Incubator is a start-up company which helps other organisations to;
- gain maximum value from their early stage ideas and innovations
- develop or turn around existing ventures that haven't achieved their revenue or profit targets
Our target audience are professional managers and directors that either have;
- ideas and innovations that work well in their own organisation, and they want to find out if they have potential for commercial development and marketing to other organisations, or
- non-mainstream ventures that may be making losses or haven't grown as planned, which they want to develop or turn around
A typical customer organisation will be small/medium-sized (turnover $400,000 to $75 million). So far we have been involved with a start-up software venture and the development/growth of a consultancy business
The website design must be;
- smart, eye-catching and professional
- help to establish a sense of care and support for our customers' projects
- clearly illustrate the benefits, in terms of growth, that the Innovation Incubator approach can achieve for our customers
We have just commissioned a new logo through 99 designs (attached as a file and shown in my folio)
This should be incorporated in the website, but I would also like the website to have a theme based around growth. Three pages on the website will refer to different stages of growth of an idea being incubated;
- evaluation
- planning and resourcing
- growth and development
These could be linked to a growth theme. So, for example, one idea I had;
- Evaluation could have an image of a very young/small tree (say 6inches/15cm tall) being cared for
- Planning and resourcing could have an image of a sapling
- Growth and development could show an image of a mature tree bearing fruit, representing the harvest available to the customer
Please feel free to develop this idea, or come up with a different theme of your own.
I see the pages of the website being;
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3. Evaluation
4. Planning and resourcing
5. Growth and development
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We need a design for the homepage, and then a design for a second level page. If you are including a theme (such as the growth theme I suggest in the brief), then we need to see how that would work in the following three second level pages;
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Sunday, September 30, 2007
Thread Lace
Using a water soluble stabilizer stretched in a hoop I experimented with different overlapping free-motion patterns.
I tried circles, bursts, circles with various yarns and cords, and bursts with bits of rayon thread thrown in. The bursts were definitely more dandelion-esque, but I wanted to try the circles with a fluffy, hairy yarn. Unfortunately, I used that yarn first and it got too buried under the other fibers and lost it's fluffyness. After rinsing the stabilizer out, my definite favorite is the bursts with random bits of rayon threads thrown it.
I'm not absolutely sure I'll end up using this, but it was a good experiment and I'm pleased with the results.
Monday, September 24, 2007
A Dandelion Thread Drawing
As explained in more detail on my blog, I used a tracing on Press'n Seal plastic wrap to help outline the main dandelion flower before machine quilting with a heavy perle thread against my own hand-dyed background. The remaining quilting on the puffs, leaves and grass was all done freehand (with a little help from a chalk pencil). The end result is probably overly subtle but it was a fun exercise as I warm up on our first theme challenge.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Feeling Unworthy?
When we found out what the first challenge was, I didn't immediately know what I was going to do. I tried, unsuccessfully, to take some photos of dandelions in my yard. I had a few ideas flutter around in my head, briefly. But then, one day, I knew what I was going to do....and I started. I'm not done as of yet, but I'm wondering now, after seeing how some of you are working through this, did I give it enough time? Do I need to sketch more, take more pictures, make more notes?
I'm not sure what the answers to these questions are at this moment, but I have to say that I am totally enjoying being a part of this group and sharing this experience with all of you and getting to know how you work. I'm hoping that I learn more about myself and how I go about processing my creativeness in my head and out into my work.
Too many directions
I thought dandelion would be a good theme choice because it has so many interesting aspects. And in my doodling and thinking and sketching, I can't seem to settle on what I want to emphasize in my quiltlet. The yellow flower? The downy puff? The spikey leaves? The persistent weediness? The vibrant color? Various of the above features? Yikes -- it IS only one little piece, just 12x12 inches.
It's not easy to keep things simple.
I seem to be generating ideas for a dandelion series.
Karen, dandelions
It's OUR group
And that made me realize I'd better say what I'm assuming: It's OUR group. Nobody needs my permission to do anything.
I'm the instigator (which will come as no surprise to my mom), but we're all in this together. [Cue the music*....]
I'm delighted to have exhibition prospects, and Helen, thanks for pursuing inquiries! I agree that we'd better see how this goes to commit to anything firmly, but I like knowing that what we do has a good chance of being seen. It's exciting motivation, I think.
