tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post8594002684687973398..comments2024-03-08T00:12:34.350-08:00Comments on Art and Quilts, cogitations thereon: The Back LogElizabeth Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-29397479480616180922008-09-07T14:44:00.000-07:002008-09-07T14:44:00.000-07:00Del, a "bog roll cover" is UK for toilet paper rol...Del, a "bog roll cover" is UK for toilet paper roll cover-doesn't everyone have at least one?<BR/><BR/>While working for a well known Japanese textile artist in my student days I was given this memorable advice: "Julia, if you want to be a big artist, you don't need a big studio...you need a big basement."<BR/>Needless to say her basement was filled to bursting like King Tut's tomb with all manner of 70s-era failed fibre works.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00761062429322525612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-70706117457680650442008-09-05T20:03:00.000-07:002008-09-05T20:03:00.000-07:00What is a "bog roll cover"?I've always admired Eli...What is a "bog roll cover"?<BR/>I've always admired Elizabeth Busch who was not happy with an almost finished quilt. She cut it up into five pieces and bound them - three were sold at a Canadian gallery, one was accepted into a Visions exhibit, but I don't know what happened to the fifth. It inspired me to cut up an unfinished piece and make placemats for a friend. She was thrilled.Delhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433487427679233617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-5071895569000736322008-08-30T17:48:00.000-07:002008-08-30T17:48:00.000-07:00I donated a half dozen to the local humane society...I donated a half dozen to the local humane society and helped tie off the corners of the smaller ones into little kitty hammocks..anything over three feet became dog beds. They loved them.<BR/><BR/>Looking around the studio, there are a few more likely candidates that I am not going to waste one more minute on. The critters won't care.Deb Lacativahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037530669295128974noreply@blogger.com