It’s Time for Art in the High Desert!
We’re open and ready to greet visitors at the Art in the High Desert Show in Bend, OR! Over 100 artists from all over the country have their unique work displayed in booths lining the Deschutes River in Bend’s Old Mill District. This is a top quality show with some amazing art in a wide…
My Week at the Crow Barn
I have just returned from an exhilarating, humbling, exhausting week at Nancy Crow’s Timber Frame Barn in Ohio. Nancy Crow Timber Frame Barn – June 2017 It was my first trip to the Barn for a week-long workshop with Nancy, and I had no idea what to expect. Of course I had talked to several…
“Tree of Life” Commission Revealed
I’m finally getting time to tell the story of the “Tree of Life” commission that I’ve been working on for over six months. So here goes. Last June I got an email from a rabbi in Reston, VA inquiring about the possibility of commissioning an artistic table cover for his congregation’s Torah table. He had…
Stitching, Writing, Packing for Quilt Market!
I’m busy stitching, writing and packing for my first Quilt Market this week! Quilt Market is the weekend before the International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX, and it’s an opportunity for retailers, manufacturers, and other quilt industry trade professionals to see what’s new in the quilting world. For me, that’s my new book, Artful Improv,…
Washington Craft Show This Weekend!
The American Fine Craft Show | Washington is this weekend and I’m all set up and ready to go! Judging from what I saw at setup yesterday, it’s going to be a great show. There are about 100 contemporary craft artists from all over the country exhibiting, including jewelers, furniture makers, ceramicists, sculptors, mixed media…
Thoughts on a Big Rejection
I got the dreaded “skinny email” yesterday. The two quilts I entered into Quilt National were both rejected for the prestigious show. This was the first time I have entered Quilt National since 2010 and I worked hard on my entries. Both of them are larger than I’ve worked in a while and they have…
Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival opens this weekend!
Today is setup day for the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival in Reston, VA. The car is packed and ready to go when the venue opens this morning. And the sun is shining! The show opens tomorrow, Saturday May 21 and runs through Sunday, May 22. Hours are 10-6 Saturday and 10-5 Sunday. There will…
New Work – “Jazzberry” – American Fine Craft Show in Hartford
I’m excited with this new piece finished last week! “Jazzberry” is part of a series I’ve been exploring using improvisational log cabin blocks combined with curved stripes. This is a new color combination–various reds, purples and blues, plus a little gray for contrast. It’s 24″ h x 12″ wide and mounted on an artist’s canvas…
Getting Ready for the Baltimore Craft Show
I’m busy getting ready for the American Craft Council show in Baltimore, coming up in just one week! My design wall is full of work in process, like “Skipping Stones” at left. There are several pieces in this series, but they’ve all gone to new homes, so it’s time for a new one! “Stones” will…
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