Category: Portraits
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Re-Blocking Flight of Fancy
I just got notice yesterday that my quilt, Flight of Fancy, was accepted to be part of a traveling exhibit called Thread Tails and Vapor Trails. It is an exhibit of quilts with a Naval Aviation theme, and it should be traveling through the end of 2011. I’m pretty excited about the chance to get…
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Quilting with Machines
Yesterday my sweet hubby and I drove our hand-me-down RV up to Huron, Ohio to see the “Quilting with Machines” show. I also registered to take a couple of classes with Patsy Thompson. My first class was bright and early at 8 AM. I hurried in a few minutes late, but once I had everything…
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It always takes longer
I’m always amazed at how much “quilting time” is taken up by the little things. Stuff like making labels, sewing on sleeves, taking pictures, filling out entry forms, preparing quilts for shipment. The list of little, necessary activities seems endless. This weekend I decided to mount my journal quilts from each year on a single…
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Reason to celebrate!
Today I received a reason to celebrate! I was in Panera with my mom after bringing her to the dentist when I heard my cell phone ringing in my pocket. The fact that I even had my cell phone with me is rather shocking. The fact that I heard the ring above the noontime noise…
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Surprise prize package arrives!
I got a surprise knock on the door today. It was my faithful deliveryman dropping off this package from Quilting Arts. It’s the prize package that I won when they chose my quilt, “Strawberry Delight,” for the 2011 Quilting Arts calendar. How exciting! There was Jane Dunnewold’s “Art Cloth” which was on my Amazon wish…
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2011 Quilting Arts Calendar is here!
I just noticed that the 2011 Quilting Arts Calendar is now available on the Interweave website. I think my quilt will be for the month of May.
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Subversive Stitchers
Today Dawn Goldsmith of Subversive Stitchers:Women Armed with Needles discussed traditional and modern sampler quilts, and she featured my quilt, “In Answer to Prayer.” This quilt was my very first original quilt, and also my first quilt featuring a person. I first realized that quilts could include people after seeing the work of Charlotte Warr…
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Two fat envelopes!
My mailbox revealed two fat envelopes today! Both “Captivated” and “Sheer Whim” have been selected as finalists and will be exhibited at the 2010 International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas. I’ve been entering this show nearly every year since 1998. “First December in Ohio” was the first quilt I every had accepted into the IQF…
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May 2011 Calendar Girl!
Woohoo!!! Today Pokey Bolton talked about my quilt, “Strawberry Delight,” on her Quilting Arts blog. Her blog is unveiling the new 2011 Quilting Arts calendar which is now available for pre-order through Interweave. A lot of exciting quilts are going to be in this calendar.
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2010 NQA show
Today my mom and I had the opportunity to see the NQA (National Quilting Association) show in Columbus, Ohio. My dear hubby played chauffer, so we were pampered with door-to-door service. The show was really nice; very well laid out, wide aisles, great vendors, terrific quilts. Everything you want in a good quilt show! Plus,…