* If you have a "tween" in the house, then maybe you've been hearing the High School Musical soundtrack as much as I have....
Possible exhibition
I have Dianes 'permission' ( she would say encouragement!) to throw this out to you for your views.
Chris Howell at Midsomer Quilting ( which is half an hour away from Bath in the UK) has seen our blog and has emailed to say that he is interested in exhibiting our work. They do regularly hold exhibitions both on their premises and currently at a local museum) and I would have every confidence in his organisation. He has capacity to show about 150 quilts our size. He mentioned that he will have another exhibition already booked for November 2008 which he saw as the only 'problem'.
My own view is that it would be good to aim for an exhibition of our first years work - ie. six quilts each. He does have capacity for 12 each but that's a two year committment and seems a long time off! If we aimed for early 2009 that gives us the planned 6 quilts in that time and also the abilty to post the quilts seamail to keep the cost down if people have that as a concern. I thought that having the prospect of a show in 2009 was just enough added excitement to motivate us on the quilts without being too long term a committment. I am sure that he will take the second years too ( and third and fourth.....!!)
For those of us doing journals I think it would be good to exhibit those too, either the actual thing or photos from the pages - I saw an exhibition of embroidery recently where they had done that and seeing the design process was the best bit!
What do you think? Would you rather not commit to a show at all? Would you rather wait for two years worth - so we are 12 x 12 x 12 ( a neat title - thanks, Brenda for suggesting it!
If we are up for the show I can also see if I can make it a little touring production here with another venue or two.
Let me know your views.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Thinking about scale
I was kind of pleased. Then I slept on it for a day or two and suddenly smacked my forehead and said to myself, " Twelve inches by twelve inches!" Way too much going on here for such a small piece. That's one of the elements of designing something that I find easy to forget and just make a thing larger or smaller to fit the measurements I need to use. So I am now thinking about what that size piece is going to need. Back to the (digital) drawing board.
Dandelion Sketches
Diane asked earlier about journaling, so here's a few dandelion-reated pages in my sketchbook. Normally, I don't even bother with the colored pencils -- I just draw a few lines that mean something to me (artistic shorthand perhaps?) and add lots of written notes and arrows. Today I HAD to work out something in color and got a bit carried away "colorizing" the drawings on a few other shorthand notes as well.
I've since sketched a few more ideas and I may actually be focusing in on something. Or not.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Yellow in Leeds
Monday, September 17, 2007
Nikki's New Sketchbook
I attempted to create the flying seeds from a piece of wire and some white eyelash yarn. We have a lot more seeds around here than flowers.
I tried flower pounding for the first time. I found that I especially don't care for the smell of crushed dandelions. Between the smell, mess and poor results, I don't think I will be trying that again.
In another experiment, I tried thread painting dandelions on various fabrics and then cutting up strips for a new little quilt. I like the bright colors, but it doesn't say dandelion to me.
I have some yellow fibers on order, so hopefully I will have something new to play with soon.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Dandelion Images
I like the quilted effect of this "embossed" dandelion image:
Friday, September 14, 2007
Dandelion chain
That's how it's been for me with dandelions lately.
Look what was on the cover of the latest SmartPak dog-supply catalog that came yesterday:
Dandelions everywhere.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
mark making, dandelions
The piece is way to big but I'm kind of liking the image so I may try it on a smaller piece
Sneak Peek
Well I've made a start on my dandelion piece. I'm going to paint a design I drew on fabric. Here's a peek.
Lacking dandelions in London
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
A blue dandelion
I'm so so sorry for being late to the party. My name is Karen Rips and I live in Thousand Oaks CA. I have 4 kids, age 27 -19 with 2 still living at home. As they started moving out I started incorporating their rooms and I now have a great big studio to work in. I'm married to Ted for 30 years. He is retired and has gone back to school for a masters in history and now that he's almost done, he's starting over as a freshman in fine art. He works with glass, fusing and kilnwork. As you can see, we are having a lot of fun. I'm retired from neonatal nursing so I get to do this full time.
I have been making quilts for 25 years, but turned to fiber art about 6 years ago. I have taken a lot of classes over the years, thinking back I used to take classes to make a specific quilt, but now I only take technique classes. I dye my own fabric and am enjoying the process of "mark-making" I have been busy the last few months getting ready for a gallery show in November.
