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I went to Papersource in Lincoln Park last week and bought precut book board and bound paper in a little packaged set, a roll of binding tape, bookbinding paste, several sheets of gorgeous paper and a new bone folder, my old one is probably still packed away in some box. It sort of felt like…

On mothers day my sister, mother, step dad, my son and I went to see an exhibit at the Chicago Cultural Center of Nick Caves Soundsuits. These are absolutely amazing. They are a rich collage of all kinds of handwork; knitting, crochet, sequins, embroidery, feathers, sticks, hair you name it, sewn together to make these…

This is my sister who I am picking up at the airport today. She is going to stay with me for two weeks. Lets hope she behaves and doesn’t embarrass me too much. Being the big sister she seems to take particular delight in doing that.

Just one month ago I was at this same hotel and convention center for the IQF Chicago quilt show. What a difference this show was. The cosplay (dressing up as anime/manga or video game characters) made for some great people watching. I recognized only a few characters, my kids recognized all of them. Nina and…

Yesterday there were Immigrant demonstrations in our Chicago neighborhood. My neighbor told me they estimated 400,000 people marched. As they marched down Randolph street they chanted “U.S.A., U.S.A….” then when they got to Harpo studios next door they switched to “Oprah, Oprah, Oprah…”

Tuesday night my friend Michele “Mookie” Pusateri picked me up for a dinner of mole enchiladas at one of my favorite mexican restaruants called La Cabanita, before meeting with my old art quilt group. It was so wonderful to see them and see the work they have been doing. Michele suprised me with the gift…

We are not eating this cake today. We are on a plane to Los Angeles instead. This was last years cake. We will spend the day in Venice with my husbands family. The kids have a big list of things to do while in Los Angeles. At the top of the list is a trip…

Well my internet went down on the weekend and it took the cable guy two hours yesterday to figure out the workers remodeling the unit next door cut the cable line in the wall between our units. I am off to Los Angeles on Sunday for two weeks to visit friends and family and go…

Four limos today. This is the line at 11:00 am. On days they tape they usually have several shows a day, so the limos come and go through the day.

I guess someones else over at Harpo noticed the flag yesterday too. The other one probably had been ruined from the storm sunday night, some major thunder and lightening, hail and rain. It was so fun to see the lightening shoot across the sky at the Sears Tower and some of the other skyscrapers near…

This is what my fingers normally look like. Embroidery work makes my thumb hurt. Writing anything lengthy has always caused pain and almost illegible handwriting. Cutting is no fun either. And yet I have made art my whole life. Friday my kids and I went to see a hand surgeon to get help with the…

I have been having trouble all afternoon and evening. now it will publish, but I still can’t save a draft or upload a picture. maybe tomorrow it will work.

My daughter Nina has saved all her money to buy this limited edition Japanese doll called a Dolfi. These are resin dolls that are jointed to move into any position with hand painted faces and custom eye color. This one is 18″ tall. They are shockingly expensive. Some sell for several thousand dollars. This is…

In response to Terry’s question “Does he design them or follow traditional directions? ” Ty does both. My son is always searching for books that have more advanced designs that he hasn’t seen before to master. This is getting harder to do, I think we are going to have to start ordering books from Japan.…

This cactus was on the hillside by our old house in Los Angeles.