tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47259779649383385432024-03-18T22:56:19.855-05:00Leslie Tucker JenisonQuilt and Mixed-media artist.Leslie Tucker Jenisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03703938583684619756noreply@blogger.comBlogger829125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725977964938338543.post-79172928892483482092021-10-24T12:00:00.000-05:002021-10-24T12:00:04.966-05:00The Importance of Becoming a Beginner. Again.<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZfg861pK6xWk3IqiyQw2h6ndZBWia2nPVfnq2WSW-w_IyDdorkC1vHrh-13_SslriXs378bxKDvuwi6uOUSxKASj9bjf2KvvKz9gMVDLpIwICBUkMeF2XntPIZgzr4b9jDNv7hJQcZA/s2048/Jenison.ElGreco%2527sAlphabet.full.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1643" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZfg861pK6xWk3IqiyQw2h6ndZBWia2nPVfnq2WSW-w_IyDdorkC1vHrh-13_SslriXs378bxKDvuwi6uOUSxKASj9bjf2KvvKz9gMVDLpIwICBUkMeF2XntPIZgzr4b9jDNv7hJQcZA/s320/Jenison.ElGreco%2527sAlphabet.full.jpeg" width="257" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"El Greco's Alphabet"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">c2019 by author</div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Greetings. Years ago I was invited to wrote the "Last Word" article for an issue of Quilting Arts magazine. To my amusement the theme is just as relevant today as it was over 5 years ago. Perhaps this will resonate with you, too. Read on:</span></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">The Importance of Being a Beginner (Again)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">As you encounter this title you may wonder why anyone, ANYONE, would want to be a beginner again. Stay with me here as I extol the virtues of being somewhat clueless.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">First, let’s acknowledge the pain and frustration that is often part of beginning. The unknown is frightening, right? Who doesn’t want to stay in the “safe zone”? We all know that zone: we dwell in it and may have become an “expert” in that arena. It is comfortable: a bit like wearing our favorite old t-shirt and fuzzy slippers. And that, in my opinion, can be good and bad for artistic work. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Expertise implies mastery of a given technique. Just for fun, let’s call that skill your “Superpower”. It’s great to have a Superpower because it can be leveraged in another direction. Yes, I am suggesting that you focus your energy into new territory. I’m suggesting that you become a beginner.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Why? Because nudging yourself out of your comfort zone leads to new and exciting work. Should you abandon the comfort zone entirely? Certainly not. But I AM asking you to immerse yourself in unfamiliar territory because often (frequently!) that is where the magic happens. We dream of trying something new but tell ourselves we will do it “later”. Later becomes default language for “never”. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Why am I thinking about this? Recently I left my familiar realm and began to study improvisational design and sewn construction. Embarking on this new study required me to re-set my brain into a learning curve, leave my ego at home, and open myself to new and challenging information. The process has been both humbling and exhilarating.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #131313; font-family: Merriweather-Regular; font-size: 16pt;">“Around here we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious...and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths”. ―<b>Walt Disney</b></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #131313; font-family: Merriweather-Regular; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">It is, indeed, where one can capture magic and excitement. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">When I examine the body of any artist’s work I am fascinated to see changes that occur in style and subject matter. I like to think about what might have informed the evolution. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #131313; font-family: Merriweather-Regular; font-size: 16pt;">“Creativity takes courage.”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #131313; font-family: Merriweather-Regular; font-size: 16pt;">― </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/118314.Henri_Matisse"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: LatoLatin-Bold; text-decoration: none;">Henri Matisse</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #131313; font-family: Merriweather-Regular; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">I tend to believe stagnation is based in fear of the unknown. It certainly works that way for me. Often, artists are reluctant to move past certain work because it is a reliable source of income and recognition and is comfortable terrain. One can and should keep making work that is satisfying. I simply challenge you to push yourself a bit and try something new. I believe the act of embarking into unfamiliar territory may influence everything else you create. Understand this: nothing will replace showing up in the studio and doing the work. Some of the work isn’t going to be good: accept it. Nancy Crow states that it is “important to be ruthless with yourself” about your own work. As a beginner (and someone with a Superpower!), we must be willing to edit our work and use disappointing results as motivation toward more elevated results. Another truth is that frustration can be fuel. Fill the tank and take it out for a spin. Who knows where the journey will take you?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">“It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great”. --<b>Jimmy Dugan</b> in “A League Of Their Own”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #131313; font-family: Merriweather-Regular; font-size: 16pt;">“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” ― </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: LatoLatin-Bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2778055.Kurt_Vonnegut">Kurt Vonnegut</a></span></b></span><span style="color: #131313; font-family: Merriweather-Regular; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxYheVjOVIX8BPRAK2PTRJ5kashJLyht9M6oz4dkMNOAJ-OZLyVGacSqj5IypTWsX5Jemyg0Kw659q_I2qNpCDOhyXl7vxBi0Dr5ZMs8damEU7hnURhhRW1WyNGhlG7JFvPtGGMWy9bU/s2048/neutral+grid.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1993" data-original-width="2048" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxYheVjOVIX8BPRAK2PTRJ5kashJLyht9M6oz4dkMNOAJ-OZLyVGacSqj5IypTWsX5Jemyg0Kw659q_I2qNpCDOhyXl7vxBi0Dr5ZMs8damEU7hnURhhRW1WyNGhlG7JFvPtGGMWy9bU/s320/neutral+grid.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;">hand-dyed swatches generated in <a href="https://www.carolsoderlund.com/workshops-and-lectures/workshops/">Neutral Territory</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;">a workshop facilitated by <a href="https://www.carolsoderlund.com">Carol Soderlund</a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 21.33333396911621px;">I'm including info about the Neutral Territory workshop because I just finished taking it for the second time. 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I had the opportunity to meet and become friends with <a href="https://www.karleeporter.com/about/bio/">Karlee Porter </a>back in 2016 when she traveled to San Antonio to do a workshop for our Modern Guild. Karlee is known for her style known as "<a href="https://www.karleeporter.com/product-category/digital-designs/digital-graffiti-quilting/">graffiti quilting</a>".<br />
