Great Falls Farmer’s Market this Saturday–New Work

I’ll be at the Great Falls Studios booth at the Great Falls Farmer’s Market this Saturday, August 1, from 9AM-1PM. I’ll have three new quilts that I haven’t shown before, including “Wild Geese in Flight” at right. In addition, I’ll have my contemporary wall hangings, bright pillows, purses and note cards for sale. “Wild Geese”…

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“Tropical Reef” Completed

I finished the quilting on “Tropical Reef” and had it photographed, so it’s up on the website in the Large Art Quilts gallery. There’s a lot going on in this piece, so I quilted the body in a couple of overall decorative motifs that reminded me of sea anenomes. I tried something new in the…

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New Member of Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery

I’m pleased to annouce that I’ve been juried in as a new member of the Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria. At right is a picture of two of my pillows on display this month, “Neutral Circles” on the lower left and “Tropical Squares” on the right. Below is my “Building…

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“Red is a Neutral” Update

Here’s the update for “Red is a Neutral” with the piecing finished. I made the improvisational blocks individually and then put them together like a jigsaw puzzle. The last block I made was the one on the upper right with the strippy sections. I really liked that effect, but it stood out too much with…

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“Red is a Neutral” in Process

This is the most recent in my Color Block improvisational series–“Red is a Neutral.”  I used solids and sewed pieces together in a fairly random fashion, many of them left over from previous projects. It gives me great satisfaction to “repurpose” blocks or units that either didn’t work in another piece or were simply left…

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“Sunrise on the Beach” finished for “Beaches” Show

I’ve just finished “Sunrise on the Beach” in time for the “Beaches” show at the Great Falls Foundation for the Arts gallery in Great Falls. The show will run from July 2-August 31 and it features interpretations of the “Beaches” theme from a variety of Great Falls Studios artists, including painters, photographers and jewelers, in…

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Great Falls Farmer’s Market This Saturday

I’ll be at the Great Falls Studios booth showing my contemporary quilt art at the Great Falls Farmer’s Market this Saturday, June 27 from 9AM-1PM. I’ll have my colorful wall quilts, pillows and purses on display. “Summer Solstice II,” at left,  is one of a series of small wall quilts I’ve designed and mounted on…

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New Work Added – “Abstract Skyline”

This is another one of the new pieces I added to the website last week. It’s called “Abstract Skyline” and it’s made with Cherrywood handdyed fabrics. I cut and resewed random strips together in two different colorways to make the “buildings” and then I heavily machine quilted different motifs in wavy lines across the piece…

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“Tropical Reef” in Process, MPA Artfest Acceptance

I had some camera problems, so I haven’t been able to post in a few days. I think I’ve fixed it, at least temporarily, so I’m ready to share what I’ve been working on recently. First, my big news of the day is I was accepted into the McLean Project for the Arts ARTfest! It…

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