I am participating in a cooperative project involving 18 artists from around the globe, hosted by Carol Murphy of Altered by design. Each artist in the collaboration is creating 18 flags/pennants to swap.
Read MoreThe ATCs were all made by simply gluing fabric around a thin piece of 2.5" x 3.5" cardstock…
Read MoreWe’re visiting wolfe island…
Read MoreOn our way home is the theme that Marion Bockelmann chose when she won the "garden party" lotto on the ARTchix Studio yahoo group last week.
Read MoreThese twinchies were chosen as one of Helga's favorites for this challenge…
Read MoreThis is what I sent to Marion Bockelmann when she won the "garden party" lotto on the ARTchix Studio…
Read MoreFor her gift I took vintage lace and paired it with a soft burlap type fabric, to frame a silky piece of fabric which backed an ARTchixStudio image (and words) and a piece of floral/bird fabric I had that I thought Linda would like…
Read MoreThis week our challenge was to "Art up a favorite, uplifting quote"…
Read MoreI started by simply choosing bright batik fabrics I imagined Frieda would like, as she has mentioned her love of bright fabrics. I ripped out a 12" x 12" section of two different pink & purple fabrics. Then I got the idea of doing something related to her garden…
Read MoreI finished the pages of a Star Book that I started as a sample piece in the class I taught in April. I had done the base pages and basic cover, but not completed the inside pages, so I used some appropriately mushy sentiments/snippets from our wedding program…
Read MoreForest Green & Rust is the color combination for the June ATCs I made for Colour Groupies…
Read MoreJust this week I received my copy of Sew Somerset Summer 2009 ~ the art of creative sewing with mixed media . . . with my article on Journal Quilts published inside!
Read MoreFor the "Paris" Bookmarks Art Swap at ARTchix Studio.com
Read MoreThese ATCs began as one piece that I fused together with timtex interfacing in the middle and cut apart into 4 ATCs.
Read MoreWhat is needed for this contest is an ATC-sized, 2.5" x 3.5" piece….
Read MoreI have enjoyed the challenge, found it gets me out in my studio more, and I love Helga's prompts. If you did not know, Helga & her husband James own ARTchix Studio…
Read MoreThese are Twinchies... very small collages sized only 2"x 2". I had forgotten just how small they were until I went to go make them for a collaborative swap sponsored by ARTchix Studio!
Read MoreJust this past week, we sold our sailboat Nimda. She was named after a computer virus by Steven in 2002 . . . just imagine what he was dealing with at work at the time . . .
Read MoreOn February 5th, I had an email with the subject: Selected for Sew Somerset! They selected 5 of my Journal quilts to publish for a technique-based article.
Read MoreOn February 7th, I enjoyed teaching a ‘fabric accordion’ book class in my own studio in Avon, CT. Above is a close-up scan of the front cover of the book only; there are 4 double-sided accordion pages in total.
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