I Promise I won’t Let It Go To My Head

Since Thanksgiving, I have been in the midst of caring for an aging member of my husband’s family. I tried my best to keep my life rolling along, but it was difficult during multiple doctor visits and hospital stays. Thankfully, the worst is over and I again have my life back. During this 3 week journey, I was also trying to meet commitments I had made earlier in the year.

One of these commitments was to give a demonstration at Artist Alley were my work is displayed for sale. I am working in baby steps, setting up an inventory of my work at “The Alley”. (Eventually, I hope to have an Etsy shop where anyone could purchase my art-i-facts.) My big day was Sunday, December 14. Here’s the link to the local newspaper article about me.

During the Demo, I worked on some machine quilting techniques. I make small quilted backgrounds that I use to make journal covers and sewing needle keepers. The journals and needle keepers are a new addition to my inventory. I have only been able to create a few of these, but I truly enjoy making them.

The day of the demo was yucky, which limited the number of people showing up. However, what amazed me was hearing people come in to the gallery asking for me. These people didn’t know me, but they had read the article. The article must have impressed them enough to show up on such an icky day. I received a lot of good feedback and kudos about the demo and the article. I promise that these accolades will not go to my head. I will remain the humble artist who is trying to share my joy of fiber art. Am looking forward to doing some more demo days and I have a full line up of classes that I’ll be teaching at the LQS next year. I guess I’m pretty luck to be living a dream.