Posted in Quilts

Making Progress

I got the pieces sewn down.

I’ll get a baking and batting for it later this weekend. I’ll quilt around the pieces. When my embroidery machine comes back – it’s getting its annual cleaning), I’ll embroider “You have not silenced us” on it. I’d say something more forceful, but I think that would take away from the power of the quilt.

I’ve got a small quilt that needs to be finished. I’m hand quilting it and nearly done. That one will also need my embroidery machine.

I’ve got a sweater to sew together. We’re usually done with winter by now, but it’s been cold. Or what passes for cold here. At least the temp is above freezing.

I’ve got the rest of the second sleeve for another sweater to finish knitting. Then that sweater needs to be sewn together.

I’m kind of stuck because I’ve been fighting depression for a few weeks. I’m so disgusted by the murders in Minneapolis. It’s hard to find the energy to do much of anything.

I did have another Spoonflower sale. And I’ve got photos that I have to upload.

My Spoonflower shop is here: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/deb_thuman

My on-line store, Deb Thuman Art, is here: http://www.debthumanart.com

I’m linking with Nina Marie here: https://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com

Posted in Quilts

In Progress

I’ve chosen the fabrics. I’ve squared up the background. I’ve worked out the design. I think. I have left the pieces on the table so I can look at the design over the next few days.

It took four tries to figure out the size of the heart.

Seeing how the fabric looks and checking the size of the heart.

Putting down the pieces. I’m not sure I like this arrangement so I’ll revisit the piece in a couple days. My embroidery machine is ready for its annual cleaning, so no quilting work will be done on this until I get my machine back. I want words on the left side. “You have not silenced us.” I thought up a few more emotional words, but I think simple works best here.

So….when you look at this, what do you see? The design is only good if people can see what I’m saying.

My online store, Deb Thuman Art, is here: http://www.DebThumanArt.com

It was a good week in my Spoonflower shop with a couple sales. My shop is here: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/deb_thuman

I’m linking with Nina Marie here: https://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com

Posted in Fabric, Fiber, Photography, Quilts

Auditioning Fabric

Frequently, I can’t make sense of what is going on inside of me until it comes out of my hands. The murder of a mother by storm troopers in Minneapolis left me numb and crying. I needed to put my feelings into a quilt.

Once I had the design, I had to think about a background. So far, I’ve gone through 5 different background fabrics. This one, I think, will work.

Next, I looked for red fabric. The only red fabric I have in my stash has tape measures printed on it. Not appropriate for what I want to show.

I was surprised that this one kind of worked. Both are lights, but maybe having what I want to say blend into the background would be a good idea.

Maybe this will work. The print is big and I’m thinking of using small pieces. The print would be broken up in a strange way. That might say some of what I want to say.

Maybe. There’s enough contrast to make the design pop, but I’m not sure I like the fabric.

I’ll leave the background and the fabrics I’m auditioning on the table for a couple days. I may use one of these. Or I may reject all three. Or I may decide to use a different color for the design.

We had some wild weather the other day. Here’s what I could see from my back yard.

The Robledo Mountains to the west of my house.

The Dona Ana Mountains to the north of my house.

On the other side of the barbed wire fence looking northeast.

I have been having good luck with my Spoonflower shop. I had a couple sales this week. My shop is here: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/deb_thuman

My online store featuring one of a kind jewelry, Deb Thuman Art, is here: http://www.DebThumanArt.com

I’m linking with Nina Marie here: https://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com

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My God, my God, they’re killing us!

That’s from Kent State. Once again, it’s true. The psychopath in the White House and his gang of idiots are now murdering innocent people then lying and claiming the innocent people were domestic terrorists.

I’ve written the following to all three of my representatives in Washington:

“Why have you done nothing to stop the psychopath in the White House? Have you no moral values? Don’t you care about the constitution? Don’t you care that the psychopath and his gang of idiots are murdering people? Don’t you care that the psychopath has committed an act of war on a sovereign nation for no reason other than to placate the oil companies and steal the Nobel peace prize from a woman who absolutely deserves it?

“Four times I stood up in a courtroom, stuck my right hand up in the air and made a public promise to uphold the Constitution of the United States, New York Constitution and New Mexico Constitution. I meant it every time. How could you make such a promise and remain silent while this country is being destroyed by a psychopath?”

Why is there no one in either the Senate or House of Representatives with the balls to stand up to the psychopath and his gang of thugs? Why have there been no impeachment proceedings? The psychopath has declared war on United States citizens by murdering people then claiming these innocent people were domestic terrorists.

Art has always been my refuge. It’s how I make sense of what’s going on inside of me. It’s how I let the outrage out. Yet I cannot conceive images of what I want to say.

I’m terrified. I live about 30 miles north of the Mexican border. I’m shocked that so far, thank you God, the storm troopers haven’t descended on my city. I’ve been researching Level IV full body armor for women. It’s important that the body armor be designed for women. Men’s body armor doesn’t fit around a woman’s breasts. Level IV because it’s supposed to protect against a bullet fired from an assault rifle. Full body armor because the vest doesn’t protect enough of the body.

I am disgusted that congress let the ban on assault rifles, the rifle of choice for mass murderers, lapse and die. I think owning an assault rifle should be a felony. I’m researching assault rifles. I’m considering one made in Israel. If it’s good enough for the Israeli Defense Force, it’s good enough for me. And I’m looking at the one with the largest magazine capacity because while reloading, I’d be essentially unarmed.

I scare myself. I don’t want to feel like this. I don’t want to think like this. I don’t want to need Level IV body armor. I don’t want to have to worry about my own government led by a psychopath murdering me simply because I dissent.