Month: November 2013

  • Product Review: Quilter’s Grip

    Product Review: Quilter’s Grip

    Not too long ago, I purchased a set of Quilter’s Grips when Joann’s had their notions half price. I’ll be honest — I was probably tempted to buy them because they were blue, but I always like trying out new gadgets, too. The manufacturer says, “Using Quilters Grips gives you a rigid grip for pushing…

  • Product review: Finger Gloves

    Product review: Finger Gloves

    My self-declared Preparation Day ended up being all about the food. On Tuesday, I spent some time searching the internet for new recipes. After my usual Wednesday chores, I had fun getting some of the special Thanksgiving food prepared in advanced. In fact, I spent all my extra time cooking, so was no quilt preparation…

  • Preparation Day

    Preparation Day

    Today is preparation day. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the US, and I’m thrilled that sweet hubby and I will be surrounded by our beloved family: my mom, DD#1 and her hubby, and expectant DD#2 and her hubby. Being surrounded by family is one of my favorite things. While I look forward to serving them special…

  • Accepting imperfection

    Accepting imperfection

    I tend to be a perfectionist. I try NOT to be, but there is a part of me that naturally, unconsciously seeks it out. The hard part about being a perfectionist artist is to be willing to accept imperfections. Realistically, perfection is something that I can rarely achieve. And I actually find that I am…

  • Wondering if I’ll remember

    Wondering if I’ll remember

    I know it sounds silly, but every time I start a new project, I wonder if I’ll remember how to do it. Not the sewing or quilting part, but the painting part. I always wonder if I’ll be able to paint smooth enough without making major mistakes that would force me to start over. Since…

  • Revisiting Surrender and Product review: Sew E-Z Board

    Revisiting Surrender and Product review: Sew E-Z Board

    I started a new project this week or, depending on how you look at it, I’m revisiting an old one. I was recently contacted by a pediatric medical director for a not-for-profit hospice that accepts children. While they have beautiful traditional quilts on their walls to comfort the families, they just opened a new unit…

  • Batty Binders Quilt Guild

    Batty Binders Quilt Guild

    Another fun day! Today I spent the whole day teaching about color. Next to making portraits, playing with color is one of my favorite things to do. Fifteen ladies from the Batty Binders Quilt Guild came today, and I had the opportunity to talk about the color wheel, color schemes, value, and so many other…

  • Creative Quilters’ Guild

    Creative Quilters’ Guild

    Last Saturday, November 9, I got to teach my Making Faces workshop to a bunch of local quilters, the Creative Quilters Guild. This workshop was especially fun for me because we held it at our church where sweet hubby is the pastor and at least three of these special ladies were in the very first…

  • I’m still giggling

    I’m still giggling

    A funny thing happened to me this week, and I’m still giggling over it! The last two weeks have been crazy. One week, just about everything we had planned got rescheduled or replaced. Then I got sick for two days. I was feeling better when I taught last Saturday but still not quite 100%. Anyway,…

  • SAQA: People & Portraits Exhibit

    SAQA: People & Portraits Exhibit

    I’ve mentioned before that my two quilts, Windblown and Surrender, are part of a special SAQA exhibit which includes twenty of the featured artists in the Art Quilt Portfolio: People and Portraits book. The first place these quilts were shown was at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas. Special exhibits of this kind normally…