I am a big fan of acorns and oak trees. I guess it stems from my childhood and hearing my mom and grandmother talk about the flora and fauna so often when they were together. I especially love oak leaves and it only follows that I would also love acorns. I am amazed at how…
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Design Wall Friday
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…
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.…
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…
Laura Murray
My friend Laura Murray is so creative. Laura loves to come up with new ideas using paint sticks and her line of stencils. I was visiting with her in her booth before the show opened today and she was showing me how she is using her stencils and paint sticks to create tiled designs by…
Design wall Friday
My good friend Laura Wasilowski has shared a photo of her current design wall.Laura and I will be driving to Paducah on Monday we will have our booth – #1905. We are on the main floor, against the back wall. I hope that if you or your friends are in Paducah that you will be…
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…
Artist Monday
I want to share with you an artist who I think is doing some wonderful work. I went to my quilt group this last Wednesday, I belong to PAQA a group that meets in the Chicago land area. I don’t get there very much because of all the traveling that I do. SO, I really…
Sewing with Nancy
Yesterday Laura and I filmed two new episodes of “Sewing with Nancy” Vicki the magnificent make up artist is making us look “good”. Laura is getting the royal treatment. Vicki recently worked on the film “Public Enemy” with Johnny Depp. We are in good company. The taping process is always fun with Nancy. She IS…
Caryl Bryer Fallert
Caryl Bryer Fallert just posted on the QuiltArt List that she has finished two new quilts this past year. I went to her site to check them out. They are quite wonderful and well worth a look. I meet Caryl many years ago. Caryl grew up in the same town that I currently live in…