Three shows, one venue – Gallery at Natomas 48 in Folsom, CA

NOTE: I will not be publishing my newsletter this week. Whaaaat? You’re not on my mailing list? My readers tell me how much they enjoy it. You can sign up here. I was so excited to attend the opening of “Commentaries in Cloth”  at the Gallery at Natomas 48 in Folsom, CA. Currently showing is…

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Playtime!

I had a play date yesterday, a rarity for me. I met with Linda Waddle, Lin Schiffner and Denise Schmidt to play with paper lamination and molding paste. Oh did I have fun! Linda is an expert at many methods of surface design and shared her techniques and knowledge with us. She has studied with…

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Craft Napa Sheer Paneled Jackets and new work

  I love teaching at Craft Napa! For the foreseeable future it will continue to be virtual. Craft Napa students are unique: they tend to have large stashes of all manner of ephemera, paints, dyes, stamps, markers, screens and of course, fabric. This is a great example of why online classes can be fabulous. One…

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Quilt Coat – A finish!

“Make a quilt coat” they said. “It will be fun, easy and fast”! Um, no. It was fun. Fast and easy, no. It was an adventure. This is a really long post and very garment-centric. Some of you may not be interested in the details, so feel free to scroll through the pretty pictures! Several…

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A San Diego Christmas!

NOTE: I won’t be sending a newsletter this week. Also, I have a separate post here in which I write about my visit to the current exhibition of textile art at the Visions Art Museum in San Diego. Hubby, my youngest son and I decided to spend Christmas in San Diego; it’s kinda sorta half…

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