February

This quarter just keeps zooming by, like they always do. I am constantly working on assignments and finally, some personal projects! I made it through midterms with flying colors and found a little time to work on some Valentines....because I have to make time for the fun stuff!

Like I said in my previous post, I got a job! And of course it's at a fabric store!

The store is Measure: a fabric parlor in downtown Savannah in this cute little peach building.

Measure carries all types of materials for every level sewer or seamstress and has a strong focus on the fashion, fibers, and accessory design students at SCAD. Maria, the owner, and Abby, the manager, are both SCAD Alumni in Fashion and Fibers and I am constantly learning so much from them. It's definitely a fun place to work and meet lots of creative people!

Follow Measure: a fabric parlor on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to see what we're up to in the shop!

I made lots of tissue paper flowers for a paper project for 3D

Mom shared some of Jimmy's quilts for some inspiration!

This is his first hand quilted quilt! I am in love!!!!

This is my final product for my 3D project. My concept was cotton, from blooms to blossoms. It had to be wearable, made out of paper, and had to make Lady GaGa jealous.

Color Theory: making a color wheel

This is my project 2 in Color Theory. Transparencies

I call it Buttons & Bobbins :)

Victor came to visit me for Valentines day! We visited the SCAD museum of art and played with some interactive pieces.

My Beautiful flowers from Victor

Color theory I am currently working on. Warm and Cool colors

My dear friend Lindsey's mother made her a flag like the kits we have in the shop, and mailed it to her here in Savannah! Get yours today!

A work in progress :)

Winter

Hello from SCAD! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! My holiday seemed too short and school came too quickly. I made it back to Savannah just in time for the cold weather! This week we have had two ice days so classes were cancelled and buses stopped running. It has been nice but it is mandatory that we make up all missed days so I will have a couple of short weekends coming up. Lots have happened since I have back in school. I have completed two projects and lots of exercises before the projects. I have also been trying to work on my own projects outside of class and it is kind of working out. Managing my time is not the easiest thing to do. I also got a job this quarter! I will tell you more about that in later posts so stay tuned! Here are  few things I have been up to!

I was able to watch the BCS National Championship game and I decorated a little in my dorm. The bees are made by Carol from the book Quilty Fun by A Bee in my Bonnet.

I went home to surprise my mom for her birthday! Carol taught a class and we had a fun party to celebrate together!

I have been mixing lots of paint.

I tried to knit spaghetti. It is possible just not that much fun.

My beautiful roommate Kammeran went to Atlanta to have headshots taken by professional photographer Derek Banks.

I had to create wearable art out of paper in class. This was only an exercise.

 

Victor came to visit me!

While Victor was here we visited a few quilt shops and found lots of fun things! I was also able to add to my bee collection.

I helped my roommate, Elizabeth, with a photography assignment.

And one of the worst days here at SCAD, my class was cancelled so Lindsey and I went for drinks across the street. It went from a terrible day to a not-that-bad day :)

Christmas Catch-Up

Merry Christmas from all of us at the Front Porch Quilt Shoppe!

I am home for holidays and it feels great to be back at the shop with all my friends and family. 

Our Christmas hours will be: Closed Tuesday & Wednesday, December 24th & 25th

 

Starting today through Monday, December 21st

All Christmas pre-cuts and yardage are 30% off!

 

Can you count how many tomato pincushions are on our Christmas tree?  If you come in and tell us before we close on Monday, December 21st you can get a FREE FQ of your choice! 

 

This Saturday we will also be making this Perfect Pillows! Come and join us!  Take a finished one home with you to put under your tree!

 

 

Here is a quick recap of my last month at SCAD that went by too fast for me to post about!

 

My friends and I celebrated my birthday!

We passed out candy to trick-or-treaters

I used my sewing skills and a hem stitch to fix my roommate's weave

(I have to say  am very proud of this :) 

I was able to support my friend and roommate, Kammeran, in her first SCAD performance!

(She is in the middle)

Jacob and Savannah came to visit!

I finally got to sew something!!!

This is my final project in design.  I wrote and illustrated a book about the Mayberry Crewzers

(my Volkswagen car club)

 

This is where we presented our finals and read them aloud

My friend Lindsey wrote her book about beards :)

My friends' books!

 

The first quarter was amazing and I can't wait to go back for winter quarter!

Be sure to come in and say hello before I go!

xoxo

Week 4

  This week marks week 5 and that means MID-TERMS!!!  Already, I know I can't believe it and that means I'm half way done with this quarter.  I will be very busy this week so here is a little bit about last week....

 

This past week I had a very special visitor in Savannah!! We had a blast if you can't tell by our caricature!

I had many projects due this week

 

This is using design elements. I made a 100 :)

 

 

I had to draw hanging things related to food so of course I tried to pick the simplest and my favorite (Swedish fish, peanut, chopsticks, cheese puff)

 

I decorated a bit more in my dorm

 

And I watched a wedding in a park! So fun

Also going on at home.....

 

We have new Auburn and Alabama chevron fabrics!

And new styles with holiday fabrics! Come in and check them out!

 

Also, just a fun fact I learned in my art history class

 

Geometric Krater, from the Dipylon cemetery, Athens, Geece,

ca. 740 BCE. 3' 4 1/2" high

 

This geometric krater is one of the earliest examples of Greek figure painting.  It marked the grave of a man buried around 740 BCE in the Dipylon cemetery of Athens.

Around the top rim of the krater is the meander pattern, imitating the twisting and turning path of the Maeander River.  Anyone find that familiar?

 

Mid terms are soon to come!

 

Playing Catchup

So week 1 was slow and steady only to fool me.  It has been non stop from there on out and I have project after project due and working on one while I start the next, but hey it's art school. 

Here is a drive by of the last 2 weeks.

 

2D Design Project one using different types of line (straight line)

2D Design using zigzag lines

 

I went to Krispy Kreme!

It's really cool and old but of course I had to skip the doughnut

My final composition using 3 types of line

 

I made my room homey with a wonderful fabric curtain

Thanks mom!

 

I got to make a birthday card!

 

I attended this lecture:

This symposium brings together a range of craft and design entrepreneurs who have built their own business models based on their skill, experience, vision, passion and commitment to a life of creativity.  The gests will serve as example, inspiration and catalysts to expand possibilities for future designers and makers. 

 

This is the lecture in the student center.  One of the panelist, Rebecca Burgess, studies fiber systems and natural dyes, Matt Olson, co-founder of ROLU was also very inspiring about his landscaping and furniture design business.  I was able to speak with all the panelists and get to know them more personally.

Working on linear perspective in Drawing II

Monks at the Jepson Center working all week on a sand mandala and at the end of the week tossing it into the river.  The sand mandala represents life




I hung some fabric on my wall!

I got to use my notions, but not for sewing

 

 

And my next drawing inspiration, all my favorite things :) food related and I had to put a peanut on there I just wish it had been boiled first