I’m not real good at long challenges. But this year I thought I’d see if I could awaken my art muse with this first one. This is a 100-day Creative Challenge with NanetteSewz.com. I took an online class, “Photo to Applique,” from Nanette awhile back. Here is my post about her class and my project.…
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As I mentioned recently I was giving a Zoom talk on Cloth Stories. It took place this past Thursday and it was so much fun. If you’d like to watch the recording, you can find it here.
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I’ve been wanting to make these for quite awhile – photo quilts. I’ve added photos to other pieces of art, but wanted to make a few that were larger and could be bound like regular quilts or even framed.
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With Dave’s renewed interest in woodworking, we decided to create together, marrying his wood skills with my fabric and finishing a project we started over seven years ago!
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In my last post I showed you the Osnabrück Square Challenge. On the back I added my great grandmother and grandfather’s picture. I used Lesley Riley’s TAP (Transfer Artist Paper).
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Awhile back I told you about this collaborative art exhibit that will be shown in Osnabrück, Germany later this summer. Artists from the sister cities have been asked to submit a 20 x 20 cm (approximately 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 inch) square. Since my hometown is one of the 11 sister cities, and I…
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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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You know what my problem is? Too many interests! Before I go into that, I have received so many wonderful comments about my classes. I appreciate your kind words. Several people thought I was going to quit blogging, or doing any art. No, I was just shutting down my classroom. I’ll still be here. However,…
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It’s that time to look back on this year. Check out link above pictures for blog posts. January Loved making the embellishments, but also participating in the Violet Project was fun and an important action. February I made a cat cube for Molly. She wasn’t interested. However, Ally loves it and spends a lot of…
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