Sense of Scale

Philip Johnson's Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, seems small before you enter it. I always like to use people to delineate scale. See how spacious this space really is? And, just think -- with no screens, no operable windows, the only air movement is from a door in the center of each wall.

Perfect for Picking

Spent an evening (between rain storms) picking the just emerging crop of blueberries. This is the row they pointed to for us to start. Good thing they don't count the ones you pop in your mouth.

Inset Corner

My friend Kathy enlightened me on sewing an inset corner. With practice I might just get it. I've drawn the seam lines, cut away leaving just 1/4" seam allowance, and reinforced the corner by sewing. Now I am snipping to that corner, and will sew in the piece starting in the corner. Practice makes perfect.

Long-ish Seam

A bit of a zig-zag seam had me pulling out the freezer paper to make a template to get the shapes just right. Since I had the pieces decided, it was all right to use the template on the front, rather than ironing it to the back, like usual.

Plant Sale

I took the day off, like I do every day, but went and helped at my group's plant sale. Yes, I did return with lovely things, and tomorrow, should the weather be fair, they will get in the ground.

Round Things

Boscobel, the early 19th century home overlooking the Hudson river, encourages art from this 21st century. Wish I knew the artist of this metal globe. In the background are more wonderful spheres. I want to make some and do some lawn rolling.

Mad about MAD

Another museum visit, this one to the Museum of Art and Design in NYC. Glass layered over and over for a brilliant effect in a room screen. The work of Miriam Ellner is called "Fata Morgana" and has four panels made with eglomise glass which is glass that is gilded on the back with gold or metal leaf.

Resistance in Printing

Seen at the American Folk Art Museum last week, this center medallion quilt features a printed square by John Hewson.  Hewson, a calico printer, challenged the authority of the British over colonial America through his printing on fabric. This center panel is his trademark. The quilt from an unidentified quilter dates to 1790- 1810.

Spouting Devil

Can't help but admire the folk who kept the name's curious spelling. Part of the Bronx, Spuyten Duyvil was a stop on my train to NYC.

Quilt for a Daughter

• Carl Klewicke, who lived from 1835-1913 in Corning, New York, finished this pieced silk quilt for his adopted daughter around 1907. It took him years to make, and was a wedding present for his daughter. I came across this at the Folk Art Museum in NYC this weekend. Takes my breath away.
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Travel Fog

By the numbers: 5 days, 1074 car miles, 3 states, 2 trains, 7 museums, and 6 historic sites, the last one (Philip Johnson's Glass House) enveloped by fog.