Category: Sheer Whim
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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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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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Review: The Complete Photo Guide to Art Quilting
I got a special gift in the mail this week. I’m rather addicted to books, especially ones with lots of pictures. The Complete Photo Guide to Art Quilting by Susan Stein will make a nice addition to my bookshelf, but first it will live by my couch for a while so I can leaf through…
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Sheer Whim at NQA Show
My sweet hubby and I had the opportunity to go to the NQA show today, and I was thrilled to see that “Sheer Whim” won a third place ribbon in the Art/Innovative category. (Sorry for the lousy picture! Can you believe I only took one, and it was fuzzy? Oh, well.) It was lots of…
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Published: Machine Quilting Unlimited
I got the May 2011 issue of Machine Quilting Unlimited in the mail today, and I quickly flipped to the back page. There she is! Sheer Whim is the “Jaw Dropper” for that issue. Isn’t that exciting?!
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SAQA Parlour Meeting
Today I had the opportunity to hostess a SAQA Parlour Meeting for the Southwest and Central Ohio regions. Despite an inch or two of snow, we had 27 people come and spend a few hours together. It is always so much fun to get a bunch of quilters together! I heard several people comment how…
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Sheer Whim Wins Third Place!
I just got the phone call! Sheer Whim just won a third place ribbon in Art-Miniature category at the 2010 International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas. You can see all the winners here.
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Blogger’s Quilt Festival
The International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas begins this week. This is one of my favorite shows to attend. It’s huge! It draws people from around the world. There are so many things to see that you can walk down the same aisle several times and see something new each time. You can see the…
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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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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…