Here’s some news to my best crafting buddies YOU. Apparently as crafters we are happier and will live longer than those lazy bums that only watch TV and eat bonbons. http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/25/health/brain-crafting-benefits/index.html?hpt=hp_bn13 (CNN) — Her brother’s sudden death in 2004 hit Sarah Huerta hard. In the years that followed, Huerta couldn’t leave the house without suffering a…
I am a juried artist member of SAQA. I have mentioned this before. I think this is a great organization. One of the reason’s that I think this is such a great group is that it runs juried exhibitions for it’s membership ALL the time. There is a call for entry opportunity ongoing. Studio Art Quilt Associates…
I talk a lot about the fact that George and I go for a walk everyday that I am home. Mainly we walk because we do not have a fenced in backyard and the walking is good exercise for both of us. Georgie is getting OLD, he is 15 now and he lags behind. For…
Do you live in or near Longmont CO? Do you want to go away from drudgery of home for awhile? Call your quilting friends and head on out to Longmont, CO. I will be teaching three fabulous classes there this summer at Quilt Colorado. My fusing classes are fun and fast and you go home with…
“I used to wait for a sign… before I did anything. Then one night I had a dream and an angel in black tights came to me and said, You can start any time now and then I asked is this a sign? And the angel started laughing and I woke up. Now I think…
It was a challenge to do this class in the space that we were provided with but I was so proud of everyone for getting their tops done and working nicely along side each other in a very tight room. We had 22 in this class, two to a table top. This is a design…
I thought I’d show you what I have been working on this week in the quilting studio. Enjoy.
I am stuck in the house. Oh I could go out and brave the sub-zero weather, but I don’t like it anymore. It would mean putting on boots, cowl, scarf, hat, and mittens, JUST to open the door. I am busy getting ready to be on the road all of the month of March. I…
I am off to a three day seminar in Aurora IL head quarters fro Bernina USA, for a big adventure this week. Aurora is just down the road from me so it isn’t much of a hike. Laura W will also be going along with me to the seminar. Laura and I became artisian’s with…
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…
I find that I often start out with an idea and a color theme in mind when I start working on a new piece. How do you start out? Do you pick the design and then go look for color or does the color dictate to you what will happen? I have recently been doing…
I thought you would enjoy seeing a few more pictures from the class with Jan Myers-Newbury. I am loving the stripey fabrics created by doing traditional Shibori and plan on incorporating them into my work. That is why I wanted to take the class with her. Here are a few more examples of what we…