The last month I have been working feverishly to get ready for three shows and four teaching engagements. I feel like all I do is Dye a little every day just for you! We will have a booth, #1825, at the IQF show next week in Chicago at the Donald E Stevenson Convention Center . I hope…
My son Erik came over the other day and asked for some art work for his new apartment. I was thrilled to let him go through my pieces. These are the two pieces he has picked to take home. In the Field and Watching the Water Lucky for all concerned.
I have a pair of Cardinals that live in the neighbors bush. They feed at my bird feeder year round and are such delightful birds to watch and listen to. Size & Shape The Northern Cardinal is a fairly large, long-tailed songbird with a short, very thick bill and a prominent crest. Cardinals often sit with…
I just finished these two new quilts that I am now making into my newest pattern. Tentatively I am calling it Cardinal. How boring. Do any of you have a suggestion for a name for this pattern. It will include both the Spring Cardinal and the Winter Cardinal in one pattern. I’ll send a quarter…
Have you visited my CRAFTSY pattern page yet? You can purchase a PDF of many of my patterns and print them yourself on my CRAFTSY pattern page . This make instant gratification so easy to accomplish! When you see one you like you just point and click and print and you can be fusing up a…
I am so happy to be included in a lovely article in the upcoming August/September issue of Quilting Arts Magazine. Jane Davila asked me to contribute to her article called decorative stitching by Machine. My quilt “Farm Land”, is featured as one of the quilts using decorative stitches on your sewing machine to enhance the design. I hope…
These two beauty’s are in Paducah with me on the FOR SALE wall. Cardinal was started this winter and I finally got around to finishing it this week. The same thing is true for Tiny SunDance I finally had a bit of time to get it finished. Cardinal measures 10″ x 8″, the teal background…
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…
My good friend from Norway, Kjersti, made this beautiful quilt titled “Urnes”, using my blackened rainbow fabric. She received a prize for Best handwork at her local quilt show. “The motif is from one of the oldest stave-churches in Norway, Urnes. The text is written in medieval runes: “I, K, Bjoergs and Sigurds-daughter from the Tonsberg-line…
I am happy to announce that I am able to post again on this blog AND that I posted all three new patterns to the patterns page. Laughing Leaves is a design I have been teaching for a long time and now it is a pattern with two different versions of the pattern in one…
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…
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…