I love challenges so this will be really fun for me. I met Diane this year at a class by Carol Soderlund that Diane organized in Santa Rosa. Thank you so much for including me in the group. I'm somewhat computer challanged (menopause seems to have killed my memory) so bear with me please. I'm waiting for my husband to get home to put up a picture of me!
Dandelions should be challanging, it kept me awake last night thinking of the possibilities. Very nice to read all your intros and thanks again for the invitation. Karen
Monday, September 10, 2007
A Dandelion Quilt
Today, the members of High Fiber Diet delivered their work to the Japanese Garden for our show and sale. One of the members, who does incredible Katazome stencils, had a beautiful scarf with fluffy dandelions screen printed and discharged. I was in awe. It was a thermofax screen. This is what I have been planning to do - make a screen of a fluffy dandelion. She said that she hand drew the dandelion because the photo just didn't give the detail that she wanted. She offered to send me a scan of the drawing. Oh, I was tempted, but I said, No thanks, I want to come up with my own design.
It is really fun to see how dandelions are suddenly in my radar!!
It's going to make me smile every time I think about dandelions, but no, I don't thinks that's what I'll do for 12x12!
When I went to my first Dallas Area Fiber Artists meeting about a year ago, the program recognized women who had been members of the group for more than 25 years. Each of them stood up and shared some recent artwork and some older artwork. It was amazingly inspirational. One woman went on and on about dandelions. She had traveled the world and taken pictures of dandelions everywhere she went. I ran into her again this summer at a gallery opening and she went on and on about dandelions again. I don't think I even prompted her, she just wove the conversation right back to her beloved weed. I'll be sure to track her down and let her know about our group challenge.
Saturday, September 8, 2007
What's a girl to do?!
And I hadn't thought about it, but the computer files of images I acquire on the way to finalizing an idea, and the blog entries I've made while thinking thru something, are themselves a way of journaling.
I think I'm still going to try to see if I can keep my images/notes/thoughts/sketches in one place as I work on the themes for this challenge.
Friday, September 7, 2007
Digital sketches
You see lines overlapping one another here because I am working with separate elements that I am overlaying one another. This is just the playing around stage. Nothing is final.
Here I have stretched and moved individual parts of the same construction as above for a more naturalistic plant—not so symmetrical.
Then, just for fun, I played with the idea of using the first version as a repeating pattern.
I may end up using one of these or not. This is just exercise to start thinking about how I might approach this.
I find using a computer graphics program like Illustrator a wonderfully freeing way of doing preliminery sketches and designs, since you can use the same elements over and over, making small and large changes as you progress. Does anyone else work this way?
In German, the dandelion has two names: Löwenzahn (lion's teeth, and the spelling above is the plural) and Pusteblume (blow-flower). The lion name references the mane-like flower and the jagged-edged leaves; and blowing is exactly what you do when you see a flower gone to fluff (or at least that's what my daughter HAS to do). Pusteblume is not only the name of my son's reading book but of many, many Kindergartens. Germans are very much in tune with the seasons, and as summer approaches the kids learn this poem by Josef Guggenmos:
stand er da im Silberhaar.
Aber eine Dame,
Anette war ihr Name,
machte ihre Backen dick,
machte ihre Lippen spitz,
blies einmal, mit Macht,
blies ihm fort die ganze Pracht.
Und er blieb am Platze
zurueck mit einer Glatze.
My kids are inexplicably entertained by Babel Fish's awkward translation:
Marvelously was located it there in the silver hair. But a lady, Anette was their name, made their cheeks thick, made their lips pointed, blew once, with power, blew him away the whole splendour. And it remained at the place back with a bald head.
The DVD with the charming, balding man is from a TV series named for the tenacity and ingenuity of the the flower in finding places to grow. The show itself is about ingenuity and how things work, in a sustainable and environmentally friendly framework. It's a favorite in this household.
I tried to find more of the kids' dandelion pictures, but only came up with the one. Regardless, this is where my thinking is going with this theme. "The dandelion as it relates to my kids' years in German Kindergarten."
Journaling on the theme
Taken as I am with the work of Linda and Laura Kemshall, I have been studying their website lately and looking closely at how they use their journals to develop art ideas. I've never been organized about my sketchbooks...they really tend to be a collection of scribbles, which sometimes prove useful in working out ideas.
