Happy New Year

2008 is going to be a great year! I am excited about a lot of new things coming up for me this year. I have already done a talk for the Fiber Arts Guild on January 2nd here in Grand Junction, on vintage textiles, and plan another talk in April for the Weaver's Guild in Montrose. Besides those two talks, I have been asked to be a judge for the Black Canyon Quilt Show on July 10th. I am thoroughly enjoying the world of quilting and Antique Quilt restoration work. I have also booked several client projects for 2008 and my hand quilting services are booked through summer 2009.

Here's a picture of the latest modern quilt I made for a christmas gift exchange at the Quilters' Corner in Grand Junction, CO. It is called "Tumbling Blocks." The striped part is the back of the quilt.

Quilt Lecture, Sat., 11/17/07

Just wanted to post something on my blog about my upcoming lecture for Mesa State's Adult Education center. It is a 3 hour lecture on "A brief history of American Quilting, 1776-1950" You can check out all the details on how to register on my website:

www.laurashome.biz

I will present a pictorial history as well as feature several quilts from 1790 to 1950 and many vintage textile samples from about 1850 to 1930.

I am really excited about this lecture and looking forward to a great class. Check out this creepy "Graveyard Quilt" made in 1835, notice the coffins in the center....I'll talk about the history of this quilt and many others in my lecture.

Leaving MCPLD,...

Since I did not get a chance to say "good-bye" to very many fellow staff members at the Library last Wednesday, I guess I'll have to do it on my blog. I just wanted to say how much I loved working at the Library. There are so many great people there and I am honored to have worked so closely with many of you and developed friendships I know will last a lifetime.

Thanks to everyone for all of the warm wishes and heartfelt thoughts as my life takes an unexpected turn. I wish everyone there well, and will always cherish the fond memories I have of working with so many great people these past 3 years.

Take Care!

Final Task # 23, YEAH !!!!

Once I got started with this whole program, I really enjoyed it. I really started to look forward to doing the next tasks. I know that I will continue to keep my blog going, and will continue to use a lot of the tools I learned about in the Webolution. I know my husband has been so impressed with my desire to even want to try to figure out some of these things, so he has been a big help and highly encouraging me to continue to explore.

I just have to give Nancy Trimm a GIGANTIC round of applause for such a great program, and for coordinating the whole thing and for encouraging us to keep going. She gave countless hours of help and assistance to all of us who got "stuck" from time to time.

I loved the RSS feeds, and will continue to utilize my My Yahoo page to customize it with the special things I need to look for on the internet. I love Podcasting and I frequently use Wikipedia. There are so many great things that I have learned from this exercise, that I am actually sorry that it is ending. :(

I'm gonna keep bloggin' though!

Re: task # 22

I LOVE podcasting! THis is one of the greatest things ever! I added an RSS feed for the Daily Day to my My Yahoo page so that I could see these clips more often. I really miss watching the Daily Show, since Cable doesn't come out as far as our house on I road, I can't ever see it anymore. (We don't have Satellite either)

This is really cool! Enjoy the funny clip below about Hillary, with a funny OJ interjection.

The Daily Show

Task # 22 - Podcast

I am hoping I can paste in a link to see this short "Minisode" of the Dick Van Dyke show, featuring Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie, dancing the Calypso to "True Man True." The reason I picked this short clip is because my parents named me after Laura Petrie, as I was born in 1966 right around the time this show was so popular!

Look for Bob Crane of Hogan's Heroes fame playing the Bongo drum in the background, Nice eye Carol!

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2849985