Last week I drove 150 miles north of Sacramento to teach Tsukineko Inks in Redding, CA. It was wonderful to see so many art quilters in this area. As I teach in California, I’m starting to notice that it appears to me that there are more traditional quilters in the urban areas and art quilters in rural areas, sort of the opposite of other parts of the country.
We had a full house at Hokema’s Sewing, they moved all the long arms and sewing machines into the backroom for us to hold class in the center of the store.
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A lot of really beautiful work produced by this group, right?!
If you’re interested in learning how to use Tsukineko All Purpose Inks, I’ll be teaching this class at International Quilt Festival in Houston on Tuesday November 1st and again on Thursday November 3rd.
After the workshop was over, I went to see the Sundial pedestrian bridge that crosses the Sacramento river. I hadn’t realized the Sacramento river begins north of Redding near Mount Shasta, and winds its way south through Sacramento and the San Joaquin delta before it lets out into the bay near San Francisco.
I was there just before sunset as silver flashes appeared in the water every now and then, as fish jumped out to snatch up bugs. It was interesting to think about the water streaming under me on the bridge would be flowing past my home in Sacramento a few hours later.
I’ve never been to this part of California, unfortunately the skies were diffused with gray smoke from a couple different fires and I was barely able to make out the mountains that prominently surround Redding. It looks like I’ll have to make another trip sometime after the winter rains come.
On my drive back home, I made a pit stop to check out The Olive Pit. I love olives! I think I could probably live on cheese, crackers, hummus and olives, oh and a glass of good wine 🙂
What an amazing assortment of olives they had. I was a bit skeptical about how good they’d be, given all the billboards I saw along the way that made it look like a typical touristy roadside attraction. But oh my gosh, let me assure you, they are fabulous! I will definitely be stopping again the next time I’m driving north on the 5 freeway.
I’d love to spark your creativity at one of these upcoming events:
Nov 3-6 International Quilt Festival, Houston
Nov 1 Tsukineko Inks
Nov 2 Tea and Ephemera
Nov 3 Tsukineko inks
Nov 4 Blessings in the Wind: mixed media prayer flags
January 12-15 Craft Napa – Sign up Now!
Jan 12 Painting Imagery with Textile Paints
Jan 12 Fast and Fun Foam Stamps
Jan 13 Paint and Print-a-palooza
Jan 14 Blessings in the Wind, mixed-media prayer flags
Keep creating, Judy
ABOUT JUDY
Judy is an artist, explorer, image wrangler, knowledge seeker, instructor, speaker, creative alchemist, and purveyor of inspiration, helping others channel creativity on a daily basis.