I was thinking that for our challenges, I'd try to start a journal to work with the selected themes and see how (if?) it helps me as my thoughts devleop and images evolve.
Anyone else interested in doing that?
I figured that for those of us who are interested in giving that a try, we could post that here, too.
What do you think?
Dandelion thoughts
Actually, one of my goals these days is to push myself away from being so literal in my artwork. I think I tend to live in my head a lot (probably common for lawyers, eh?) and I think in words rather than pictures. Getting myself to interpret a theme such as "dandelion" without simply translating a dandelion picture into fabric is a real challenge for me. And even when I try to think less literally, the first place I go is toward language... you know, Dandy Lion. (*rolling eyes*) I'd like to get myself to a place where the work evokes the sense of the thing, without necessarily showing the thing.
Helen, remember that you don't have to work with yellow at all if you don't want to. I've been thinking about ways of working with dandelion that don't use yellow and green. (Not that there's anything WRONG with yellow and green -- grin -- but I use them a lot. And there's that literal thing.)
I love the poems. I stumbled across this cartoon (#1 on the page) last night, which seemed appropriate for our international exploration of this idea.
And how cool that you already have a budding opportunity for an exhibition for us, Helen!
Anatomy of a Dandelion
It is the yellow of
(guessed it) the
bees have
died for it, mis-
taking the sun.
That's how one
such story goes.
Yellow as that.
true, the story.
story about
dandelions and yellow
has got to be.
For you,
remember it. Be
ready to die for it.
Yellow as that.
Also, I emailed a friend, Chris, who helps De Pickford to run my favourite quilt shop Midsomer Quilting (which sadly is three and a half hours away from me but I get to go twice a year when we stay in Bath) to tell him to check out this blog. He emailed back to offer their place as an exhibition venue for our stuff... At the moment I have a quilt in an exhibition run by him at a local museum in which he has 18 quilts less than one of the major quilt shows Quilts UK had this year , so he knows how to do an exhibition....... so get sewing girls!!
Thursday, September 6, 2007
One of the things I have been thinking a lot about, and did on my Journal quilt, is combining words and images on a quilt. I like this A.A. Milne quote and think it might work well in a dandelion theme.
Hi, I'm Deborah!
I'm Deborah Boschert. I've lived near Dallas, TX for about a year and a half. Before that I lived in Maine and many other places. I'm 37 and I'm a stay-at-home-mom to Claire (8) and Benjamin (5). Benjamin started kindergarten last week and I have begun a whole new phase of my life. I have really felt new energy and opportunties now that both children are in school from 8 am to 3 pm. I fully intend to make the most of this blessing -- both in my art world and in our family world.
I've been married to Jeff for 15 years. He took this silly picture of me.
I was standing next to a piece of my art at a gallery opening and not really wanting to have my picture taken. He caught me right in the middle of rolling my eyes.
What else to say about myself... I suppose we will all get to know each other and our artistic styles as we go. I can't wait!
I'm 42, have two kids - an 18 yr old son and a 15 yr old daughter - and Peter and I have been married for EVER (24 yrs).
So, you Mathematics Queens will have calculated that I was 18 when we married! I had just finished high school and planned to go to university but I soon decided that buying a house was a higher priority for me than studying for a career that I didn't really want anyway. So I got a job, we bought a house and, eventually, I quit the job and had babies. I have never wanted a career, never regretted being a full-time parent.
All of my life I have loved art in many forms. And my mother taught me to sew and embroider when I was very, very young. Eventually the two collided and I started to make quilts. I love books and self-directed learning so I am largely self-taught. Ten years ago I started teaching, working in quilt shops and designing patterns. I love interacting with other quilters and the wonderful buzz of teaching and exchanging ideas!
I am a New Zealander and Peter is Australian. We have moved between the two countries a number of times and currently we are living in North Queensland, Australia. We've been here for a couple of years now, so I should be feeling settled, but the last four years have been a time of great change for us which has interrupted my creative flow rather badly.
I'm really looking forward to having this group as a stimulant and inspiration for more and better work!
