Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 6:14PM 
Detail of Hiding Amongst The Clarinet Reeds
I'm having so much fun watching the webcam and the nesting great blue herons on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's All About Birds site I thought share the link for the nest cam: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/page.aspx?pid=2433
Caution: it is very addictive!
bird, blue heron Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 5:30PM Two of my favorite things came together last week. Cherrywood Fabrics challenged Pinterest users to pin their favorite Cherrywood products and I was one of the winners of a package of (16) 5" squares of fabric. Cherrywood Fabrics are very unique in that they are cotton yet look like suede. I'm excited to make something out of these.
Pinterest is getting a lot of discussion lately. I see it as a lot of like-minded individuals scouring the internet for things that might interest me and putting them in a convenient place so the I can quickly review them!
I try to always pin responsibly and credit sources for art work. There are images that I love but the source cannot be identified so I don't pin them. Check out my pinterest boards at http://pinterest.com/suzanengler/
Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 5:53PM Have you ever taken a life drawing class? It involves drawing the human figure over and over...and over.
While in art school, I drew myself, my family, fellow students, and numerous uninhibited nude models. When I learned that the final project for the life drawing course was a self-portrait, I just could not face another charcoal drawing. Luckily I had just attended my first quilt show, The Houston International Quilt Festival, so I had an idea!
Texas Big Hair, 1994, 36" x 30"
The instructor did not mandate the medium so I turned to fabric to “draw” the final project. I used black and white fabrics to create a background reminiscent of paper and charcoal; fused images formed the portrait. The hair needed more work to pay homage to true Texas Big Hair but my professor was intrigued with my unique approach. More importantly, the door to the fiber arts was opened.
Original Glamour Shot of me and my daughter in 1991 use as inspiration for self portrait.
art quilt Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 2:47PM I thought I'd share my first ever quilt with you. It was hand pieced, hand quilted, and embroidered. It was made in 1982.
I did not have a pattern, I just sort of made it up as I went along.
Evidently I chose REALLY fluffy batting! I think that was popular back in the '80s. It is 30 years old and it is still about 1 1/2 inches thick!
My next quilt? It was made about 17 years later (life got in the way!).
crazy quilt, embroidery Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 2:40PM I am and probably always will be in constant pursuit of organization. I've blogged about it several times before here and here. My theory is the less stuff, the easier to keep organized, right?
I have a box filled with photos, sketches, and prototypes. However, I find that they do me little good if they are hidden away in a box because I tend to forget about them. I want to see them and be inspired by them. What to do? Make them digital of course!
I take a picture of each item and then upload all the photos to the computer. Once I have digital images, I put them all into one directory on the computer. The files in this directory will be displayed individually as my PC's background. I also add inspirational photos taken at quilt shows, vacation, etc., to this directory.
On my computer, the path to define the background is start / control panel / appearance and personalization / change desktop background. Disclaimer: the path on your computer may be very different!
Select the directory with the images and check each photo that you want to be displayed as a background image. I have it set up so that the images are shuffled and displayed for 3 minutes at a time. Then the next inspirational image comes into view.
organization 
