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POPSDear Jane by Minka I have been, as I may have mentioned looking through the Dear Jane blocks various groups of Janiacs have posted on Flickr. The two largest groups are the Dear Janes and Dear Baby Jane (http://www.flickr.com/groups/dearbabyjane/). It is amazing how many blocks these ladies have created.I am in awe of them. I admired one particular member and found her blog. She has some history of her Dear Jane work, a link to which is below.
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POPSCodex Sinaiticus While it is fabulous to be able to get news in a second and wonderful to view online albums of photos from friends, one of the best parts of the Internet and its functionality is getting access to materials to which ordinary people would never have access. The project to digitize the Codex Sinaiticus has been several years in the making and it is finally coming online this week. While most people won’t be able to read the ancient text, having access and being able to puzzle over the words yourself without an intermediary provides the opportunity to translate the Bible yourself and make your own interpretation.
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POPSThe Purpose of Blog Comments? I agree with Mimi in that I don't put my work out there for criticism. I am happy to take comments, but I do my work for me. I love sharing it, but I am my own best critic and don't need others. I love it that people from all over the world and friends I don't see very often can see what I am doing and keep up. I heard a great quote while I was away: Creativity is an Expression of Joy. The world, I think, needs less criticism and more support for creativity.
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POPSDots in Bird Form I need more dots like a need a hole in the head, but the web is a great thing, because I can admire them without buying! Deirdre sent me this picture. I can't see the dots very well, but I like the relationship of birds and sticks to the background.
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POPSTulips in Boston Boston's Beacon Hill will be hosting a garden tour this weekend. This was one of the photos included in the Boston Globe article.
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POPSI Know What I Saw, But What Was It? Search Engines are great for textual data. You can usually find something on your topic, if you describe it the right way. Not so with pictures. A variety of organizations have been working for years on searching pictures. Nothing is quite ready for primetime and you still have to tag the pictures so people can search the tags. PicAnswers has created a site that allows you to post pictures and get answers to what they are: a human search engine! Perhaps librarians will come back in vogue.
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POPSMash-up Gone Crazy EveryBlock has the potential to become one of the greatest information sources of all time. They are taking data that people really want and putting it on a map. They are using reports and statistics that are already gathered and putting them together so you can look at your neighborhood in new ways. Tara Calishan has written a great article about them at her site and they really do answer their email, if you contact them.
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POPSBullseyes Julie has her Bullseyes up on her blog. I am amazed at how similar they look to mine, but still different. I do like the target motif in Julie's Seeing Red and will have to try that out when I get my current bullseye squares back.
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POPSQuilter's Podcast I knew that Annie did podcasts, but I came across them just now and thought I would make a note of them for the future.
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POPSCircles I admire circle quilts. This one is nice. I like the way the circles aren't exactly in the center, though I think I would like a quilt with circles exactly in the center.
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POPSJennifer New - More Information If you haven't read the posts about Visual Journaling on http://artquiltmaker.wordpress.com, you are missing out. Go there and search for visual journaling or use the tag cloud. Jennifer New wrote a book about visual journaling in 2005, which really inspired the work of Artquiltmaker's writer. Here is her website and further information.
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POPSPuzzles I am a puzzle fan and never have enough time to do them. Here is a site that might give me more access when I am on the go. Take a look.
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POPSWho Owns What Another research tip for checking out hte owner of a website. If you want to go further you still have to get a subpoena.
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POPSPDF vs iPaper PDF is so ubiquitous that I wonder if anyone can break their monopoly. Still I am glad someone is trying. Check it out.
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POPSReally Look! Friend Julie is really taking her course with Gabrielle Swain seriously. I wouldn't expect any less, of course. It is great that she is sharing. I have been working on REALLY looking at things when I draw in my journal and this post talks about the same thing. I think I can never have enough reminders to slow down, really look at things plus what Julie says here about distilling things down to what you really need.
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POPSIn Synch with Melody Johnson While I really should be telling you all about what I did on the weekend, here I am showing you someone else's work. I have a reason and the reason is that what Melody is doing, I was doing on the weekend. I finally made the Chocolate Box, which I will show you in my next post. Hopefully.