Hello from Belgium
I'm Francoise. I'm 48 years old. I have a dear husband and three sons. Sailing is one of our favourite hobbies. I've always liked to draw and to do crafts, but, strangely enough, I studied Mathematics at the university.
In 1983, we left for California. That's when I saw quilts for the first time, and I decided I wanted to be a quilter too.
We've been living in Belgium again for almost twenty years now.
I like to dye and print my fabrics. I'm crazy about Japanese textile art. I read a lot, in French and in English.
I'm currently studying Creative Computing with DesignMatters. Six years ago, I took a textile design course at the Open College of the Arts.
I am delighted to be a member of this group, and I'm a bit anxious too... Thank you Diane for inviting me to join!
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Nikki's Introduction
Let's label
She suggested that each time we post, we include our name as a label at the bottom of the post screen.
That way, the sidebar will sort posts by labels...and if anyone wants to read all entries by Kirsten, for example, she can just click on the label and pull them up.
Also, let's label all posts about the Dandelion challenge as "dandelion". That way, we can sort those, too.
Great idea, Kirsten! I've set up the labels to show on the sidebar and added labels to the posts that are up now.
Greetings from Copacabana
Since making my first quilt, patchwork quilting and textiles have developed into a compelling avocation for me. I relish every step in the quiltmaking process - the planning, the construction, the sharing AND the serendipity factor!
I struggle to make quilts to a designated size (Little Playtime (above) was meant to be 12 inches square) but am thrilled to be a part of this challenge.
My Pic
Terry with a 'y' wanted pictures...so here's me. Forgot to mention in my intro that I'm happily married to a wonderful guy for 13 years, I have one son who just graduated from high school and just started college and still lives at home...(p.s. I've got plans for his room one day, don't tell him). I currently work two days out of the home, hoping to change that soon. I'd much rather be playing in my studio as much as possible. I'm 43 years young and I love cats.
My intro
Okay, here's my introduction.
I've been sewing for most of my life, and started making quilts when I was in high school. (I'm 50 so that was some time ago!) I started quilting using very traditional techniques, back when quilting generally involved a lot of little calico prints. My sewing pretty much came to a halt when I went to law school and afterwards when I worked full time as a trial lawyer.
Flash forward a bunch of years, by which time I married my husband, we adopted our daughter, we moved back to California from New England, and I was no longer working full time. I volunteered to help make an auction quilt for the preschool, which caused me to venture into the local quilt shop. Oh my -- I discovered that the world of quilting had really changed! I found jaw-droppingly fun and colorful and gorgeous fabrics, and I think I started drooling when I found Freddy Moran's new book "Freddy's House" and saw how she was doing fun and contemporary things with traditional quilt patterns. I was hooked all over again.
Since then, I've made lots of quilts....big, small, traditional, contemporary, artsy, and not. I like all sorts of things and a lot of different techniques. I tend to have lots of projects going at one time and work on whichever one suits my mood. I find that making art quilts is exciting and fun but requires a lot of thought for me, so I like to fall back on routine piecing for those no-thinking-required sewing moods.
I'd like to get myself working more spontaneously, but I'd also like to work a bit more consciously... maybe more designing ahead of time. I guess I'm still trying out different ways of working. I suspect I'll never settle on any one.
I juggle my art making and quilting with part time legal work from home. It's pretty ideal, although I'd pretty much always rather be working on a quilt project. And because there is just so much to do, I can get rather scattered. Working on challenges to a deadline really focuses me.
I'm delighted to be working on this with you all.
I am here!
I haven't used blogger in ages. Hope I can do this. I stole this pic from my friend, June Underwood, because it is recent and I like it and that is Terry Grant's granddaughter, Sofia.
I want to let Terry and Kristin L. know that I had nothing to do with your being invited to this group!! Even though I call myself Kristen's Art Quilt Mom and I call Terry one of my best friends, ever.
I have no real art background. I am basically self taught, but I have taken lots of classes over the past few years. I have been quilting since 2000, when I moved to Santa Rosa, CA. That is where I met Diane.
I have not done much traditional quilting. I just jumped right in to doing quilts for the wall. I love a challenge so I am looking forward to this group and especially getting to know all of you and seeing your creations.
I am currently up in Washington Wine Country celebrating our 43rd wedding anniversary with Mr C. So you can probably now tell that I am the oldest in this group. I will be 69 next month. Gotta go take walk with Mr C.
