This little guy stopped eating and had to visit the vet early last week. After a bit of extra hydration and some medicine he’s been eating, but we have to keep an eye on him. During this watchful waiting, I’ve cut fabric for future throw size quilts; I quilted several quilts to donate to the […]
Month: February 2015
Love Bike – Gray – Happy Valentine’s Day
A basket full of pink hearts ready to spread love for Valentine’s Day. bike happy :: happy bike Love Bike – Gray (10†x 13â€)
Embrace Imperfection
‘Embrace imperfection’ is something I tell students and myself often. Nothing is perfect and striving for perfection gets in the way of enjoying the process. This book cover was torn, stained and tattered making it fitting backdrop for this hand stitched collage that is machine stitched to a piece of pattern card stock. The colors […]
Creating Yourself
Green means new, growth and change to me. It seemed to go well with the ‘life is about creating yourself’ charm. the muslin I had was seamed together on the bolt. The lady cutting my fabric wanted to toss that piece out but I love it. Look at those bits of thread perfect for threading […]
STITCHED 2015 – Classes to Inspire
Last week, I announced the project that kept me busy for most of December and January – STITCHED 2015. When I saw that Alma was doing STITCHED again, I was excited to pitch a class. It seemed like a great way to share my enthusiasm for art quilts and teach a class without traveling great […]
Love Bike – Red
A red bike… a basket full of hearts… joy on a bike…enjoy the ride Love Bike – Red (10†x 13â€)
Possibility Begins with Imagination
The metal tag says: possibility begins with imagination. It is true of this piece. I had gathered fabric, buttons, trim, metal embellishments and this dress form in a travel stitching kit many months ago knowing there was possibility. Finally one day, with a bit of time to kill, I started assembling the collage with hand […]
Quilt Blocks
The timing didn’t work out for me to participate in a QuiltCon charity quilt before QuiltCon. So my local modern quilting group decided to make a quilt in the challenge colors for our local Red Cross. I’ve finished 4 blocks – can’t wait to see what the rest of the group comes up with. I’m […]
Baseball
I know baseball season isn’t here quite yet, but I am still trying to love boys on art quilts. Having them play or do something seems the best way. My husband knows this and last weekend we visited a quilt shop and he kept steering me toward boy fabrics – moonscapes for astronauts, bow ties […]
Yellow Background – Video Post
Want to see how the yellow background was created? Of course you do! The video is sped up 2000% again. This yellow background video and the previous blue background video were test videos while I was putting together my class for STITCHED. If you want to learn my process for collaging backgrounds, quilting, and adding […]