The Thirty Years War ended 375 years ago this summer with the Westphalian Peace treaty. To celebrate, sister cities of Osnabrück, Germany will assemble a collaborative textile exhibit.
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Where’s Icy Delights?
For those of you who are new to my blog, I’ve taught my ice dyeing online class, Icy Delights, since 2016. I had hosted it on a classroom platform. Last October I decided to quit that location, and move my class to this website. I’ve had a lot of emails asking where my class was…
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Finishing the auction quilt
I appreciate so many of you giving me your opinion on which piece to work on for this auction quilt. I spent a bit of time playing with those pieces in my last post, and decided they just weren’t bright enough for me. So I went back to my scraps so I could finally finish…
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Auditioning fabric pieces
Today I’m auditioning fabric pieces to make into a small art quilt for SAQA, the art organization I belong to. In December, I reorganized my studio again. In addition to separating fabric by color, I also made several boxes of pieces of fabric that might work alone.
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Inspiration and Mental Process
Since I’ve been a bit under the weather, and not feeling like actual creating anything, I’ve spent quite a bit of time between napping and watching TV, thinking about this new piece. Inspiration, the mental process, and what actually ends up, is really pretty interesting.
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On The Floor
IÂ have a really bad habit of floor filing. I’ve done this in almost every office job I had. It seems like if I put the papers and books on a shelf, I’d forget all about them. So I still floor file. Here is what is on my floor today.
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New Inspiration from Penny
I took a trip over to Mount Saint Francis Center for Spirituality to see Penny Sisto’s newest exhibit, Angels Among Us. It was just last April when we made the trek over to see her Turning 80 exhibit at Carnegie Center in New Albany, Indiana. She’s amazing how she can produce such beautiful works in…
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Inspiration from Sedona
I love when we travel. It’s such a great way to see and soak up different places. We recently returned from vacation, and I brought back so much inspiration from Sedona. Everywhere I looked, I saw art and also sights that took my breath away. From our condo every day we watched as these rocks…
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Let the sun in and map quilts
Not much art around here yet. This past week my new windows in my studio were installed. I’ve been so looking forward to them to provide insulation, and now I can see and let the sun in! I was excited for them to finally be installed but it involved moving around my studio again. Here…
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