The Theme for November 1
Interpret however you choose.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
City and Guilds - from Helen
I started it becuase as soon as I discovered quilting I knew I needed classes and the School used to be just Eccles Carm craft center which had a big needlecraft shop and lots of leisure classes so I went out to see it. They have dropped much of the retail and gone into more formal teaching The City and Guilds was advertised and I just kind of went 'Oooooh,Ooooooh, a formal qualification' becuase I am a bit of an education addict! It seemed to take me through every possible technique and seemed a great way to get up to speed so I signed up in the Februray I think to start in the September.
We started with the design modules which took up much of the first year although every now and again a patchwork tecnique would be interposed. We did portfolios on line, colour, tecture, form and shape. the very frustrating thing is that we were not allowed to stitch anything for these portfolios, the logic being that our designs were not craft specific but should be portable to any cake making or woodwork C&G students, say. So I had to mess about with lots of art stuff which I didn't want to do and wasn't good at. I took to saying to my husband that I was off to Kindergarten on a Sunday as I came home making very bad polymer clay buttons and the like ( thats just grown up Plastercine right?!) My model of a Cameroonian chief's house made out of table protector and Costa Coffee straws was a sight to behold!
That said, some of the lessons at least have certainly sunk in and now I see shape and texture etc everwhere I look. At Festival of Quilts I got very strange looks for lying flat on my back in the cafe taking pictures of the ceiling rather than the quilts....but you should have seen the patterns in the intersecting lines of duct pipes and support struts!! I do have lots of ideas for quilts based on thse portfolios even if I don't feel experienced enough to actually make some of them yet! ( I suspect you will be seing some mini versions!!)
We are now moving on more to the actual doing. Ultimately we have to design and produce five pieces - a container, an accessory, a wall hanging, a quilt and a something else I forget just now! We have to cost it all as for a business and work in an innovative way (gulp!). We also do 70-100 samples of techniques which I am enjoying doing.
I will ceratinly learn from this and I expect will go on to do the diploma in due course. However for me there have been significant disadvantages. Our teacher is bad! She is a nice enought person but we get handwritten notes with errors in them and we learned fast that we should always redraw her templates becuase she has been photocopying them for years and so they are distorted and don't fit together. She is a retired school home ecconomics teacher rather than a wel known textile artist. We don't get hands on teaching and someone watching over our work as you might expect from a class in a quilt shop say. She sits at her table in the corner and has several years of students in one room, each at their own table. Our class of 4 gets called up and have about twenty minutes of her giving us handouts and showing us her samples and thats it!
It is possible to do the C&G on line with people like Linda Kemshall so you in the US etc can still do it. I would not recommend the Schhol of Stitched Textiles company though - I thought about swapping to another online provider but the costs are prohibitive - I pay £96 per year, on line it costs over £1000. Illogical I know but true! Plus, I am now good friends with my class mates. Brenda you did yours online didn't you? Why not post your view?
Also because I learn well from books and am greedy for knowledge I am in some respects running faster than the course. We have just done log cabins for example but my first quilt was log cabin and I had actually sold one before I came to do it on the course! That is not to say that I have done everything though and the formality of the course does give me a justification for playing with samples. (Yes, I know I shouldn't need justification but I do!!). I am also think that the qualification won't hinder me if I want to teach later and I have already sold articles based on the course.
I suspect this is a more than long enough post. If you have specific questions ask away and I'll tell you what you really want to know.
Kristin's Intro
Hi everyone! This looks like it's shaping up to be a friendly, enthusiastic, creative group -- I'm very flattered to have been invited.
I'm an American (originally from Southern California), but I've been living in Germany for the better part of the last 11 years. I have two school-age kids and one husband. I have a BFA and worked as a graphic designer before my life with kids, and have been sewing/crafting since I was a kid. However, it's only been in the last five years or so that my inner artist has screamed to come out (no more creative day job, I guess), and I have moved from practical bed quilts to art quilts. As a medium, fabric speaks to me more than paint or photography ever did. Some days I feel like an artist and other days I feel like an imposter with an expensive and space eating variation of bon bons and soap operas.
I see this group as the buddies you go walking or to the gym with so that you keep doing it. I look forward to us flexing our creative muscles together!
