Ooh, I’m a happy girl! Just check out my new phone cover. It’s a custom design featuring one of my quilts, along with the name of my website. Now, how cool is that? I feel so professional with this slick little number. I’m afraid I’m having a little too much fun showing it off, though. I even […]
I’m currently part of a two-person show at a local performing arts center. Called “Visions and Vistas,” I mostly selected quilts depicting Florida vegetation for it. But, at the 11th hour, I added this quilt, Mountain Meadows. Click any image for a larger view. As the only piece with a distant view, I was afraid it might not look […]
What do you get when you mix my colorful art quilts, the wonderful silk paintings of Jo-Ann Jensen, and a great venue? Our current exhibit, Visions and Vistas. Click image for a larger view The exhibit space is the lobby gallery of our local performing arts center. It shows off our work beautifully with good […]
The ladies in my recent “Design Your Own Nature Quilt” class in Ann Arbor really rocked. They set aside their fears about working loosely and forged bravely ahead. (With a few hesitations, of course.) The results were fabulous. After only three hours of working on their compositions, these photos show just some of the results. […]
I recently had fun teaching Double Reverse Applique in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Click any image for a larger view As usual, we had an awesome batch of apples by the end of class. It’s always great to see how different they all are. Marilyn, Paula, Debbie #1, June, Brooks, Judy, Connie, Bertraud, Kaye, Marge, Debbie #2, […]
We’re lucky to have several small art quilt groups in my area. One of them is Seams Unique, which has their annual exhibit currently on display. The far wall of the exhibit space features a large sign and a small quilt from each of the members. Several of these have really wonderful textures. Click any image for a […]
I’m really enjoying working with the students in my current online class, Design Your Own Nature Quilt. One of the items on the supply list for this class is “artistic courage,” because the students often need to work outside their comfort zones. Click any image for a slightly larger view The quilt above was made by […]
Woohoo! The quilt was finally pinned and ready to quilt! I was quite happy with it. I liked the colors and the contrasting veins. Just my sort of thing. Click any image for a larger view But then, something started to bug me. Sometimes I say, “I hate it when I get a good idea.” Why? […]
After completing the leaves on my Croton quilt, it was time to move it from the design wall to the table. This involves switching the pins from push pin mode to holding-fabrics-together mode. The photo below shows my progress at about the half way point. The left portion has been freed from the design wall […]
I’m winding down on the design phase of my Croton quilt. Here it is with everything pinned in place – except for the vein fabrics. (The fabrics aren’t really this bright, though.) Click image for a larger view I’ll add the vein fabrics by slipping skinny pieces of fabric under the adjacent larger pieces. (It’s […]
