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I’m still writing my book which makes for a dull girl! I did get out to the Northern California Quilting Council‘s Meet the Teachers event in Pleasant Hill, Ca last Saturday. We are very fortunate in California to have 2 major organizations that bring teachers together with the shops and guilds that might be interested in hiring them. A Meet the Teachers event is held once a year in Southern California through the Southern California Council of Quilt Guilds and NCQC holds 3 Meet the Teacher events each year. The event was very well organized by Sherry Werum. Each of…
I am blessed with exuberant health, something I do all I can to maintain. I am just now recovering from 10 days of itchy, oozy, outrageously strong allergies. It was allergies, trust me. And I’ll spare you the details, but I couldn’t talk, think or sleep for many days. But, I am back and it feels so good to be normal again! I did work a good bit on my book. It is coming along but you never know you’re going to make deadline until that draft is completed. I think I’m okay, but I don’t know what I don’t…
I have so little to show! I’m working on my book, so spending lots of time on that, none of it photo-worthy. And the projects for the book, well they can’t be published. I’ve got a short post here as a result. I have some great teaser photos…and a new computer, hence the delay. A lot of time has been consumed integrating all my old stuff onto the new CPU. At least I’ve got a few teaser photos to share: A little bit of ruler work… A little bit of whimsy… It’s always fun to work with new materials… I…
“Focus on Fiber” is a national juried open fiber arts show that accepts all fiber techniques and is housed at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center. It is showing in conjunction with the Korean Fiber exhibit that I wrote about last week. It was an interesting show given its variety in technique, form and fiber. I didn’t take a whole lot of photos and some were impossibly poor given the lighting in the room. This piece was so intriguing and unique. I loved the juxtaposition of the 3 figures upon the spare and ghost-like background. Same artist. It makes me think…
I completely forgot it was Thursday-sorry for the late post! I am running as fast as I can… Today I am writing about the Korean fiber exhibit, but please note that there is a fabulous and concurrent annual exhibit “Voices in Fiber”. I am simply unable to cover both in this post, so look for a future post on that. I was delighted to be able to visit the Sacramento Fine Arts Center and view their most recent exhibit “Korean Voices in Fiber”. The exhibit was co-curated by Misik Kim and Mirka Knaster, with Youngmin Lee as laison.The exhibit highlights the ancient heritage…
Almost two years ago I wrote my most popular post-a comprehensive explanation of Frixion pens, the heat erasable pens. For some reason there has been a huge flurry of repostings lately along with comments from readers about their experiences. You can read the post here if you’d like. I contacted the manufacturer when I wrote the article, so it is the real deal. I get comments from readers that by using this or that, they were able to get the marks out. Know this: if you happened to get the marks out permanently, I’m thrilled for you! But, it’s a fluke! The best…
Yes, I definitely learn from my students! I recently visited the Ridge Quilters’ Guild in Paradise, California. We had a great time working in my “Daisy Table Topper” workshop. Of course, I did not get as many photos as I would have liked. I loved the way everyone’s project was coming along: I love this-Gail decided to go her own way and was experimenting with feathers! Like me, she loves feathers and wants to feather her world. I like the way this is coming along and I think I will have to play with this concept also. Sally was a first-time bubbler…
The Roseville Quilters Guild show is about as close to me as it gets-less than a 5 minute drive! I had not been to their show in a few years and it has dramatically changed for the better. They now meet in a larger location, which draws a lot more members. Also, their new location is a bright and spacious church facility that has a great layout and lighting and room for some fabulous vendors. I have lectured at the guild and taught several times also, so it was a treat to see all the beautiful quilts and quilting of…
I get asked this question all the time in class: “What machine should I buy?”. Well, if you sewed and quilted the same as I, had the same space restrictions, the same budget and the same husband as I, then you would have the same machines as I do! But of course you don’t, so you’re probably going to have a different machine. This question is asked a lot in class so I thought I’d pass my opinions on about buying a new/different sewing machine. I am wildly happy with my BERNINA’s and I am a BERNINA Ambassador, but I won’t tell…
We have a new “baby” in our lives now, a gorgeous beautiful baby boy Basset, Zeke. We brought Zeke up from southern California 8 days ago and I can’t believe how life has changed since we brought this adorable bundle of excess skin, slobber and cuteness into our lives. It’s really like having a baby! He needs constant monitoring or he’ll get into trouble and anything can distract him. We recently took him on a car ride to a friend’s home and it was a 30 minute process. First, poop and pee him. Now that ain’t easy! Then we load him…