nancy crow

Summer has ended with a return to warm temperatures and a big sigh of relief. I love the last few weeks when you have fully sunk into sleeping in and reading lots of useless novels. Haha-that didn’t happen round here and August has kept me busy and happy. Highlights from the month: 1. After moving […] Read More...

I have decided to embrace the chaos of summer. I woke up on Wednesday and had no idea what the date was or the day of the week. Or what house I was waking up in until I opened my eyes- Vermont or Michigan? It was Michigan but I needed to get ready to return to […] Read More...

I came home on Saturday after a 2 week workshop with Nancy Crow at the Barn titled Potpourri 1 and 2. To spend time with 27 other women who are pushing the boundaries of their work was more than a privilege. There was a wide range of experience but no limit on honesty, compassion, support […] Read More...

No time for pictures yesterday. The day floated by me. I started this piece at the Nancy Crow’s Lines, Curves, Circles and Figure Ground workshop last December. It has been taking up my big design wall for way too long and is one of my few workshop pieces that I want to finish. […] Read More...

Last week, a friend and I traveled to Muskegon, MI to take one last workshop for 2012: Lines, Curves and Figure Ground taught by Nancy Crow. It was given by the Muskegon Museum of Art in conjunction with the exhibition titled: Innovators and Legends. The exhibit: Excellent venue and very fine textiles from some […] Read More...

I have all these grandiose plans to write a separate blog post for all the fun things I have been doing. But it just seems like old news. So I will give you the abbreviated whirlwind catch up: 1. Attended a day long workshop by Susan Brubaker Knapp at the WMQG on Thread Sketching. […] Read More...

I did. I just soaked up every minute of the Barn last week for the Improvisations class given by Nancy Crow. It was a tough class for me-quick paced and some of the art concepts were obviously things I hadn’t really thought of fully before I design a quilt. Or even knew. Nancy […] Read More...

I am going to bed and hoping some how and some way a little finish fairy will visit my work station and promptly complete another exercise assigned to us this week at the Barn. I am assuming that it is due around 2pm tomorrow. This is piece number 6…(this is a very fast […] Read More...

For the first time -in over two months- I AM ALONE. It’s quiet. It’s peaceful. And no one is talking. I will sit with my coffee and read my book that just came in the mail. I ordered it from Lisa Call although she has no more. You can find them on the SAQA website. […] Read More...

Grafton Inn,VT I am ready to get off the month of May. My friend Betsy described it as wanting to get off the hamster wheel. I do agree. Just got back from a family wedding in Grafton, VT. Left Thursday and came back last night.( Love hearing about what went on while I […] Read More...

There is a nice interview about Nancy Crow on Terri Jarrod Dimond’s blog this morning. At one point, Nancy came in our class a bit irritated about what a reporter had asked her. She spoke to us about the fact that she is an artist who makes quilts. She was passionate about not wanting to […] Read More...

I can only come up with a one word title. I feel a bit slow yet amidst the chaos that is created this week-in between coming home and getting ready to leave already for a wedding in VT this weekend. Just a few days to re-group and re-organize -slow and not very productive […] Read More...

It’s the only word I can use to describe the week: Intense. Just got home this afternoon from a five day workshop at the Barn I am a hard worker and have never been afraid of hard work. But that was really hard work. Brain work. I was there from 7am until 10pm […] Read More...

I began piecing improvisationally after a workshop I took about three years ago by Nancy Crow. If you ever have the opportunity, go to one of her workshops. No matter where you are in your journey, you will benefit from it. I’ll talk more about that in another post. I normally have an […] Read More...