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Karlee is the author of several popular books on the subject, among them:<br />
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Karlee is offering a fall online workshop, beginning September 12th, which will be based on Volume 2. What better time to learn a new skill than right now?!</div>
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I can tell you from experience that her workshop is filled with great information and she is an outstanding instructor. If you are interested I can sweeten the deal by offering you a coupon toward a $50 discount on the workshop. The registration opens today, July 1st. Please follow the link:</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Apologies for the lack of a better image, but this quilt is now in the hands of my daughter and I failed to get a full image before a shipped it to her! Quilting was done my Joanna Marsh of <a href="https://kustomkwilter.com/">Kustom Kwilts</a>, who took Karlee's workshop with me is 2016!</span></div>
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Leslie Tucker Jenisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03703938583684619756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725977964938338543.post-73100099327190218382020-05-20T14:14:00.001-05:002020-05-20T14:34:47.701-05:00Creativity in the Time of COVID-19`My blog has long been slumbering. I've been busy, but the blog hasn't reflected it.<br />
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How are you doing? That is what is on everyone's minds, what we ask each other. The new buzzwords of our current situation are "pivoting", "be safe", etc..<br />
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My experience of the COVID-19 quarantine has been fairly typical of other creatives: initially, I was unable to stay focused on anything that required much cerebral input. My thoughts would easily scatter. I think that was how I was manifesting my own anxiety and uncertainty. I have been sharing this on Instagram, and I decided to stop worrying about it and just "do something":<br />
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I'm thrilled about this line, which includes 15 prints on Pimatex cotton, 9 prints on cotton-linen Essex, 3 prints on 108" wideback cloth, and an assortment of cotton lawn prints.</div>
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I hope you will look for it. I can tell you have have been truly enjoying working with the collection. I love combining the beautiful pimatex with the essex prints. If you have never tried making something with Essex, you will love it! The cloth gets softer and softer when washed. It feels like linen and "behaves" like cotton, with far less raveling than pure linen. I love it.</div>
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Ten years ago I received a surprise package from my stepmother. I tore open the box and literally gasped for air: inside were pieces of memorabilia that I had never seen before.<br />
My father was a Naval Aviator in World War II. I knew about it, but not too much: he never talked about it. Some guys talk a lot about their experiences of the war. Not my father.<br />
Out of the box came a lovely 11x14 hand-tinted portrait of my young father in his navy uniform. Two boxes emerged: The<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_States)"> Distinguished Flying Cross</a> and The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Medal">Air Medal</a>.<br />
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I lost my father suddenly in February, 1980. A diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes precipitated his discharge from the navy when he was called up from reserve status for the Korean war.</div>
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His death was unexpected and too soon: he was only 58 years old. Next February will mark the 40th anniversary of his death. I always miss him, but I've had a lot of time to get used to his absence. Ten years ago when I opened that box my loss was fresh and painful again. On the eve of Veteran's Day I honor his memory and miss him with a fresh wave of grief. </div>
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Leslie Tucker Jenisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03703938583684619756noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725977964938338543.post-63356783447151088362019-08-08T12:00:00.000-05:002019-08-08T12:00:05.191-05:00The Peace RoomAs I begin to resuscitate my blog from its long dormancy I have found a draft that I feel is worth publishing. This has nothing (and yet everything?) to do with studio work. Read on....<br />
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My dear friend, Karen, a wonderful therapist living in LA, wrote a self-care tip about the concept of a "Peace Room":<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdf5c6; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">I once heard a story on NPR's Morning Edition about how one of Chicago's public high schools is trying to change its culture of violence. It has established a Peace Room. Students are instructed to go to the room when they are feeling angry or frustrated. There is an aide present to help the student with his or her anger. Ideally, students who are fighting would go together and the aide would help mediate a solution and teach fair fighting techniques.<br /><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><img align="right" alt="Peace Room" border="0" height="113" hspace="5" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.57" src="https://ih.constantcontact.com/fs060/1102168955050/img/57.jpg" style="text-align: right;" vspace="5" width="112.5" /></span><br />This gave me the idea that we all should have a Peace Room in our home. Even if we can't designate a particular room, we could find a corner to be our Peace Corner. Adults and children could use this space to work out their own anger and conflicts, individually or together.<br /><br />The area could be decorated with relaxing details and supplies:</span><br />
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<li>tabletop fountain</li>
<li>tranquil artwork</li>
<li>calming music</li>
<li>a couple of comfortable chairs</li>
<li>affirmations and appropriate quotes written on cards posted on the walls</li>
<li>a notebook with reminders of how to fight fairly, instructions on relaxation techniques, and even poems or short essays on anger, forgiveness, and practicing mutual acceptance and respect</li>
<li>writing and art materials available for expressing feelings</li>
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I see the Peace Room as a time-out, a no yelling or fighting zone, a place of negotiation and respectful disagreements. It would be a haven of self care for all members of the family to seek and practice peace. </span><br />
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I think of my studio as a Peace Room. My only rule for the studio space is that if you want to come in and play with me, you have to be nice to me. While this idea was invented during the era of adolescent children still living at home, it is a theme that I continue to embrace. For me, and I hope for anyone else who is in my studio, it is a place of joy. Sometimes it is a place of internal struggle and challenge, but it is a place for great creative effort. <br />
