This is a wonderful article on creativity. I hope your follow the link to read the whole piece. Mary Oliver: The Artist’s Task It is a silver morning like any other. I am at my desk. Then the phone rings, or someone raps at the door. I am deep in the machinery of my wits. Reluctantly…
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Caribbean Cruise
I’m teaching these three fusing classes on a sun drenched Caribbean Cruise. Come cruise with me this November! Think ahead and book with a friend to get away from the cold weather. Dragonfly Garden, Under the Sea and Sea Side Village CARIBBEAN QUILT SEMINAR AT SEA NOVEMBER 25-DECEMBER 2, 2017! Treat yourself to a tropical…
Caribbean Cruise
Come cruise with me this November! I’m teaching these three fusing classes on a sun drenched Caribbean Cruise. Dragonfly Garden, Under the Sea and Sea Side Village CARIBBEAN QUILT SEMINAR AT SEA NOVEMBER 25-DECEMBER 2, 2017! Treat yourself to a tropical cruise that features beautiful, sun-drenched ports, carefree quilting and relaxing days at sea with…
More Rainbow Stripe inspiration
I dye multi colored hand dyed fabrics. I want to help quilters understand how to work with all these colors to their best advantage. So I’m doing a series on working with multi colored hand dyed fabric. I have found that I really like working with my Rainbow Stripe fabric, mainly because it gives me so…
Happiness Index
I just got home from visiting some of my grandkids. Happiness! I made a new bed quilt for my son and daughter -in-law. While I was helping spread the quilt over their king size bed I noticed my DIL’s bedside reading, O magazine, talking about depression. I struggle with depression every day. Don’t worry not…
Dyeing, Dyeing, Dyeing always Dyeing
I dye a little every day!! Each day has a different assignment to meet. Some days it’s dyeing for upcoming classes. Some days it’s dyeing for shows, some days it’s dyeing fabric kits for my patterns. This week it’s been dyeing for upcoming classes. Here are the dyes ready to go for my class Laughing Leaves.…
Happy Holidays
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…
DEUX returns home
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…
Walking
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…
Quilt Colorado
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…
If you’re not having fun you are not doing it right
“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…
SunSet Pines – a fusing design class – AQS Lancaster
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…