As these photos by fellow Twelve Diane Perin Hock show, there was an abundance of shopping options in the 20 aisles of vendors at the International Quilt Festival. Over the course of four days, I meandered up and down, trying to take it all in, but I didn’t purchase much. For me, the absolute […]
Inspiration
Working in Series: Pyrenees Wildflowers
Back in 2006, the Laundry King and I did a home exchange to a small village in the French Pyrenees. Amongst other things, I was captivated by the abundance of spring wildflowers and for the last five years I’ve had these images whirring around in my head. Participating in Lisa Call’s online workshop Working in […]
Masters Art Quilts Giveaway Winner
Thank you to everyone who stopped by and left a comment on my giveaway post. It’s so interesting to see the textile and other artists who inspire us in our creative lives. Asked to pick a number between 1 and 56, the Laundry King came up with “16” for the giveaway winner which matches up […]
Shibori Marbles
I ordered some 16mm marbles to wrap as shibori resists: PS: It’s not too late for you to leave a leave a comment on my Masters Art Quilts Giveaway Post (or over on fellow Twelve Deborah Boschert’s blog) to go into a draw (or two) to win a copy of Masters: Art Quilts Volume 2.
Masters: Art Quilts Volume 2 Giveaway
This is one of the last opportunities for you to win an autographed copy of Masters: Art Quilts Volume 2 in a blog hop giveaway sponsored by the publisher Lark Crafts. To go into the draw, leave a comment on this blog post before 9am 17 September 2011 (Copacabana time) mentioning a master artist (in […]
Thinking BIG
In the current newsletter of Ozquilt Network Inc, Barbara Macey reflects on the “shrinking art quilt”. She remarks that pioneer art quiltmakers made relatively large works based on bed size whereas many contemporary quilt exhibitions are dominated by small works. She offers some possibilities on why this has happened including: lack of confidence lack of […]