Everyone should have a place like this, even if it is just in your imagination.<br />
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Leslie Tucker Jenisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03703938583684619756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725977964938338543.post-60823528508037192712019-08-01T12:00:00.000-05:002019-08-01T12:00:00.465-05:00Improv HST workshop, and then a Design Project!I took a workshop on using half-square triangle solids to create an improvisational composition with <a href="https://www.nydiakehnle.com/category/quilt-patterns/">Nydia Kehnle</a> when I was at QuiltCon 2019 in Nashville. You may recognize Nydia's name as a pattern designer. She designs the beautiful patterns seen on Alison Glass' website.<br />
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Initially, I was using pieces of solid fabric (both commercial and hand-dyed) that were scraps left over from other design projects. <br />
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Here is Nydia, showing how she simply "dives in" and gets a color story started.</div>
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She had a system that she used to separate her colors.</div>
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I used the 6.5" "Bloc Loc" ruler which made the trimming 100% easier.</div>
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A quick web search of the Bloc Loc brand will take you to a variety of sellers. These come in several sizes. I recommend this tool!</div>
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Here is my first, and rather "under-whelming", effort.</div>
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I took this down and stacked the blocks for another day.</div>
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Weeks later at home I cleared a portion of my design walls</div>
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Here is part of the development in the early stages....</div>
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What I didn't document very well was how often I took things down and </div>
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Closer... (sorry about the stack of fabric in the foreground.</div>
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Piecing strategy: I pieced each horizontal row, from left to right.</div>
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I put a safety pin in the upper left corner of the leftmost block.</div>
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I created a "stack" beginning at the right edge, on on top of the next,</div>
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I took the stack to my sewing machine and sewed them together.</div>
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I pressed each set of seams for that row in alternating directions</div>
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Here is the finished construction: 91 inches wide, 85 inches long.</div>
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I debated if I should add one more horizontal row but decided I was satisfied with how it looks.</div>
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My plan is to use a low-loft wool bat for this quilt as it will most-likely be a useful one.</div>
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I'm calling this quilt "Prismatic Labyrinth".</div>
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Leslie Tucker Jenisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03703938583684619756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725977964938338543.post-55886085222038428512019-07-27T13:30:00.000-05:002019-07-27T13:30:00.319-05:00Kenya: Part 6March 27, 2019<br />
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We drove back toward Nairobi. Enroute we passed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibera">Kibera</a>, the 2nd largest slum in Africa, second only to Soweto in South Africa. Incidentally, this is the place our guide, Eric, the owner of the safari company, grew up. He talked to us about what his life was like growing up there. He and his wife are still quite involved in the community. Their goal is to help as many girls as possible.<br />
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You can see the modern Nairobi skyline in the distance.</div>
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During our long drives I stitched. ...</div>
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One thing I was intrigued by were the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boda_boda">Boda Boda.</a></div>
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Think of Uber on motorcycles. We would see large groups of them</div>
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a nicely dressed woman. I linked about them if you are interested.</div>
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We visited the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's Orphans' Project</div>
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Chris is taking a photo of our group. See our Safari vehicles?</div>
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The babies are taken out into the compound during the day with their caregivers.</div>
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When it is time to go to "the barn" there is quite a stampede....</div>
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These orphaned baby elephants are raised and gradually returned to the wild.</div>
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It was amazing!</div>
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There were a group of warthogs running around in the compound.</div>
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March 28th, 2019</div>
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Nairobi</div>
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This morning we went to the AFEW giraffe centre (rescue organization) in Nairobi.</div>
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Some of us put the treat in our mouth in order to receive a "kiss".</div>
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Anne and I have been excitedly awaiting this part of our tour!</div>
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Karen was from Denmark and Anne is also Danish.</div>
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Karen is best known for her books, "Out of Africa", and "Babette's Feast".</div>
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Here is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Blixen">Karen Blixen'</a>s photograph...</div>
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and here are Robert Redford, who played <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denys_Finch_Hatton">Denys Finch Hatten</a>,</div>
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"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Africa">Out Of Africa</a>".</div>
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What an interesting tour! I am such a fan of Karen's books and I was thrilled to have this opportunity!</div>
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One of our last stops on our tour in Nairobi was to Kazuri Beads.</div>
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Started in 1975 as a women's cooperative the clay used for their products is sourced from near the base of Mt Kenya.</div>
