Craft Napa 2017

If you didn’t make it to Craft Napa this year, you have to make it next year! Really, this is a magical event like none other. This year I got to be both student and teacher and I’m still excited about the experience. How much better does it get: teaching my first day and playing…

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Real Life-New Year’s and Beyond

It’s been a mishmash of life in the last week and not a whole lot of quilt or art making went on. But it’s been a wild ride from my perspective. Somehow at this late point in life, I have become An Entertainer. Cook? Oh yeah, but entertain? This is a most unlikely role for…

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2016 Year-End Review-A wild ride!

This year has been more than intense, filled with successes and failures but mostly very, very filled. In a nutshell: -I have tried new-to-me techniques: pojagi and acid dyeing organza. I have not yet completed projects with these techniques but oh do I have plans! -My work has been accepted into 2 prestigious shows: My…

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Late Fall Beauty in Northern California

I will be traveling again this week-no quilting for me! I should be back to “normal” posts after this last round of travel. But I had to share this beauty that I see around me-I love the tail end of fall, the last remnants of the season. I’m grateful to be here long enough to…

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