**Waving Excitedly**
Helen, you didn't mention in your intro that you're doing the City and Guilds course. Will you explain more about that at some point? We don't have that in the US and I find it very intriguing.
Another possible cool way to introduce each other... Post a picture of one of your favorite pieces of work and tell us about it...what led you to do it, what you learned, etc....
I have to confess that I made my "invite" list by simply ticking off folks whose blogs I look at regularly and enjoy reading, with art I'm drawn to and inspired by. It's funny how many of you (almost all, I think) emailed me to say some version of "I'm not sure I belong in this group of artists!" So, we all pretty much share the same insecurities, give or take the peculiar worry... And I think it'll be great to share our work when our experience levels and backgrounds are so diverse.
By the way, I had a thought... For some, every two months was as much as they felt they could commit to, given other life activities. (Oh yeah, those pesky things like work and household matters and other art goals.) But it occurred to me that anyone who was interested in between "official deadlines" could agree to in-between monthly things...Mini, unofficial challenges, sort of, for any number of the group who want to do those? That way, those of us who want to get ourselves working more spontaneously (moi, I mean) can have the opportunity to do more frequent challenges? I find it helpful to have deadlines for art production, as it really spurs me to get to creating stuff.
Anyway, that might make it weird for those who just want to stick to the every-other-month thing. Or would it? What do you think?
(Maybe I'm just suffering from an abundance of enthusiasm at seeing this cool group get started...)
Terry with a y
This sounds like fun and I, too, thank Diane for thinking of me and am pleased to be in such great company.
I'll add a picture of myself and hope the rest of you do too. I like to have a mental picture of people—makes me feel like I know them better. This is a photo taken by my friend June, of me looking at art—one of my favorite things to do, especially with friends like Gerrie and June.
Terri's Intro
So after learning how to make quilts and working with the more traditional designs and patterns, I felt like I needed to branch out and do more artsy stuff. Haven't looked back yet and am loving the heck out of it.
I was very flattered when Diane asked me to participate in this group. Who me????? Thanks so much Diane for the invite. I look forward to getting to know everyone. I follow some of your blogs already and now it looks like I get to add more to my list.
Helen's introduction
I have only been quilting since January 2006. At that time I was travelling a lot and my longsuffering husband had been hopefully saving up all his shirt buttons that had fallen off until a time when I was in one place long enough to sew them on. So there I was at New Year's handsewing away and thinking how peaceful and restful it was. I was musing as to how different my life was compared to a woman who sewed a lot. A woman like, say an Amish woman with a rocking chair and a porch who might make a quilt. So, I Googled for 'Amish quilts' and fell down an Alice in Wonderland type rabbit hole into this whole wide world of quilting and textile art that I never even knew was there. And from there on in I was hooked. I have since cut back on work so I have more time for my new obsession and when I do travel for work, the sewing machine or handpiecing goes with me.
I will admit to having been very productive in the last twenty months but I am a little overawed at being invited into this group as I haven't really made what I would call art quilts yet. I am definately the baby of the group! However, I am excited about the challenge and to having a forum within which I can experiment and have fun with these multitude of new techniques I want to learn ( all at once!). I'm also looking forward to getting to know you all along with your art.
Getting Started
Anyway! I'm so glad you all want to play! And thanks to Brenda for suggesting a good group name!
Here are the "rules" if you all agree:
1. We'll each make a 12 x 12 piece on the challenge theme.
2. We can interpret the theme any way we choose, but will be able to articulate how the theme word or phrase or idea was the springboard to what we create.
3. We can use any techniques and materials, keeping in mind that we're making "quilts" with the requisite 3 layer concept. And someone might to decide to designate a particular technique (say, reverse applique) or a particular material (say, beading, angelina fiber, cheesecloth) as the designated "theme" for the challenge.
4. All of us can post on the blog, to talk about the theme, our ideas, frustrations, processes, progress, etc. And then we'll all post our final results here on or before the deadline so we can see what everyone has done.
5. Here's the deadline scheme I propose, which is basically every 2 months except for the 2nd one which gives 3 months over the holidays:
November 1, 2007
February 1, 2008
April 1, 2008
June 1, 2008
August 1, 2008
October 1, 2008
December 1, 2008
Does this all sound okay to you guys? Feel free to suggest any other guidelines or anything different.