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Their products are found in places like Ten Thousand Villages in the US.</div>
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forming, then painting, the beads</div>
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firing in the kilns</div>
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Kenya left a mark on me. I fell in love with this place.</div>
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I will return.</div>
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Leslie Tucker Jenisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03703938583684619756noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725977964938338543.post-9107888032164634452019-07-26T13:00:00.000-05:002019-07-26T13:00:01.374-05:00Kenya: Part 5 Samburu (March 24th, 2019)We left our camp near the equator and headed to Samburu. We were hoping to see the last of the "Big 5", a leopard. During this part of our trip one part of our group caught a fleeting glimpse of a leopard, but I was not among them. We did, however, see a group of cheetah. It was thrilling!<br />
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The land is harsh and arid. I loved it!</div>
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I was captivated by all the weaver nests in the acacia trees.</div>
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Another glorious sunset!</div>
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At this camp we stayed in a yurt!</div>
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This is the wood-burning fire to heat our water!</div>
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Early morning (pre-dawn) game drive. </div>
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This is how we looked a great deal of the time!</div>
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Heavy traffic</div>
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These people seemed a bit more settled into the area.</div>
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Still herders, their structures looked a bit more permanent to me.</div>
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a group of older men gather.</div>
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our welcome song and dance.</div>
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The adornment of the people in this tribe was somewhat different.</div>
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Her gaze is so piercing.</div>
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She is the midwife. She has seen it all.</div>
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I think this is why I gravitated to her. I cannot stop thinking about this woman.</div>
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We had the privilege of visiting the school nearby and see some of the kids.</div>
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We also shopped from the women who all had beautiful beaded jewelry for sale.</div>
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Here are a few of our purchases!</div>
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and we saw Cheetas!</div>
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And lions! It is amazing that our guides could see them because</div>
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We were a long way away, or so it felt.</div>
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The cheetahs were spotted on our last day in this area...</div>
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her agitated calf who was unable to figure out how to get up onto the bank.</div>
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Finally! Success!</div>
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Leslie Tucker Jenisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03703938583684619756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725977964938338543.post-43594968412898931212019-07-25T13:00:00.000-05:002019-07-25T18:52:18.304-05:00Kenya: Part 4Soon after Amboseli we drove to a new area in the Rift Valley, north of Nairobi. There, we stayed at a lodge in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy. This area had the coolest, literally and figuratively, accommodations we experienced, in my opinion. We had tents, but they were tricked out with flushing toilets and running water for sink and shower use. We still had to be wary of drinking any of the tap water. Since we were in an elevation it got cool at night. I was so delighted! After all the heat of the previous accommodations and no relief at night I can tell you I slept like a baby while we were here. Yes, still hot during the day, but it was glorious sleeping and so beautiful!<br />
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On our first game drive we saw a lioness laying on the side of the road, complete unperturbed about our presence. We soon discovered she was hanging out because the male was out of the enclosure on the opposite side of the game fence. We saw him peeking through the bushes!<br />
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We also saw our first jackals....</div>
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elephant family at a watering hold. I was fascinated with all the circadian pathways across the land.</div>
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I hope I can find a better shot of them. They were beautiful in their seeming randomness.</div>
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Inside details of our tent.</div>
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The sky was beyond gorgeous each night!</div>
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On our "front porch"!</div>
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We did feel like we were having such a great, authentically African experience here!</div>
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We drove to Laikipia to visit a women's weaving collective.</div>
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They demonstrated how they take the wool from pelt, to carding, spinning, dyeing, and weaving.</div>
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I'm posting their business card here.</div>
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my purchases..</div>
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Later, we visited a Rhino rescue sanctuary.</div>
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This black rhino (above) is blind.</div>
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These two rhinos are the LAST of the known Northern white rhinos.</div>
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They are poached almost to the brink of extinction for their horns, </div>
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falsely believed to enhance sexual performance by certain groups of</div>
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They work tirelessly to prevent it but that is the bottom line.</div>
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looking through a low and widespread acacia tree.</div>
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Leslie Tucker Jenisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03703938583684619756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725977964938338543.post-3977583907280939502019-07-24T14:30:00.000-05:002019-07-24T14:30:06.664-05:00Kenya: Part 3 More Animals and a visit to the MasaiEach time I saw the animals I felt like pinching myself. For a kid growing up in Kansas who read and dreamed about this place, being here and seeing this for myself was surreal.<br />
