Month: February 2011

  • Broken Dishes shout out

    Broken Dishes shout out

    Wayne Kollinger gave me a very nice shout out on his blog today. He saw my “Broken Dishes” quilt and really liked it. Wayne has a great blog that explores traditional quilt blocks. He stretches and distorts them, plays with the coloring, and shows how to draft them. I felt an immediate kinship with his…

  • Color doodle 2

    Color doodle 2

    Here’s another quick color doodle, this time using complementary colors. It’s fun to try to create in a different style for me. I’m usually so literal. I’m actually don’t do much doodling, sketching, or drawing. When I was in high school I filled lots of sketchbooks, and I loved my drawing classes in college, but…

  • Color doodles

    Color doodles

    Things have been busy here in our little home, but I still get to wander back to my studio from time to time. Short periods of time. Short enough to do a few color doodles. I have a supply of 2″ squares in a wide variety of colors that I’m using for my doodles. The…

  • Cover art for “Fallen Stars”

    Cover art for “Fallen Stars”

    I spent most of this week helping my sweet hubby finish up the final details on a book he’s been writing. The book is loosely based on a Bible verse that says, “Do you not know that you will judge angels?” It is a fantasy adventure story about angels and how a third of them…

  • Quilting Daily

    Quilting Daily

    Pokey Bolton gave me a nice shout out today! On her Quilting Daily blog she was talking about various ways to use digital images on quilts and she showed a picture of “Violinist” and talked about my “Making Faces” DVD Workshop. I had to giggle because she said I was “famous” and called my method…

  • Published: Quilting Arts In Stitches eMag

    Published: Quilting Arts In Stitches eMag

    I’ve been fairly quiet online the last week or so, but I’ve been busy behind the scenes. Now that I’ve met my deadline, I thought I’d give you a glimpse of what I’ve been up to, but I can’t give you any specific details yet. Jane Davila of Quilting Arts In Stitches eMag asked me…

  • Super Bowl crafts

    Super Bowl crafts

    We always get together with a big group of friends to watch the Super Bowl. Some of us aren’t so interested in football, so we bring crafts to work on between commercials. I started this “Alpha Buddies” baby quilt last August. A couple weeks ago, I figured I had better finish up the quilt pretty…

  • Happy Birthday, DD#1

    Happy Birthday, DD#1

    Today DD#1 turns 26. Wow. How did that happen? Memories are an interesting blend of “it seems just like yesterday” and “it’s all a blur.” I remember the wonder of it all as she grew within me. I remember the fear and trepidation as I left the hospital with her in my arms. She was…

  • Ice and more ice

    Ice and more ice

    Like much of the country, we got covered in ice on today. The icicles were beautiful! I had my nose to the grindstone all day, but at about 11 PM I stepped outside and snapped a couple pictures. I’m pretty amazed at how well the picture turned out considering the fact that to my eyes…