Monthly Archives: December 2010

Dec262010

Fiber Art Gallery Opens in New York

I was lucky to spend a week in New York recently and flew in just in time to attend Carolyn Lee Vehslage‘s opening at the new ArtsEcho Galleria at 455 W 43rd St. Carolyn’s work is a wonderful look at how multiple layering can add depth and interest to fiber. Most of the pieces were hung very high on the wall — wonderful to look at but hard to photograph. Rita Hannafin [...]

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Dec192010

Online Video Basic Quilting Course

Last week, I was asked to review a new Colorado-based website offering online courses. One of them is a beginning quilting course ”Quilting Quickly: Patterns, Techniques & Tips”, taught by Jenny Doan of the Missouri Star Quilting Company. Consisting of 9 lessons, this course starts at the beginning of making a quilt from selecting a pattern, fabrics, and equipment, to the various exciting ways you can use commercially produced, pre-selected charm packs & jelly rolls, to fun and simple ways to [...]

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Dec122010

Color

I am taking a color class at the Art Students League from Jane Jones, a fantastic realistic oil painter and an excellent teacher. The class is full of artists who can draw and paint — I can do neither and sometimes find myself wondering “what am I doing here???”. But I keep telling myself that I’m not there to compete with these other artists — just to learn about color and the [...]

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Dec52010

One Woman Show

I was just invited to have a “one woman” show at the Denver National Quilt Festival 2011 that is sponsored by Mancuso and will be held April 29 – May 1, 2011.

Here’s the description of my show.

Carol Ann Waugh – A Fiber Artist in Transition
Carol began her quilting adventure in the mid 70′s when she co-authored 3 best-selling books on how to design and make original bed quilts. Carol is now a full time studio art [...]