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The animals were seemingly oblivious to our presence. The guides explained that</div>
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Leslie Tucker Jenisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03703938583684619756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725977964938338543.post-133524557705127952019-07-23T15:30:00.000-05:002019-07-23T15:30:05.907-05:00Kenya: Part 2Morning Game Drive, continued....<br />
The lions were out in the morning, as were the elephants!<br />
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Leslie Tucker Jenisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03703938583684619756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725977964938338543.post-44868099705839668862019-07-22T12:00:00.000-05:002019-07-22T12:00:03.311-05:00Kenya! My First Trip to Africa! My friend Anne invited me to join her on a photo-safari to Kenya. And since my motto is to never pass up a unique travel opportunity, I agreed to join her! <br />
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In addition to Kenya we opted to spend time on Mallorca, an island off the coast of Spain. So this trip took me to places I hadn't been before.<br />
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I flew to Paris where I met Anne, and we flew directly from there to Nairobi. We arrived a day earlier than the tour was going to commence, giving us time to make sure we arrived without any delays and also a chance to rest.<br />
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Here we are enroute to Nairobi</div>
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With our extra day we opted to take a tour of a tea plantation just outside the city of Nairobi. The woman pictured above is a third generation tea farmer. It was fascinating to learn more about this and she showed us what the ideal picking of the pekoe tea leaves looks like (below). We finished with a lovely tea and luncheon on her estate.</div>
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Her home was populated nearby with many tamarind monkeys.</div>
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Above are a couple of the bird species I saw while we were at the tea plantation....</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">The following morning we met up with other members of our small (18 total) group for breakfast at our beautiful hotel before departing for the first game park. Our tour was organized by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Africa">ESA-Safaris</a> with organizational assistance by Amy Leader of Follow The Leader LLC.</span></div>
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While transitioning from one area to another we certainly witnessed a different way of life.</div>
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After a long drive from Nairobi we arrived at Amboseli Park.</div>
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We were warned not to feed them, and how to deflect an aggressive one.</div>
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SO many elephants!</div>
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This is Chris, one of our guides and also one of the nicest guys you will ever meet.</div>
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Each of our three drivers were just great: really nice and so knowledgable about the wildlife.</div>
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We enjoyed each of them and they all became friends.</div>
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First Morning Game Drive, March 21st 2019:</div>
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For the spring retreat with the San Antonio Modern Quilt Guild I did something I NEVER do:<br />
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I was organized! I knew what I was going to make at the retreat! I actually PREPARED! In Advance! People, this is a rare moment for me.....</div>
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I read the winter issue of <a href="https://www.quiltfolk.com/">Quiltfolk</a> magazine. (Have you subscribed yet? If not, you should! It is such an unusual and amazing publication!). I've linked it here so you can click on over. </div>
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In this issue (Issue #4) Anna Maria Horner collaborated with another quilt artist and they each developed a quilt pattern: one is a traditional iteration, and Anna Maria's is a modern take using her fabric collection. I was enamored with Anna Maria's version and I purchased some of her fabric, added some from my Urban Garden Collection from RJR, and made the quilt!</div>
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This is the unheard of part: I actually CUT EVERYTHING in advance of the retreat and had all my pieces organized into a 3-ring binder. Gasp!</div>
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Here I am at home, prior to the retreat, selecting and cutting my fabrics</div>
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Blocks going up on the design wall....</div>
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closeup of a section. I think Anna's collection and mine go well together!</div>
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here is the completed quilt. It is, as I write, at <a href="https://www.kustomkwilter.com/">Joanna Marsh</a>'s to be longarmed!</div>
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My only workshop happened on the first day and was with the wonderful Nydia Kehlne.</div>
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This was a fun value exercise using solids to create with half-square triangles.</div>
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The Hatch Show Print business was really interesting to visit.</div>
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Jeannie Moore and I went to the Grand Ole Opry.</div>
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Craft Napa has evolved to have a really wonderful culture. Some people have come every year and new people come each year. Friendships have developed and people are keeping in touch as a result of this event. What could be better? I love teaching at Craft Napa. <br />
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In my two-day surface design workshop a wonderful group of artists joined me at Pokey's art barn.<br />
We delved into all types of work using a variety of tools to make marks on cloth and fabric.<br />
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We really enjoyed our morning meeting and lunch discussions.</div>
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The evening between my two-day workshop I taught a hand-stitching workshop which was equally enjoyable. I instructed people that it was casual, so much so that they were welcome to come in their jammies. And.....one person took me up on it!</div>
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The next day my husband arrived in Napa to do a screening of his film, "Tim's Vermeer", for the retreat attendees. It was so much fun to have him visit!</div>
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We had Ritual coffee at the Oxbow Market the afternoon before the screening.</div>
