I really have been hiding out. If I pop up out of my safe little hiding hole, then I might not believe it. This year is a very , very good art year. And it’s just mid- May. But it is the result of few very intense years of work. I have so used […] Read More...

Sending this package out into the world really was nerve wracking. It signifies the culmination of a long process which began back in February of 2014. In February 2014, I was invited to submit work for an invitational curated by Nancy Crow. Without a second thought, I accepted and began a long quiet period […] Read More...

Life had picked up speed with the end of the school year. I feel squished at this point trying to keep up, enjoy life and yet still get all my art in before the summer time hits. It is all very, very good. I missed my friends who were still at the Barn in […] Read More...

I got some good new this week. Two of my pieces. Rooflines #2 and Rooflines #8 have been accepted into the SAQA special exhibit called Tactile Architecture. This exhibit will be at the International Quilt Festival in November 2014. I haven”t really tried to enter many shows so this was encouraging. When I left off […] Read More...

It’s almost February and I feel as if I am finally starting the year out right! It has been bitterly cold with lots of snow so I have been enjoying working in the studio. Some of my first goals are to finish old lingering half done pieces which are truly worthy of completing. 1. Finished […] Read More...

I was tickled pink to have two pieces accepted into the 85th Regional Exhibition: All State Edition at the Muskegon Museum of Art. The opening was this past Thursday night at the museum and was very well attended. I had been so busy that I had no time to think or get excited […] Read More...

I love the month of November. I realized over the past few years I have gradually made it my month of making and doing for others. I am blessed by all I have, so why not help others? I have had a boatload of fun: 1. Made a few baby quilts for our […] Read More...

That would absolutely be me! I keep thinking I have nothing really important to tell you or show you. And I get tired of telling you I am busy. But I am. Instead of 30 hours a week in the studio, I am lucky to get 15 hours. I went back to tracking […] Read More...

I have to laugh-really laugh. My family is great although just doesn’t know what to do with me at times. I asked them what they thought of my latest handmade gift. Child #1: Yes, I think that anyone would be glad to get something handmade. Good job, Mom. Child #2: What is it? (This is […] Read More...

I am just moving along on making those Christmas gifts one at a time. I wisely knew my sister’s quilt would take me the longest so that is what I have focused on the past few days. There is a little bit of unsewing needing to be done on a few crooked lines. […] Read More...

Well , I guess maybe a finish. I struggled this week to just barely finish piecing this. I am not very excited about this because I felt so RUSTY. Looking Through The Lens #2 2011 (unquilted) I have learned something very important though. Never stop working. Just keep going with some […] Read More...

Winner from last week’s giveaway is number 2 : sweet Jeana Marie! I will send you small package if you email me your address Jeana! I know she will put the thread to beautiful use. What she makes is just lovely. My husband, the accountant, picked the number to make it official. […] Read More...

I went upstairs to work this weekend and I reached “it”. “It” is my acceptable limit of the number of pieces sitting in my workbasket. Works in process or, quite bluntly, works unfinished. I get so excited about trying something new, that I just don’t finish things. I didn’t even start a list […] Read More...

Stitch Sampler #2, November 2010 acrylic on cotton, hand-dyed embroidery thread machine quilted and hand embroidered You must be sleeping or just not reading until I have a picture of a completed quilt. 🙂 I do the same thingand just look for […] Read More...

It is very quiet here. Drinking my coffee and enjoying the peace, the ticking of the clock and the hum of the refrigerator. Not quite wanting my day to start without them -but it already has -at 6am. Missing them but relieved for the peace. Always kind of a push pull kind of […] Read More...

I was just pouring myself a cup of coffee this morning and look who was peeking in my kitchen window-this little frog was perched on the top of my window! He couldn’t have been anymore than 3 inches big . What an awful picture. I had to send my basic lens for the […] Read More...

I know that January did not exactly look like a productive month if I am just looking at my quilt production. I set a yearly goal of finishing three pieces each month. Doesn’t matter the size but just finished. So close on two pieces but so close doesn’t count. I have […] Read More...

I think I have known this for a long time but this season has really made me notice this. I am much happier if I can do some form of creating -sewing, knitting or even journaling – on a daily basis. So little snips of time over the past week have led to this. A […] Read More...