I feel so lucky to have such a great art center, The Fine Line in St Charles, IL so close to me here in the suburbs of Chicago. I will be taking advantage of this wonderful opportunity to sign up for a discharge class with Bob Adams in June of this year. Harvest Moon Quit National 2005…
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Sketch it, Fuse it, Quilt it!!
Take Your Quilting to Beautiful Places! My friend, Laura Wasilowski, has a brand new online Craftsy class ready for you to view now. It’s called Sketch It, Fuse It, Quilt It class In the class she shows you how to make a fused art quilt from start to finish. And it all starts with a…
Meg Hannan - Rag Sky Art Studio
This is from my friend Meg Hannan from Rag Sky Art Studios. I own many of her fabulous fiber pieces. As the holidays draw near I hope you will find it in your hearts to share a little of your bounty with a fellow fiber artist who is not as bountiful right now. Happy Holidays If we…
Making little art
It is fun, fast and gratifying to make small art. Here are a few new pieces I managed to make this week while getting all my boxes ready to ship to Houston. My work-space is a mess, but I was happy packing and creating. Green Pines is a lovely combination of teal, burnt orange and…
Pop top purse
I love getting really original works of art that are also functional. I love supporting charities that support girls. This week I was able to do both. bThis purse which measures about 10″ x 8″ is crocheted with black cording and pop tabs. It is so cool. “Empowering Women, One Stitch At A Time” The scars are…
Georgie for a good cause
For the past few years the good folks at the International Quilt Festival in Houston have been supporting a wonderful charity. They have been doing a post card auction to support the Friends for Life Animal Shelter in Houston, TX. As you may know I am a huge animal lover myself. I always have had…
Fiber Exhibit
I am a PAM, a professional member of the art group SAQA. Our regional group WI/IL has had a traveling exhibit for about a year now. The current venue is at the Drury Gallery at Portage Center for the Arts in Portage WI. The opening reception will be on September 5, that’s Friday night from 4-6.…
Collection Art - do you do it?
Are you an art collector? It doesn’t take a whole lot of money to collect art. I do it as often as I can. I admire so many of the people working in the quilting industry and I want to have a little piece of their work in my home to enjoy year round. I have…
ART you glad you bought ART
I love getting new art pieces and on my recent quilting cruise trip through the Panama Canal with Deb Roberts, I got these great local pieces. This is a piece of traditional wool art from the region around Puerta Vallarta. It is made of wool yarn wrapped and stuck on with beeswax to the wooden…
Circle, the perfect shape
I often hear people tell me in class that they are no artist. I really have a hard time with that statement, because I think we are all artist in some way or another. One of the little tricks that I use to help with my “art”, that I think is a very simple thing…
Orange Afternoon
Orange Afternoon It measures about 9″ x 13″ It has a pillow case finish, you can view that technique here. I decided I liked all the colors and I think it turned out bright AND grounded. I find I really like dark, rich deep colors to frame my pieces. Tell me what you think. This…
Art Collection
Home again, home again. It is so great to be back home after two weeks away. It really makes you appreciate what you have in your life. I love my studio space, and I have decorated it with wonderful small pieces of art that I have collected from other artist. Let me share some of…