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While some of the teachers posed on the floor:</div>
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Finally, I taught a ruler-free improv class with the theme of "Housetops and Variations".<br />
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Students creatively made compositions with this theme in a variety of colors and prints.</div>
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<br />Leslie Tucker Jenisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03703938583684619756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725977964938338543.post-76189839029195882292019-07-09T13:06:00.001-05:002019-07-10T14:31:48.270-05:002019: Where Has The Year Gone?I have been exceedingly negligent in writing on my blog. I've had my reasons, but still.<br />
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All these photos represent a small sampling of the very large renovation project that was underway in our home beginning in July of 2017 and finishing in February, 2019. We had major roof repairs, new windows and walls to replace the rotting, leaking ones, cut a larger hole in the entry and installed a beautiful door, and in the process had a flood in my studio.</div>
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I moved everything back out of my studio and was not back in until just before the holidays as a new wood floor was needed.</div>
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and..UGH!...the sheetrock had to be cut out.</div>
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I had to move everything out of the studio to storage.</div>
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One little bright spot in all this is that I added design wall to two more walls. I realized shortly after doing the studio remodel that I "should" have put more on the existing walls. I used the disaster to update those areas. See? Lemonade from lemons!</div>
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Moving back into the studio! Yay!</div>
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I LOVE being in my garden!</div>
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When I am at home and in the studio I am also in and around my garden. No matter where I have lived, a garden gets established and is an important element in my home. There is something about the life cycle of a garden that serve as a metaphor for all things in life. My habit is to walk my garden each morning before I go into the studio to work. Interacting with my garden clears my mind and sets the tone for my work. </div>
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Since moving to San Antonio I have become increasingly interested in establishing a garden that is xeric (low water), uses native plants, and provides attractants for pollinators. These three characteristics were the driving force behind my current garden. Pollinators are increasingly threatened by things such as broad-spectrum herbicides and diseases. Thinking about these things led me to my current gardening practices and also to the idea of creating a collection of fabrics about Pollinators...</div>
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My drawings are always part of my design process. Often, these are enlarged or reduced in size and made into thermofax screens.</div>
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I also use a variety of methods to get imagery onto and through a silk screen to create some of my designs. Generally, I use thickened dye for my work....</div>
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....and I am very fortunate to have a great studio for this work.</div>
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Half of my studio is for design work, the other half is a "wet" studio which I use for print and dye work:</div>
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My garden environment paved the way for my new collection!</div>
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Here are some of the beautiful objects that my wonderful friend Joanna Marsh, of <a href="https://www.kustomkwilter.com/">Kustom Kwilts,</a> made for my part of the RJR Fabric booth at Quilt Market:</div>
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And here they are in the RJR booth:</div>
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Here I am with Joanna, who made everything on my wall except the quilt!</div>
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I am truly excited to see what you will make with Pollinator!</div>
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I am SO excited to introduce my third line of fabric to you, from RJR Fabrics:</div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">The natural world is beautiful at finding the perfect mechanism for pollination to happen. Bees are perhaps the rock stars of pollination but there are so many others and they are all rather magical. Plants figure out how to attract specific pollinators to do their work for them. The Pollinator fabric line shares a bit of this story, with imaginings of wind, plants, birds, and bees. If you look closely you might even spot microscopic imagery of pollen!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;"> As a gardener & cook I am passionate about pollinator conservation; they are such a critical link in our food system. Through the making of this fabric line I want to share this story and hope it becomes part of yours. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Now, I probably think this with each collection, but right now this is my absolute 'favorite' to date!</div>
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Perhaps another reason I'm so jazzed about this collection is that I finally, FINALLY, am using my fave color: orange! Those who know me well can't figure out why it took me so long..Okay, I love every single pure color, shade, and tint, in the spectrum but I do have a special place in my heart for orange. While orange doesn't get to be the "boss" of this collection I am happy to include it. And here is the other happy bit: it plays so well with the two previous collections (as well as solids!) so this is going to look great with any bits that you have from them. I can't wait to see what people make with Pollinator.</div>
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I hope to use the collection to shine a light on the plight of bees and other important pollinators with this collection. As a passionate gardener I have been extremely worried about this issue for a number of years. We are all dependent on pollinators because, without them, we have no food!</div>
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And, honey, I like to eat!</div>
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I am a surface design artist, which means I work directly with the cloth to layer imagery and color using Procion MX Fiber Reactive Dye, and occasionally a bit of acrylic paint, to achieve the prints. Some of these shapes and colors are made separately and then layered onto each other via computer by the unicorns at RJR. I work at the print bench in my studio...and I always have fun. Some of the images I work with are made from my drawings. I create screens with them, then pull thickened dye through the screen to get the "marks" on cloth. More on that in another post...</div>
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I hope you will look for Pollinator in Quilt Shops in</div>
