Eensy Weensy Quilt

I bought a hand punch that punches a teeny tiny diamond shape a few weeks ago because I've had it in my head for months/years that I want to make paper quilts. And recently I've 100% embraced the concept that no piece of paper is too small for me to handle.

I bought the diamond punch with the intention of making well-known quilt blocks but the above use popped into my head last night on the drive home from work. Prairie Points! For non-quilters, those are the little triangles around the edge of a quilt, made from squares of fabric, folded and sewn into place.

The squares in the above quilt are 5/8" so that gives you an idea of how tiny the diamonds are. And the circles where the squares intersect too - itty, bitty. (Gretchen, I like these dark turquoise circles better than the black ones I showed you last night.)

I had several people at the St. John of Rochester show ask me if I'm a quilter, because they could see a quilty quality to my work. Used to be a quilter. Wait until they see these babies!

I meant to tell you something else about going to the craft sale at the museum on Sunday. I wore one of my spirella pins and received a nice handful of compliments on it from various vendors. One asked me if I was at . . . and I prepared to say no, that wasn't me . . . when I remembered - oh yeah - I DO participate in craft shows now. She asked if I was at the St. John of Rochester show! I was remembered! We had this conversation as I bought something from her and even though I wasn't going to show you what I bought until after Christmas, please check out her work at Holly's Beads. I have become a huge fan of glass crafts, fused glass in particular, after seeing it on HGTV's Crafters Coast to Coast and That's Clever. It's not something I'll ever do but I love it because of the brilliant colors. I wish you could see the depth of Holly's work. It was very difficult to decide which piece to buy.

I was on Holly's website this morning and see she exhibited at St. John's too. I barely got to look around so I don't remember her but I emailed her this morning some questions about her website and told her I'd see her at the School 46 show on Dec 3. I'm not exhibiting but I am working for MJ for part of that day.

Speaking of websites, I'm open to advice, my friends. I really find myself dreading and procrastinating updating my website because it's time-consuming and tedious. I've put out some feelers to friends who are professionals, asking what options are open to me. I'm sure any professional solutions are going to be more than I can afford. I'm thinking the solution is I need to shut up, stop whining and just do it. I was on a tiny roll for a minute there a month ago, updating it as I made new cards instead of doing big updates, which can take a whole day if I'm really changing stuff up.

So I'm open to any free advice. At least then I'll know if there's something out there I don't even know about - rule it in or rule it out.

End of whinefest.