in this crooked little room
There is a sweet sliver of a room added on to the back of this little home, reminding me of a train's caboose. It houses a daybed, a nightstand, and a comfy wingback chair found on the side of the road and recently reupholstered in Anna Maria Horner fabric. There's an awkward but sturdy built in bookcase, a desk, the felted rug in the picture, and a red typewriter I adore. There's a turquoise record player; not unlike the one I had as a child to listen to stories like Peter and the Wolf on while learning to read, and a wicker basket of albums nearby. The floors in this space are noticeably slanted and one wall is mostly windows, flung open to welcome the ocean breeze and the scent of jasmine that tags along with it in May. Sometimes Rave's bed is perched in front of the open door here in an orb of sun. It's a prime vantage point where he can quickly scan the backyard and determine if there's a cat nearby.
This room is where I've spent a good part of the day. I often knit or read in here, but today I got the sewing machine set up and the fabric stash displayed for a patchwork quilt I plan to start this summer. New to quilting, the outcome will likely be a little ramshackle but I am charmed by the thought of it.
I've also been wanting to play with gouache and see summer registration has opened for Get Your Paint On. I'm thinking it might be just the right place to start.
I'd love to hear about any creative projects on your mind.
In art and dream may you proceed with abandon.
In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.
- Patti Smith
Friday, May 13, 2011
Reader Comments (10)
well first of all I have to say ( and you knew this would happen ) ....cool shoes. I always have the shoe comments ....usually right now I am busy planting boxes and hanging planters and pots and pots of plants to fill my lovely deck that I sit on in the morning sun but now I am just NOT. I did fill my fountain up with water and why ? ( I am leaving ) so my creative project is first and foremost my life and hoping to settle somewhere in order to have my art - I am making an art kit - a large plastic bin - full of my favorite rubber stamps and papers and brushes and paints and bits and pieces for collage projects and am making a poetry kit full of pens and journals and words and books that I love - a portable life - to have a little crooked room sounds like heaven ...create . play . live . have fun . your words put me right there in that room being an ever vigilant cat spotter ....love.
martha: the shoes I found during our time together in manzanita. your portable art and poetry kits sound just right ~ love that idea!
creative projects ~
get my printer set up to print polaroid prints!
finish writing some letters and postcards
make butternut squash soup
woek on some poems for altered books
clean the studio a bit, during which I always discover some projects I forgot about...
plant my tomato
and spend time in the garden watching the robins
~ everything sort of mixes together for me!
brooke: it all sounds wonderful ~ butternut squash soup is my favorite. :)
Jennifer~I am thrilled to think of your hands creating a patchwork quilt and am curling up in the thought of all of the beauty it will contain.
My current creative projects:
-Finish framing the seahorses-one down and one to go.
-Continue the sunshine painting
-Take more photo's of Butters as I plan to paint a canvas of her image
-Re-arrange and re-tyle the living room
-Play in my clay
stephanie: love the idea of a miss butters painting :) can't wait to see what you do with clay!
hello.
love stopping by here. so much
good stuff sprinkled with happy
color.
I have always wanted to try my hand at quilting. I am making a knitted blanket. I think I have been working on it for a year. I hope to get to writing more, maybe some sewing and painting. The summer is full of possibility. Love the shoes.
I'm so happy you set up your sewing machine and can't wait to see your lovely creation, I know it will be wonderful!
kelly: thanks for stopping in and welcome home. :)
keishua: yes, I love the many possibilities summer brings ~ along with longer days to enjoy each of them.
michelle: thanks (in advance) for your help with this quilt!