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Leslie Tucker Jenisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03703938583684619756noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725977964938338543.post-22964421752108147162018-06-12T00:00:00.000-05:002018-06-12T07:20:12.327-05:00A Date With Urban Garden and Florabunda!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The moment I saw the strike-offs of <a href="http://melanietesta.com/">Melly Testa's</a> new line of fabric, "<a href="https://www.rjrfabrics.com/florabunda">Florabunda</a>", from RJR I realized her line was a "kissing cousin" to my own line, "<a href="https://www.rjrfabrics.com/urban-garden">Urban Garden</a>". Both were launched at fall Quilt Market in 2017. I couldn't wait to work on a project using selections from both lines.</span><br />
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For this project I opted to make a giant hexagon quilt using templates from <a href="https://vfwquilts.com/collections/templates">Victoria Findlay Wolfe</a>. I appreciate the ease with cutting my fabric pieces and the simplicity of piecing the quilt together. I recommend these templates. They are well made and include a few piecing suggestions. I found it very helpful.<br />
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The triangular piece makes assembling this quilt top so easy!</div>
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It is now off to the longarm quilter! I enjoyed working on this project and I hope you will pick up some of Florabunda to play with. While you are at it, get some Urban Garden, too.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tiffany Hayes </span><span class="Hyperlink0" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://needleinahayesstack.blogspot.com/" style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">http://needleinahayesstack.blogspot.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> June 7<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Deborah Boschert <a href="http://deborahsjournal.blogspot.com/">http://deborahsjournal.blogspot.com</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> June 8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Sara Mika </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a class="" href="http://mockpiestudio.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">mockpiestudio.blogspot.com</a> June 9<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Lyric Kinard </span><span class="Hyperlink0" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://lyrickinard.com/lyric-kinard-blog/" style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">http://lyrickinard.com/lyric-kinard-blog/</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> June 10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">*Kathy York *http://</span><span class="Hyperlink0" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://aquamoonartquilts.blogspot.com/" style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">aquamoonartquilts.blogspot.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> June 11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Teri Lucas </span><span class="Hyperlink0" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://terificreations.com/" style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">https://terificreations.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> June 11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">*Leslie Tucker Jenison *</span><span class="Hyperlink0" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://leslietuckerjenison.com/" style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">http://leslietuckerjenison.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> June 12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Heidi Kelly http://www.</span><span class="Hyperlink0" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://hkellydesigns.com/" style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">hkellydesigns.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> June 12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">*Jamie Fingal *</span><span class="Hyperlink0" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://jamiefingaldesigns.blogspot.com/" style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">http://jamiefingaldesigns.blogspot.com/</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> June 13<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Debby Brown </span><span class="Hyperlink0" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.debbybrownquilts.com/" style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">https://www.debbybrownquilts.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> June 14<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Look for David <span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">Gilleland </span>here: </span><a class="" href="https://www.facebook.com/VectorQuilts/" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">https://www.facebook.com/VectorQuilts/</a> June 14</div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">*Susan Brusker Knapp *</span><span class="Hyperlink0" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://wwwbluemoonriver.blogspot.com/" style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">http://wwwbluemoonriver.blogspot.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> June 14<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">RJR Fabrics </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is hosting its own social media event on <b>June 15</b>, so we will NOT be hopping on this day.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Please visit <b>RJR</b> on Instagram: </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rjrfabrics/" style="color: magenta; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">https://www.instagram.com/rjrfabrics/</span></a><br />
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In Ohio to study with Nancy Crow.</div>
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an evening bonfire at the Crow Barn</div>
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One of John's beautiful winesap apples. It looks like</div>
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One quarter of my bullseye</div>
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dahlia from Nancy's cutting garden</div>
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a trip to Amish country the weekend between workshops</div>
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doing my presentation</div>
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free pattern giveaway</div>
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Celebrating Bizzi's 13th birthday with Chuck and Ellie before I leave for Houston</div>
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I made 2 succulents for my Schoolhouse door prizes</div>
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Schoolhouse presentation at Quilt Market</div>
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putting together my booth in the RJR booth at Quilt Market</div>
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A visit to the Van Gogh exhibit that I co-juried for Cherrywood Fabrics</div>
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A blowout on the way back to San Antonio.</div>
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I learn to make tamales</div>
