Gail McGlamery » Keeping Life Balanced http://www.gailmcglamery.com Quilt Artist Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:53:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Priority: Renovation http://www.gailmcglamery.com/keeping-life-balanced/priority-renovation.html http://www.gailmcglamery.com/keeping-life-balanced/priority-renovation.html#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 22:18:32 +0000 admin http://www.gailmcglamery.com/?p=421 kitchen completeIt’s been almost a year since my last post.  My plan to produce work while simultaneously renovating a house and transitioning to a new community was more than a little optimistic.  Life in rural coastal Maine is quite wonderful but I’ve had too many other priorities to let my creativity extend into clothwork.  On the upshot, our renovation has resulted in this beautiful kitchen and will eventually create space for my studio upstairs.  I can’t wait.

I am excited to be a vendor at the Perry Harvest Fair this weekend.  It is a chance to get a little exposure and introduce my work to the area.  There are some very experienced quilters here so we’ll see what comments I receive.  I’m taking some handwork with me and may be able to jump start my journal quilting again.

]]> http://www.gailmcglamery.com/keeping-life-balanced/priority-renovation.html/feed 0 Quilters must Eat http://www.gailmcglamery.com/keeping-life-balanced/quilters-must-eat.html http://www.gailmcglamery.com/keeping-life-balanced/quilters-must-eat.html#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:11:02 +0000 admin http://www.gailmcglamery.com/?p=159 My mom and I have a running joke that if we didn’t have other people to care for in our families, we’d just keep on sewing and quilting and not stop until we were really, really hungry. When I’m in my groove, I hate realizing that it is 4:30ish and time to start thinking of a plan for dinner. Worse yet is having to stop to start prepping if it is an involved meal. Nevertheless, one must eat and I do love food.

I recently found a phenomenal food blog that I find myself going to again and again. Smitten Kitchen is wonderful and I highly recommend it to anyone. I’m not sure how long she’s been at it, but any ingredient I’ve searched for produces a great dish.  Scrolling above or below my find reveals more tastier recipes.  Knowing she’s producing all this in a small kitchen is inspiring.  Her writing has actually made me laugh out loud and the eye candy photography is also really nice. All in all a great site.

Since she recently had a baby, I’m not sure when she’ll start with updated blogs. But, trust me, there is enough there to keep you cooking for months while you crank out your next masterpiece.  At least that is my dinner plan.

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