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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Hobby Artist - Discuss

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Recently I was involved in a screening process that led to a good discussion of the group's intentions in respect to the artists it sup...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

It's a thought...

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I've been deconstructing silk ties with the idea that they can become background for a bunch of 5" squares leaf -printed nearly 4 y...
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Monday, January 24, 2011

Next Step

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Here's the next step on my Strawberry Moon postcard-size "quilts." In the last post I mentioned that the Decor Bond used as st...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Variations on a Theme

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"June, June! Strawberry Moon!" 11" x 13" Art Quilt/Private Collection Sheila Mahanke Barnes 2006 I'm feeling guilty ...
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Friday, January 14, 2011

Work that matches your ambitions

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Work is progressing, just not anything interesting to show. Once I got going on my leftovers, I realized I had 6 small pieces in various sta...
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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Update on New Zealand Heart Quilts

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My blogger friend, Shirley Goodwin , and her quilting helpers are getting much deserved press over the heart quilt project prompted by the r...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

And now it begins

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I've been out of town, off to spend some time with old friends, recharge my batteries much in need of recharging, see up close the art o...
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Monday, January 03, 2011

The Nature of Green

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Oh, that was a bit of a play on words there. Because so much of my work is inspired by nature, I naturally end up using green in my art. Bu...
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Saturday, January 01, 2011

Refocus

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I admit to being more of a glass half empty than glass half full personality. It must be why I think back on 2010 and mostly see what didn...
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Friday, December 31, 2010

New Year's Eve

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It has been a brilliant, crisp last day of the year, the sky that particular blue I associate with snow on the mountains and temperatures in...
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

A Late Christmas Gift

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Yes, my timing was so off this year that I only came up with this idea for a present the week before Christmas, and didn't actually star...
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

The Best Parts of the Day

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I'm a little slow sharing with you my Christmas Day, but it is just as well - the gifts continue to trickle in, some Christmas Cookies f...
Friday, December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas!

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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Auction Find

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There are a lot of things that I'm a sucker for and baskets are one of them. My church had its annual "pie" auction on Sunday....
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Bits and Pieces

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Not mu ch sewing going on in the run-up to Christmas, but I did finish up these simple bookmarks from some odds and ends lying about. The t...
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Eclipse

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I about froze my behind off, but I wasn't about to miss this historic total eclipse of the moon if I could help it. Especially since I...
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Solutions are Everywhere

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I've always spread my net far and wide when it comes to topics of interest. My reading lists over the years can best be described as ecl...
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Saturday, December 11, 2010

More "Miniatures at Large"

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Artists aren't great rule followers, else they wouldn't be artists, I guess. Me, I've always been a stickler for following the ...