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A family walk on the "river reach" between the Pearl and downtown.</div>
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It's hot! The Allium are now all dried out and I still love them just as much.</div>
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The SAMQG comes over to have a party/meeting at my house.</div>
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To Lowell for the opening of "Threads of Resistance".</div>
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My daughter and friend Michele are present.</div>
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Friends at a post-opening reception.</div>
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Later that same evening I flew to the Netherlands.</div>
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and you think your parking spaces are tight..!</div>
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A Mandrake?</div>
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The Goldfinch, my favorite painting, housed in Mauritshaus in The Hague.</div>
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It is now in the same room as "Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Vermeer.</div>
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A harbor tour of Rotterdam, which has some of the most gorgeous </div>
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The original headquarters of the Holland America Line.</div>
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To Amsterdam for the day. A visit to the Rijksmuseum.</div>
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Home from Europe and back to work on another quilt.</div>
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I love how it turned out! Urban Garden drops in early March 2018.</div>
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And, amazingly enough, I reconnected with Lori Rognlie.</div>
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I took care of her 33 years ago when I worked as an RN in L&D in Topeka KS!</div>
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She just happened to be in Hamilton MO for the event! How crazy is that?!</div>
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It was one of those special moments for me. It is a small world.</div>
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Leslie Tucker Jenisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03703938583684619756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725977964938338543.post-82022289764540849932018-01-05T18:14:00.000-06:002018-01-05T18:14:00.277-06:002017 Retrospective-2nd QuarterThis is part two of my look back over a few of the things that happened during the second quarter of 2017. It is my way of reflecting on the year, thinking about a few of the events (or non-events, really) that shaped my experience. <br />
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ruler-free improv quilt using "Hopscotch", Jamie Fingal's new line with RJR</div>
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Began construction on yet another quilt, this one doing ruler-free cutting.</div>
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Back home to Texas and I am scrambling to get quilts faced in preparation for </div>
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I have done work with KS Productions in the past and I really enjoy working with Kathy Stull.</div>
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Honest studio shot. Yikes!</div>
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Could I load anything else next to my sewing machine?!</div>
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Facings, Facings, Facings!</div>
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But before I go to Cleveland to tape, I went to a SAMQG retreat in Kerrville!</div>
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I have the BEST guild. We really enjoy being together and this retreat center is the best.</div>
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There is a quilt shop right across the parking lot!</div>
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I love to take a brief glance back at some of the events of the previous year. In combing through my photos and journal (I actually kept a running journal using the "Day One" app almost every day last year, beginning on 1/31/16!) I am able to do a bit of reverse time-travel.<br />
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Teaching workshops at Craft Napa, Napa California</div>
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One of the beautiful fields of grapevines seen everywhere in the Napa-area.</div>
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Ricki Lee Jones and Madelyn Peyroux</div>
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I am very excited about my second line of fabrics with RJR called</div>
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This is a very personal line for me. I am highly influenced</div>
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by my garden(s), both current and those in my past.</div>
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My friend and sister guild-member Eileen created 3-dimensional "succulent plants"</div>
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using Urban Garden. These were used in a vertical garden in my booth.</div>
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In addition, I made these slightly larger succulent plants as door prizes in my Schoolhouse presentation during Quilt Market. Aren't they fun?</div>
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My friend Joanna made this gorgeous "Coalition" duffle bag,</div>
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Amy Barickman of Indygo Junction made these pretty pajamas from two prints of Urban Garden,</div>
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as well as a fun skirt and top.</div>
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Demi from RJR photographs some of the objects we brought to Schoolhouse.</div>
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I'm holding up one of these Crimson & Clover cases </div>
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made by Joanna. They are so fun inside and out!</div>
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On to the show floor and setting up my portion of the RJR booth.</div>
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I had fun mounting these half-sphere "bumps" stretched with each print of Urban Garden</div>
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and hanging a small "Girls" quilt made by my friend Jamie and all the cute little Beetles made by my friend Deborah!</div>
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Here is how the vertical garden looked after it was mounted to the wall and covered with moss.</div>
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The corner of my display was bursting with beautiful quilts on the rack and one on the wall.</div>
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A small storage vanity gave me a perch for bags, garments, and my business cards.</div>
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Urban Garden will be hitting shops in spring 2018. Be looking for it, and please ask about it at your favorite local quilt shop! Let's all support our local shops so we will always have them around!</div>
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