Downtown Art Festival is This Weekend!
The Downtown Art Festival is this weekend in Gainesville, FL. I’m excited to do this show in my hometown for the fourth year in a row. At left is “Jewel Box” which is finished just in time for the show to open on Saturday, November 14. Hours are 10-5 Saturday and Sunday. “Jewel Box” is…
Link for Yesterday’s TV Appearance – American Fine Craft Show Starts Today
Here’s the link for my TV appearance yesterday on WUSA Channel 9’s “Great Day Washington” show: http://www.wusa9.com/videos/entertainment/television/programs/great-day-washington/2015/10/22/american-fine-craft-show-washington-featured-designers/74386544/ It was great fun to be part of the segment promoting the American Fine Craft Show|Washington, which opens today at the DC Armory. I’ve never been backstage for a live TV show before. It was really fast paced and…
Watch Me on Channel 9 on Thursday!
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be part of a TV segment this Thursday morning promoting the upcoming Washington Craft Show! The show, “Great Day Washington,” is on WUSA9 (CBS) in the metro DC area, and it will air from 9 – 10 AM on Thursday, October 22, 2015. I’ll bring lots of my quilts…
One Week until the Studio Tour!
It’s just one week until the Great Falls Studios 2015 Studio Tour, and my studio at the Artists’ Atelier is taking shape to welcome visitors. The Tour takes place next weekend, Friday October 16 through Sunday, October 18. Hours are 12-5 Friday, 10-5 Saturday, and 12-5 Sunday. The tour is a free, family friendly drive…
SAQA 2015 Benefit Auction Begins Today!
The Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) 2015 auction begins today at 2 PM EDT. It’s a reverse auction held entirely online. All of the quilts are 12″x 12″ in size and they are sold in sections – Section One opens Monday, September 21 and the price is $750. The price drops each day at 2…
Art in the High Desert Show is This Weekend!
I’m all set up and ready to go for the Art in the High Desert show in Bend, OR this weekend. The banks of the Deschutes River in the Old Mill District have been transformed into an outdoor art gallery as over 100 artists from all over the country set up their booths yesterday to…
Art in the High Desert Show is Next Week!
I’m busy inside and outside the studio getting ready for the Art in the High Desert show next weekend–August 28-30 in Bend, OR. Inside the studio, I’m creating new work, including “Nautilus” at left, in process. I’m really enjoying the contrast between the dense pebble and swirl stitching in the upper right and the wavy…
We Made It to the Pacific!
Our second day in the Grand Tetons was not quite as exciting in terms of wildlife encounters, although we did see a nesting bald eagle. We hiked about 12 miles, including a slight detour where we took the road less traveled and ended up at a dead end. That gave us roughly 22 miles of…
The Cross Country Adventure Continues–Watch out for the Bear!
After leaving Chicago on our cross country odyessey, my son and I turned west and drove across Iowa and Nebraska–long days of driving across the heartland of America. It turned out to be much more interesting than I had expected. There were beautiful cloud formations, gorgeous sunsets, windmills, and interesting history. What we didn’t have…