I found a really fun and I think useful new website. When I say new I mean new to me. Go to Color Scheme Designer three and check it out. I had a ball just moving the little dots around inside the color wheel and looking at the color schemes change on the right side…
Category Archives: art
Design–Point, line, shape
If you have never taken any kind of art class, it can seem over whelming to understand when people talk about the principles of design. The principles of design can be thought of as how the elements of design are combined in a composition. Let’s review some of the principles. 1. Point – the smallest…
Lo and behold A Cover Girl
Quilting Arts has come out with a fantastic new book – The Best of Quilting Arts – Celebrate the first 10 years of groundbreaking QUILTING ARTS magazine with a collection of the best articles, projects and techniques.• quilt art techniques from fabric collage and appliqué to resist dyeing, stamping, and foiling;• machine-stitching and thread-painting tips…
Deck the Halls
My sister in law sent me this. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. My husband is from Minnesota.The first year we were married we lived in Mpls while he attended graduate school at the UofM.It was the coldest winter I EVER experienced.ENJOY MERRY CHRISTMAS
Santa Claus is REAL
Nothing says Christmas like the perfect Santa. I collect Santa’s. I collect many things but Santa’s is one of the happiest collections.It’s a fun collection and it promotes such happy memories when I begin to unpack them each year for their yearly trip into the real world. Here are just a few of the Santa’s…
It’s a Happy Holiday
Don’t you just love getting out all those ornaments. I mean it is a chore and it takes time, but putting on the Christmas music and unwrapping each one brings back such memories. Like who was born that year, and what the kids gave you. I just love it.These are just some of my decorations this…
Just do it
Just do it – Carve out an hour today (ideally, that starts right now. Don’t tell me you can’t — you were going to spend the next hour reading blog posts and twitter anyway) and work on the Big Uncomfortable Important Thing. If you don’t have an hour, spend 20 minutes. And put an hour…
The ZEN of winning
Take a deep breath and exhale –I will winI will winI think I canI DID!!I hope you all win, but in reality I only have one big give away.It is …TA TA TA DA 12 over dyed white on white fat quarters in a rainbow gradation 1/2 yard piece of silk organza in Christmas green…
Yellow Dandelions
I am once again offering one of my small art quilts on EBAY. You can view the listing here for Yellow Dandelions. I hope you will think about treating yourself this month and find a new home for “Yellow Dandelions”, or this would make a great gift for that special someone for Christmas.
Wendy Butler Berns on line classes
The first two Wendy Butler Berns online courses have now been launched on the Craftsy.com website….. the third course “Art Quilting 101” will be available in early November. Here is a link to the promos for the first two courses and each have several segments one can watch onlinehttp://www.craftsy.com/class/Art-Quilting-Pictorial-Techniques/38?d=34255http://www.craftsy.com/class/Machine-Quilting-Free-Motion-More/37?d=34158please pass on the information to everyone…
Basic Fusing III
Putting it all together.Once I have all my design elements cut out and ready to assemble I will begin to fuse things in place.Remember we put our background fabric that had fusible all over it on the back of the fabric back on a piece of release paper? Now since it is sitting on the…
Mark Lipinski
Hey check it out. I am going to be on the phone tomorrow with Mark Lipinski. Tune in to www.toginet.com and click on the listen live button on the page and you will be able to hear the show as it takes place. Who knows what will happen with Mark, you don’t want to miss…