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POPSHanging Quilts I was glad I stopped by melody Johnson's blog today as she is talking about how she hangs her quilts. Very interesting!
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POPSThinking Along the Same Lines I liked this post, because the author articulated very well something that I have been thinking about: using Facebook at work. Right now Facebook, in many work environments, is seen as a time suck and time waster. I believe that it is an interesting tool that could be slightly refashioned to enhance the experience of work and also the information sharing at work.
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POPSWelcome to 2008 Gluten-Free Girl has written a fantastic love letter to 2008. Read it and live by it.
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POPSOrganizing your Life Jason Theodor has created a system for moving you through the routine aspects of your life. New systems at the beginning of the year are always a good thing.
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POPSPink Chalk Pencils Rolls I followed a link to Pink Chalk Studio's blog and found these lovely pencil rolls. I would love to say I will run up and make one right away, but it probably isn't going to happen. I love the way the stripes of color interact and will really have to think about that for inspiration. That lady is NOT me. See my profile for a pic of me. ;-)
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POPSVisual Bibliography Jane Sassaman sent out a newsletter today, which is why I am over looking at her site. I came across her Visual Bibliography and think this is a great idea. Pam RuBert wrote about a new book she is using for inspiration and now JS has posted about it, too. Hhhmmm...a trend? Time will tell. What do you read/look at for inspiration?
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POPSLovely Colors Meldoy Johnson has a little series of quilts over at Fibermania that are quite wonderful. I love the colors of the one below as well as the slight tilt of the tree. I also like the blue lines on the left and the red diagonal lines on the right. scroll down when you get to her blog to see the others.
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POPSBack to Visual Journalling PamDora jolted me out of my visual journaling non-progress with her recent post and pointer to a book. I checked out my local library to see if they had it and, sadly, they don't. I'll have to see what my other options are for getting it without buying it and actually having to store it. Good idea, though. Perhaps PamDora will loan it! ;-)
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POPSGifts to Give Using Fab Fabric
One of my favorite blogs is Be*mused blog (link on clip). She puts fabrics together beautifully and shows wonderful pictures. This link to one of her old posts from a current post discussing Christmas gifts dovetails nicely with another fabric avalanche, this one involving DH. :( He was not bemused or amused. He was rooting around in my fabric closet (first mistake), which doubles as a place to store filing cabinets and Christmas gifts, when the pile of dots, conveniently, but precariously, piled right at the front of a bunch of fabric piles fell on his feet. He claims it covered his knees as well. Totally untrue, but I can see how he might think that. He told me to stop buying fabric. HA! Anyway, Be*mused makes an excellent point. Pillow cases are GREAT for gifts as well as using up conversationals. I have some great conversations that I doubt will ever make it into quilts. They are currently in the "back of the quilt" stack. Pillowcases for the nieces and nephews might be another
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POPSQuilt Exhibit at the Renwick It pays to read blogs, so you can tell people to go and see this exhibit. It is about QUILTS! It is at a real MUSEUM! They have a companion BOOK! Sadly (I guess it is my day for sadness), I won't be heading out that way until the summer. Do give me a review and let me know if you liked it. Perhaps I will put the book on my Christmas list. Hhhmm.
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POPSMake Lounge Cushion Cover I was randomly surfing blogs and websites today (studiously avoiding the laundry, the Christmas cards and the Pineapple!) when I came across Make Lounge via Juju Love Polka dots blog. I saw this cushion cover and thought it was very fun. Sadly, Make Lounge is in London and I am not. Still, perhaps I will take out Pamela's project and be inspired.
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POPSQuilt Protection This 'Quilt Coat' idea goes along with the Quilt Storage idea in my previous post. Apple Blossom Quilts also provides a free pattern, which, obviously, you can modify to fit the size of your quilts or your own needs.
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POPSFridgeWatcher.com This is one of the things that struck me as funny this Thanksgiving (in the US) holiday season. Looking into other people's refrigerators! Very funny. It makes me wonder what it says about us. My fridge, at the moment, is stuffed to the absolute gills with Thanksgiving preparations.
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