This week I traveled to Clarkston MI to lecture at the quilt guild there. On the way home I decided to make a small detour to the town of Shipsewana IN. This is an Amish town with a great general store in the middle of town. It had been years since I had been there…
SILK
I finally finished quilting “Springs Greeting”This quilt is made with silk charmeuse fused to cotton. The blue background is all silk as are all the flower heads and bud heads. (I love saying bud heads, living with all those boys all these years has given me a silly sense of humor.) I love working with…
1974
I said I would dig out the picture of me in London in front of a Henry Moore, but when I looked on the back ot the picture it says –Dublin, Ireland, Trinity College November 1974.My mother always reminded us to put names and dates on the back of pictures. Boy was she right, I…
New Poppies
I am making a commission piece for someone. They loved my Petite Poppies quilt but wanted it in softer more muted colors. I love this new version and colors. Sometimes it takes someone else nudging you to go outside your own comfort zone to achieve new and exciting work. I like it so much I…
Breakfast with Friends
Anne Lullie and Laura Wasilowski. Having breakfast with friends in frigid January sure does brighten up the day. Of course we are missing Melody to make us all laugh.The subjects this morning were all about our Christmas’s, our husbands, and trying to get in the mood for making art. Just the typical breakfast fare.
New Ironing Station
My Christmas present this year is a new ironing station. It was built by Tracey’s Tables in Wisconsin and delivered two days ago. I love it. It has a nice big surface to iron and work on and it also comes with a cutting mat if I so choose to use it it as a…
2008 Calendar
The 2008 calendar is ready for shipping. If you are like me you need to get this up right away and start marking dates on it. It is the perfect pick me up for your studio or office space.The price went up from last year. I discovered that in order to mail it flat it…
Happy New Year
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~Benjamin Franklin
Christmas for the dogs
Our Christmas was full of dogs!! We had 14 people and FIVE dogs at my niece’s house. It was wild and always hectic and usually very funny. And there was a dog for everyone to hold and talk to to or do something with. Three dogs keep our good friend Lynn warm while she reads…
Renwick Gallery
Going West! Quilts and Community (Renwick)Now through Jan. 21, 2008 Going West! Quilts and Community reveals the essential role that quilts and the making of quilts played in the lives of women on the frontier. The exhibition features 50 quilts from the first quarter of the nineteenth century to the 1930s—on loan from historical societies…
Museums
The American Indian Museum was my favorite this trip. It is a beautifully designed and visitor friendly museum. The displays were gorgeous, unfortunately I don’t have any pictures from inside as my son had the camera, but trust me if you go to DC this is a must. All the textiles that are here are…
More of our Capitol
The Supreme Court Building Two lawyers in front of the doors to the Supreme Court, probably as close as they will ever get to being in the Supreme Court The Library of Congress Our Capitol and a future lobbiest