Fibermania

Mexican Chalet Style

Let the decorating begin! Today I ordered my new bed and immediately buzzed over to my fave bed clothes store, TJMAXX. I got a pouffy mattress pad from Ralph Lauren, and three sets of sheets in Lime, Raspberry and Marshmallow White. Sweeeeet! They will match my inspiration piece: this tasty chair.

Metallic gold paint, which I wish I knew what brand the artist used. I would love to dink around with this stuff. It is so reflective and shiny.

I already have two quilts from years gone by that will work with this color scheme, and another that only needs binding or hemming. So girly. I cannot wait til I am moved in and can set this all up.

Now a word about me and retirement.

It's all in how you understand retirement. I am thinking, no more sitting in airports waiting for delayed airplanes. No more packing and leaving favorite garments in hotels, never to see them again. No more leaving Dave.

Wait, that should have been #1.

1. No more leaving Dave.

2. Vast amounts of uninterrupted time to make the work that means something to me, more than samples for a specific technique.

3. Time to garden for weeks without having to leave before it's all done.

4. Time to read a book without feeling guilty.

5. Freedom from suitcases in the studio

6. The end of dyeing fabric for sale

7. The beginning of my new artistic directions that are not tied to teaching

8. Not having to make a living

9. The end of gearing up

10. Getting in touch with my spirit again

I am planning on setting up a temporary studio in the house and then designing the Potting Shed Studio interiors to make that the new studio for paint, and fabric.

Part of my desires include painting paper and fabric and combining them into composition that are mounted on board or canvas and not necessarily stitched. These may be like quilts and like paintings or unlike either. It will be an experiment, and another adventure. You'll see them on the blog if and when this all happens.