My good friend Wendy Butlter Berns has sent along a few shots of what is new on her design wall.Hi there,here are a few small pieces I have been playing with…. still on the design wall…. !!Poppy Pizzazz II and III are studies in playing with bolder fabric using my Poppy Pizzazz pattern. I enjoy…
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Sandy James
Artist Monday is a day late. I wanted you to meet my friend Sandy James. Sandy is the artist who made the copper windows for my little fiber woodland house. She is an amazing naturalist and jewelry maker. I have so many of her pieces of jewelry that I could probably open my own store.…
Artist Monday–Happy Mother’s Day
Mondays on my blog is a day to feature artist. I want to learn about artist myself and to share what I know and learn with others. Today as a tribute to Mother’s Day, I am honoring my mother. Without the kind encouragement and dedication of my mother I would not be the artist that…
Design Wall Friday
I am so excited that Penny sent me a picture of her design wall.Hi Frieda,Here’s my design wall earlier this week-looking at a couple of pieces I’d dyed to incorporate into a quilt back. I’m so grateful for our conversation on dyeing in the basement even if it wasn’t 70 degrees! You were right-it works…
Artist Village
Kathy York had a great idea for an entry into Tactile Architecture. So she contacted some of her friends to help out.The idea was to create an artist village with three dimensional stitched houses. A group of us put on our thimbles and started stitching away. Mine is the little one under the tree to…
Fanciful Stitches Colorful Quilts
My good friend Laura Wasilowski has written the most charming and fanciful new book. It contains 11 fused projects for you to make and fanciful stitching for you to create on top of these small whimsical house quilts.This is my interview with Laura in our booth in Paducah, April 2011.If you leave a comment today,…
Artist Village
On Monday a new blog tour will begin. I participated in making a house for “the Artitst Village”. My house is the little one in the middle with the orange roof. On my day and prior I will be posting pictures of my house and telling about the process of making it. I hope you…
Design wall Friday
I am in Paducah KY at the AQS show. We have been having a wonderful time, even with the threat of flood. I am going to show you a few of the quilts that caught my eye at the Pavilion. All these quilts started out on a design wall.
Artist Monday - Crushed
I am deeply disappointed today. My quilt “Springs Greeting” was recently in a show with several other of my quilts. This was a regional show put on by a group I was a member of. It was returned to me dirty. But not just dirty it had grease marks on it in six separate places…