On the Auction Block – Circles Art Quilt
Up for auction this week is a piece called “Circles” that began as a photo on cloth of a pink bleeding heart plant. I distorted the image by cutting it into circles of various sizes, which I then appliqued onto a black cotton background. I brought more color and balance …
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Rise Up
I’ve completed the fourth in my accidental series of protest quilts. This one is called “Rise Up” and it features a crazy pieced, then appliqued and stuffed, symbol representing woman.” This quilt is now available for sale in my Shop. What it Means to Me: One of the most heartening …
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On the Auction Block – Quilted Tea Cozy
Tea cozies frustrate me. Most require tying little strings or lifting the cozy off every time you pour so I designed a new one. No little strings, no need to pull it off, just Velcro® once and pour. The cozy is lined with batting and quilted to keep your tea …
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Creative Play Date
It’s Creative Play Date Day! I was falling asleep last night thinking about a new piece that I think I’ll get started on today. What about you? Can you find a few minutes today for some creative time?
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On the Auction Block – Rainbow Strips
As you read in my post on Thursday, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about art and commodity exchange and have decided to try an experiment. If my art is a gift and not a commodity, then I can’t put a price on it. So, I’m going to post one …
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Creative Play Newsletter, (Vol. 1:Issue 10) – The Gift
I had an essay already written and all typed up for this month’s newsletter when I began reading The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World by Lewis Hyde. (Thank you, Carol, for the introduction to this book.) Reading it has been so transformative that I felt like …
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Spring Fling
Most of the quilts I work on are complicated and intricate; I like a good challenge. But, this past weekend I went away for my guild’s Spring Fling, 3 days of basically non-stop sewing near Lake Winnipesaukee, NH. For that kind of event, I leave the complicated projects behind and …
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Coming Out of Hibernation
The fourth quilt in my Arabesques series has been sleeping the winter away in a heap on my work table. (I last posted about finishing the top in June!) I’d done some basic quilting over the summer (?) in the fall (?) but put it away after that. I knew that …
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Quilts for Sale
I’ve just added a few more quilts for sale in my shop. Now all of my favorite art quilts are available for purchase, including “Circles,” which I created last year.
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Painting Project
Last year, among many other things, I decided that I would take on the project of “finishing” the rooms in the house we moved into two years ago. The plan was to tackle the list of “need a piece of art here, need to reupholster a chair here, this room …
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