All Set to Go !!!!

I am ready for Monday. It always seems to take me a week to prep properly and figure out all the ins and outs of each semester. You will find the 5 weeks JAMMED PACKED !!!

Print out the syllabus I sent you late Wednesday night in an A-Team email. Bring it to class along with a pen and paper to take notes.

I read all the evaluations from Spring 2009. There are things I can do and things I can’t do. I can’t do handouts in advance when I don’t know what I need them for. BUT…this being said, I will try to write more directions on the white board for you to take notes. No text book will be perfect. As you learn, you will acquire many books on a subject that interests you. You will find some things you like in all the books. That’s what makes your perspective unique. AND this is what you bring to class: Your unique perspective, your years of experience, your own personal point of view !!!

I try to not do a lecture in the beginning of the classes because there is no time to go back and repeat. I started this 3 or 4 years ago because I was asked to do so by the class. If I go back to doing lectures, first, those that come late will miss out. As you said in the evaluations, this is your responsibility. You will need to get the notes from one of your peers. I will not repeat.

The classes are not split by learning level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced. My classes are split by what you want to learn. All learning levels welcome. I do not have enough students to take a class (for example: Patternmaking) and split it by level.

You seem to want more completed projects in the courses. I will present them this summer. If you don’t finish….you don’t finish. This summer’s courses will not have any certificates attached to them. 5 weeks is just not enough time to get very involved. Let’s see how it goes.

I can only let you borrow my personal things. School equipment or supplies can NOT be borrowed. This Spring, I lost 2 items that were written in my lending book. Contacting the students did not do any good. This makes me not want to lend anything. It is unfair, I know. BUT…what else can I do? As to bobbins and needles, which you are supposed to supply, I will begin charging for them. You will be able to buy them from me and I will take the money and go replenish my stash.

I do periodically bring in magazines. I leave them on the counter for all to look at. I call attention to them in the beginning of the class. If you come late, you need to get notes from your peers.

I was asked to do a class on Photo Fabric. We are still setting up the printer and plotter. The ink is $500 to buy the BLACK dye ink. HP does dye ink in color. BUT the black is a pigment ink. I am sure, this could be a class cost when everything is set up. The fabric paper is $20 per 10 sheets. Some of you, want classes on specific embroidery techniques. ARE YOU PREPARED TO SPEND THE MONEY FOR THE EMBROIDERIES??????? I asked this during the Spring semester, and got mixed reviews. Not all embroideries are free. AND remember: There are very specific copyright laws !!!! The school does NOT have the funds to purchase supplies for every class. Some of you, have trouble buying required text books.

The PROGRAM Sewn Product Business is all set to go. I now have a computer classroom at my disposal on Friday afternoons. This fall, I will be teaching Embird Editing in there. We will be able to go back and forth between 203 and 209. If this works out, I will try to do Sewn Product Business in there.

I love show and tell! I find it so inspiring. YET……..Show and Tell is a hot topic. 50% want it and 50% don’t want it. If you have something to share…let me know, I will give you the time to talk to the class.

Another instructor, this summer is doing a fashion image course. Check the website: http://www.sdce.edu/.

I tell everyone to save their cut embroidery thread ends and leftover dissolvable stabilizer. When all the cut ends are laid out over the leftover dissolvable, you can sew this up into fantastic molded bowls. This is a project form a sulky book. Sulky Secrets to Successful Stabilizing. (1998). Sulky of America. No ISBN number listed. This book has many beginners’ guides in it. Plus, the creative ideas are fabulous. This book belongs on everyone’s shelf. There is now a sequel to it. This is great also.

NEWS:

Angel had her healthy baby boy after 3 days of labor on Saturday, May 30th, 2009. The baby weighed 8 pounds 3 oz and was just shy of 20 inches. Congratulations !!!!!

So we are all supposed to recycle. So I called Waste Management. 619-596-5100. This is their main phone number. They told me they pay for recycling of aluminum, plastics #1-7 and all metal cans. They also take all glass. They didn’t exactly tell me the truth. What do you have in YOUR neighborhood? Let me know. We all need to recycle.

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL CONTRIBUTORS !!!

We are thrilled to announce our next exhibition-

SEEING GREEN: Visions of a Changing Planet,
Art Quilts inspired by the environment.

Mark your calendars for the opening June 20th from 5 – 7pm at the Visions Art Quilt Gallery.
This will be a very special event as the San Diego Women’s Chorus will be performing selections from their Spring Concert “Hear Our Song: Making a Difference in Our World”

In addition, there will be an “Off the Wall Presentation: Watermarks featuring Linda Gass”.
Come and celebrate our World through Art.

QUILT VISIONS EXHIBITION AND EVENT DETAILS

Seeing Green: Visions of a Changing Planet
Opening Reception- June 20, 5-7 pm
June 20 - August 16, 2009

Off the Wall Presentation: Watermarks featuring Linda Gass
Saturday, July 18, 7 pm - Reception in Gallery to follow
$10.00 for QV members, $15.00 general public

A multi-media presentation will take you on a photographic journey to the places that inspire her textile art, from the wilderness areas of California to some of the significant water interventions in the American West. Presentation will also feature a San Diego Coastkeeper representative who will provide an update on local clean water issues and activities.

Please forward this email to any interested friends and family throughout the WORLD.

Visions Art Quilt Gallery is a non-profit, member supported organization dedicated to the promotion and appreciation of the quilt as art. Contemporary Art Quilts are now being recognized around the world as exciting visual art. This is the first facility like this anywhere in the U.S.

Quilt Visions/Visions Art Quilt Gallery2825 Dewey Road, Suite 100San Diego, CA 92106619-546-4872http://www.quiltvisions.org/visions@quiltvisions.org

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I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly.

As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend. I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant. I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with ageing.Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60 &70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love ... I will. I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set.They, too, will get old. I know I am sometimes forgetful.But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things.

Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face.So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.

As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever,but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day(if I feel like it).

MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE A RAINBOW OF SMILES ON YOUR FACE AND IN YOUR HEART FOREVER AND EVER! FRIENDS FOREVER!

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