On the Auction Block – Quilted Coasters
Up for auction this week is a set of 4 quilted cotton coasters. I started making fabric coasters when my toddler started playing with the breakable ones I used to have. These can be tossed around the room without damaging anything. They can also be tossed in the washer if …
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Creative Play Newsletter (Vol.1, Issue 11)- Do Something Different
In March’s newsletter, I wrote about the importance of play time to stimulate your creative juices and how I have found the times when I have allowed time for play to be some of my most creative. But what if that still doesn’t work? There certainly are days when even …
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On the Auction Block – Quilted Napkin Rings
Up for auction this week is a set of 8 quilted cotton napkin rings. These are reversible with an interior fabric of blue flowers on a white background. What I love about these napkin rings is that they are also machine washable! I am running auctions that start each Monday …
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Welcome Fairies!
My daughter and I took a fun workshop at Art Beat in Arlington, MA a few weekends ago with fairy whisperer Liza Gardner Walsh. We had such a blast, but I had some additional embellishment to do on my door so I am just now finishing it. All Fairies Welcome!
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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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