One of my dear blogger friends, Ann, from Orange Crumpled Napkin has nominated me for the Liebster Award! The Liebster Award is an award for new bloggers with small followings who fit the requirement of having less than 200 followers and happen to be doing something the nominator really likes.
When nominated for the Liebster Award, one must give a thank you speech and:
- Answer 11 questions posted by the person who nominated me
- List 11 random and hopefully not too weird facts about myself
- Nominate & tag up to 11 new bloggers with 200 followers or less
- Write 11 questions for the bloggers I nominate.
Ann, thank you, thank you (bows). Here are the answers to your questions:
1. When did you start quilting?
Probably made my first quilt in my early twenties. Simple
squares from my old blue
jeans.
2. Do you think of your quilting as
an art or as a hobby?
Both....
art: The
expression or application of human creative skill and imagination
hobby: An activity
done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure.
3. Have you traveled much in your
life?
I have traveled a
bit around the US and visited many of the neighboring islands, but I
did
not see Europe until my 50th birthday when I visited England, Belgium, and
Spain.
4. What color dominates your fabric
collection?
When I purchase fabric, I choose whatever color resonates
with me at the moment. I
can
say that purple is my favorite color, but it is not the color that always
satisfies my
creative
longings. Sometimes, it’s dark and monochromatic….other times it’s bold
and
bright. I never really know what is going to sneak up on me and grab my
creative
attention.
5. If you could dress up like a
gypsy and go to work, would you?
Yes!
6.
What’s your favorite yogurt flavor?
Seven Stars Biodynamic Yogurt –
Original Maple
7.
After you have paid off your debts and taken care of your family needs, what
would
you do with yourself if you won the lottery?
Probably just keep living the way I do
now minus the financial worries.
8.
Introvert or Extrovert?
Definitely introvert.
9.
Which is the career you wanted to pursue and for one reason or another
didn’t?
Something in the arts, for sure!
10.
Who is your role model and why?
I am inspired by anyone who is eager
to explore new things and be continually
challenged, whose creative spirit flows in the
face of obstacles, and who loves
deeply and has a generous soul.
11.
Do you remember your dreams?
I have a few dreams that have been reoccurring
since early childhood. I remember
my current dreams…..sometimes.
Here are some random things you might not know about me:
1. I
have eleven wonderful, crazy children. (Yes, I birthed them all)
2. I
have and continue to supervise their education at home.
3. I
love to cook and eat food of every nationality. I like it spicy.
4. In
order to make sense of a rigid past, I got an Associates Degree in my fifties.
I studied contemporary spirituality.
5. I
know almost nothing about Tarot, however, I have a collection of Tarot cards
that I
have purchased over the years simply because I find them beautiful.
6. I
collect books published by the Folio Society in London. I hope these kinds of
books
never become
obsolete.
7. My
favorite color is purple.
8. If
I could have everything I need delivered to my door, I would probably be
content to
stay home.
9. I
choose to be barefoot, hate shoes, and value comfort over style in my clothes.
10. I am an avid tea drinker.
11.
I am a compulsive organizer.
Here are the bloggers that I nominate:
Here are eleven questions for the bloggers that I nominated:
1. What is your favorite season and why?
2. What is your favorite outdoor activity?
3. What edible thing do you have trouble saying "No" to?
4. What life lesson are you still struggling to learn?
5. Do you have a collection of anything?
6. When you're with your best friend, is there a subject you gravitate to?
7. Name one of your personal goals for 2013?
8. Write a brief creative history...
9. Who has been the most instrumental in your creative development?
10. When you are in the creative zone, what noise if any do you surround yourself with?
11. Of all the creative activities you love, do you have a favorite and why?