And since we're just launching here, feel free to post and introduce yourself. I've linked our names in the sidebar on the right to our blogs so we can all learn more about each other.
Oh, and do you all want sidebar links to websites, too, for those of you who have them? That's easy to do.
I'll post the first challenge theme later today or tomorrow (as soon as I decide :-) and then I figure we can go alphabetically from there...so Francoise, you'll pick the theme for the February 1 challenge, okay?


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text: Art Lander, Jr., Kentucky Afield Outdoors Fishing the Kentucky River Tim Farmer fishes below Lock and Dam 7 on the Kentucky River near High Bridge. From Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife ResourcesFRANKFORT, Ky. – It flows through the heart of Kentucky for some 255 miles from the confluence of the North and South forks at Beattyville to the Ohio River at Carrollton.The Kentucky River is a scenic waterway with numerous quiet backwaters and tree-shaded tributary streams. For the enterprising angler who is willing to spend some time looking at maps and driving back roads, the search for places to launch a fishing kayak or bass boat will reap many rewards."The Kentucky River offers a variety of fishing opportunities, said Jeff Crosby, central district fisheries biologist for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. "The more I work on the river, the more impressed I am with it." Improving water quality, inherent fertility and annual stockings of sport fish by Kentucky Fish and Wildlife are three reasons why the Kentucky River produces quality fish populations. A good source of information on Kentucky River fishing is the 2013 Fishing Forecast. To view it online, go to fw.ky.gov and click on Fishing & Boating, then 2013 Fishing Forecast. The fish species found in the river include: bluegill, channel catfish, blue catfish, flathead catfish, crappie, hybrid striped bass, white bass, walleye, sauger, largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, and muskellunge.It's not a stretch to say that the Kentucky River is overlooked and underutilized by anglers. This is probably because of limited access and the inability to motor through most of its 14 locks. "Access is a lot better than it used to be," said Crosby. "But, in some pools, there's only one place to launch, and anglers have to motor some distance to get to a tailwater."The Kentucky River Authority will operate Lock 3 and Lock 4 on weekends and holidays for anglers and recreational boaters this year from May 24 through Oct. 27. For hours of operation, log on to the finance.ky.gov webpage and search the "Kentucky River Authority" website.In part because of the access issue, fishing pressure on the Kentucky River is a lot lower than other Kentucky waters. Also, rock cliffs in the upper stretches of the river, and high, dirt banks in the lower pools, are limiting factors to access for fishing from the banks. To find a list of fishing and boating access sites on the Kentucky River, visit the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife website at fw.ky.gov. Click on the Fishing & Boating tab, then Find a Place to Fish and follow the link.Fish populations in the Kentucky River are influenced a great deal by environmental factors and water conditions that can mimic both a lake and a river."In drought years, during low flow, the shad spawn is good, and there's plenty of food for the game fish species," said Crosby. "But in the years when there's high water in the spring and it acts more like a river, the standing water species like largemouth bass, crappie and bluegill aren't as successful at spawning." The dramatic fluctuations in the river's level can have some beneficial impacts as well. For example, the 1997 flood created sand bars, cut ditches and deposited a lot of wood in shallow water, creating structure used by a wide variety of fish species.Some of the best fishing is when the current slows and the river becomes a series of lake-like pools. "The muskie fishing is really good right now," said Crosby. "We've been able to stock a few surplus fish in each pool of the lower river and we're seeing good results. There's some quality fish to be caught."Get out this summer and enjoy the overlooked jewel right in the backyard of many Kentucky residents.The current license year expired Feb. 28, 2013. You'll need to buy a new fishing license, available in the sporting goods section of department stores and tackle shops. Licenses and permits may also be purchased online from the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife homepage at fw.ky.gov or by calling 1-877-598-2401. The entire Spring Fishing Frenzy series will be posted at this same website for future access to these articles.Author Art Lander Jr. has been writing about the outdoors since the 1970s. He is a staff writer for Kentucky Afield Magazine.The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources manages, regulates, enforces and promotes responsible use of all fish and wildlife species, their habitats, public wildlife areas and waterways for the benefit of those resources and for public enjoyment. Kentucky Fish and Wildlife is an agency of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet. For more information on the department, visit our website at fw.ky.gov. GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up