New Directions

Ron's been in and out of the hospital the past two weeks, and I'm not going to be moving in with him after all. :( All my stuff is going into storage and FUZZ and I are going to bounce between my parents' and sisters' houses until I find a job somewhere. WHERE is the $64 question; probably the outlet mall where my sister Megan works.

Artwise, I'll have: a notebook, a set of watercolor pencils and water brush pen, the hexagon project (I'm up to 22; I'm sure I'll need 80 or so more for a bed quilt), and maybe some plain white fabric and fabric paints (if I didn't already pack away the brushes...uh-oh). I can store threads and beads at my parents' house.

I'm not sure which is going to drive me more insane--the uncertainty, or not being able to act if I have a good idea. OTOH, if I'm back to the very basics of quilt art--color and thread--and all the extraneous paper, found objects, books, ephemera, etc is unavailable, maybe it will be easier for me to get back to making quilt art.

When I originally got into quilts and then art quilts, my main talent and the thing that I loved most was color. I think I got away from that with all the embellishment and experimentation. So I think the break will be good for me artistically, even as it sucks in other ways.


Mostly I'm worried about Ron; I promised to help take care of him, and now I don't know if I'll be able to do that if I'm working in western Iowa. :( He needs me; I'm the best friend he has in Iowa and his family is pretty flaky.