Monthly Archives: September 2010

Sep262010

New Work From Old

Several years ago, I made a quilt top aka Carol Taylor and of course, never exhibited it because it was too much like her work.  So, last week, I decided to make it mine so I cut it up into 10″ squares and began to add my own personal Stupendous Stitching techniques — using couching of yarn and threads and sewing decorative stitches on the top by hand and machine.  I used the color of the thread and yarn to [...]

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Sep192010

Sold!

I am a member of AQuA — The Art Quilt Association in Grand Junction, CO.  While it’s too far away for me to get to any meetings, belonging does let me participate in some of their exhibits.  This is a very interesting and diverse group of artists and I was blown away at the quality of art submitted to their annual exhibit and sale at Mesa Verde this year.

After seeing the SAQA Trunk Show, the group [...]

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Sep142010

SAQA Auction

Every year, Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) raises money to fund its operation.  They ask their more than 2,500 members around the world, to contribute a piece of their art measuring 12″ x 12″.  I have contributed for the past two years and here is my contribution for 2010.  It’s called Swine Flu Garden and it’s the study I made for a larger piece by the same name that is currently being exhibited in the Art [...]

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Sep122010

Learning the Basics

My friend Janet Smith (mixed media artist) convinced me to sign up for a class at the Art Students League of Denver this fall.  The class is Color Mixing and Jane Jones is teaching it.  The first class was last Thursday and it’s already been a great investment of my time and money just for the comprehensive handout (book!) we were given on the first day.  Jane said “by the end of [...]

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Sep112010

My New Look

If you have visited my website before, you will notice a whole new look and feel — and much more functionality!  I am thrilled with the new site that was created by Kathy Keating, president of Tricalyx, a web design firm in Colorado.  Kathy is also a fiber artist so she “gets” how to present fiber art in a web site when all my pieces are a different size (non-traditonal!) and that’s not easy.

But perhaps the best [...]

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