Category: Windblown
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Creative Quilt Fun Newsletter
Meryl Ann Butler kindly featured “Windblown” in the March 2013 issue of her Creative Quilt Fun Newsletter. She also featured “Windblown” on her blog along with several other figurative quilts. Thanks, Meryl!
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My name in print!
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Today’s mail brought me something very special: my name in print! The brand new book, Art Quilt Portfolio: People & Portraits, came today. Sweet hubby just couldn’t wait, and he tore open the package as soon as I told him what was inside. There she was: “Windblown” was smiling up at us from the front…
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Quilt Fest of New Jersey IX
If you’re close to New Jersey, the Quilt Fest of New Jersey runs from February 28 through March 3. I heard that the ribbon winners from the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival are supposed to be on display. So, that means “Windblown” should be there. Boy, my quilts definitely travel more than I do! If you’re…
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2013 Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival
I heard through the APQS Facebook page that “Windblown” won a ribbon at the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton, Virginia this weekend. Woohoo!!! It won Best Wall Quilt! I’m so excited. I had not heard the news. Thanks, APQS.
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Road to California 2013
Good news! Good news! I got good news! As you may know, the Road to California Quilter’s Conference and Showcase (road2ca.com) opens today. Sadly, after our fabulous time in the Bay Area last week, we had to go home so we are no longer in California, and I won’t get to go to the show,…
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Time to Pre-Order Art Quilt Portfolio: People & Portraits
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Art Quilt Portfolio: People and Portraits is now available for pre-order through the SAQA Bookstore (http://www.saqa.com/store-detail.php?ID=782). I’m pretty eager to see it because “Windblown” is on the cover! Plus, I am a featured artist. What does that mean? I don’t exactly know, but it sounds pretty wonderful so I’m eager to find out! I was…
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Organizing thread and bobbins
I have a project that must be done this week, so naturally I’m procrastinating a bit first. Actually, maybe this is just the warm-up phase. You know, kind of sliding into the real project? Anyway, the procrastination project last night was to organize my thread and bobbins. Really. *Shakes head and rolls eyes* Since bobbins…
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Word for 2013
A lot of quilters on the QuiltArt list like to pick a word to use as a goal or motivation for the coming year. I think I have trouble thinking long-term, but I’ve tried similar ideas. In 2011, I chose the idea of being “brave” when it comes to my artwork. It comes from a…
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Review of 2012
Here’s my review of 2012 (DD#2’s idea), but I’m going to start a few months earlier because I especially like those events. 🙂 So, in addition to speaking and teaching at fifteen quilt guilds in less than two years, writing twelve articles for Quilting Arts during that same time, and making three trips to California…
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Art Quilt Portfolio: People & Portraits
If you head on over to Amazon, you can get a sneak preview of the cover of Martha Sielman’s the newest book, Art Quilt Portfolio: People & Portraits. It is now available for pre-order, even though it won’t be published until April 2013. I was thrilled when Martha notified me several months ago that some…