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springtime flowers reflected in clear water creating the fabrics All of the fabric in this Art Quilt is discharged, dyed and/or painted by me. I used a technique known as “arashi shibori” – wrapping fabric on a 4” diameter piece of PVC pipe, winding that with cotton crochet string, and […] This was my first breakthrough piece of 2014: (C)2014 24″ x 24″ $1500 This is like the path on which my mind travels. I go through phases of clear linear thinking, scrambled confusion, spiraling ideas and centering prayer. I am continually asking myself ‘what if…?’ I have been wanting to combine my art quilting and […] I wanted to share a few photos of “Swirls” as I was working on it. I thought I’d write a bit about the process- like a tutorial perhaps. But what’s on my mind at the moment is how frustrating this piece was to make. I might have give up any number of times, except […] 
I am learning to live in the present moment. This does not come naturally to me – I tend to live more in the land of possibilities. I like to think of myself as a visionary, imagining all kinds of wonderful potential outcomes – not perfect, but truly excellent. I have visions for […] part 1 finished My mother taught me to sew; she taught me a lot of good things. But finishing major projects and maintaining creative momentum were not necessarily her strengths. Which is why I have had to unlearn one of her favorite lessons. . . about coming to a good stopping point. A good […] My studio is a little less than 8 feet wide, set up so I can move between sewing, cutting, pressing and designing stations by simply rolling and rotating in my chair. I have felt-covered Styrofoam boards nailed to the walls, and a couple of free-standing design boards. Fabric pieces easily cling to the felt surface […] I am almost finished with this amazing and wonderful piece! photo above is all sewn together – all 3 feet by 5 feet of it. Setting circles into the background was a challenge!The piecing will be mounted over a stretched canvas, to hang like a painting. I still want to add one more design element […] A very exciting opportunity! I have been asked to make a piece for a couple who love my work. They have seen several pieces at Art on Boston, but wanted some thing bigger.36″ x 60″ to be exact – which IS bigger than the 24″ X 18″ and 16″ x 20″ I have been doing […] Not sure why I want to make a new blog – I really would rather do something more creative than be on the computer.But I have been making lots of new things – some art quilts, some hats, some other stuff – and I thought if I started to blog and show off what I […] |
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