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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Join me for “The 100” Fiber fundraiser for the American Cancer Society
I am honored to be an invited artist for “The 100” to be held on Wednesday, February 4, 2015. The goal for this fiber fundraiser for the American Cancer Society is to raise $10,000 in one day. How? All the details are here: http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/FFACThe100Fundraiser.html I’m sure you will want to be one of the very exclusive…
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…
Some of my arty friends
As part of the Round the World blog hop I invite you to visit some of my arty friends blogs today and see the fantastic work that they make using fiber art. My friends, I think, feel the same way about their work and working as I do. I meet each of these woman because I am a…
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…
AQS Lancaster show
I have been off line for about a week, did you miss me? I was off teaching at the AQS Lancaster PA show. I did not have good internet at the show and just didn’t feel like sitting in the lobby to use my computer. So we all got a break. It was not that…
A friends quilts
I have a good friend who really supports what I do with designing and making wall quilts. Each year she buys one of my patterns and kits and makes these up for her own collection of wall quilts. Several years ago she underwent chimo therapy for breast cancer. At that time she told me these…
Old friend refound
While I was cleaning this week I ran across these post cards languishing in a drawer. They are made by a woman I meet years ago through my quilt group PAQA. Her name is Nina Kipshidze. She was from the Tbilisi, Georgia. At the time I was still doing work for several fabric reps. I was their…
Judges Choice
As a quilt judge you get to pick a quilt that you will give your judges choice award to. My judges choice award at PIQF went to this very unusual and unique quilt by Cathryn Zeleny named - In Pursuit of Equilibrium All the layers made this such an interesting and fun…
Reorganizing
I am spending the day reorganizing. After the quilt show in Chicago I have to put all the stock back in it’s proper place and get ready for the next gig. So before the show it gets dragged out of the “studio” (basement) and put into boxes and stored…
QGoBI
Laura and I are headed to merry old England today to teach at the Quilters Guild of the British Isles. We will be in Nottingham, Thursday through Sunday. If you are going to be there be sure and say Cheers.
Illinois Artisian Center - Thompson Building
I am a member of the Illinois Artisan’s Last week I spent a day downtown at the Thompson Building promoting this program and working an Atrium Show. I have for the past several years had some of my pieces at the Rend Lake Gallery during quilt week in April. Besides the artisan shop there is also…