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Posts from ‘July, 2009’

July “Summer Vacation” Email Newsletter

The July “summer vacation” bonus issue of my email newsletter is out, and is extra long to enjoy during the last lazy days of summer!  Here’s what’s inside:

Tips on sharing your love of quilting with the next generation of quilters
Four new art quilt videos
Meet the lucky winner of my test quilter search
Recommended summer reads for [...]

Quilt Camp at Willow Ridge Press Studios

This week I hosted six children in my quilt studio to make Quillows.  They were practically giddy they were so excited! We planted the seeds of lifelong sewers and quilters, and they were beaming with pride and tightly hugging their Quillows when they left.

On Monday we started by making a mini-Quillow.  This turned out to [...]

Anatomy of an Art Quilt

My lecture at Ann Litrel’s gallery last Friday was delightful – thank you to so many of my friends, readers, and students who came out and supported me.  I talked to gallery visitors as they stopped in and then my lecture was at 7p.m.  I talked for only a short time about each art quilt, [...]

Art Week: Gee’s Bend Quilts

Today’s the final day in the Quilts & Creativity Art Week, and I’m concluding with a bang:  quilts from the Gee’s Bend quilters.  I’ve featured works of art from the Big Canoe Fine Art show in honor of my own art quilts that are on display at the Ann Litrel gallery in Woodstock.  Previously I [...]

Art Week: Wood

It’s wood day in the Quilts & Creativity Art Week.  I’m featuring works of art from the Big Canoe Fine Art show in honor of my own art quilts that are on display at the Ann Litrel gallery in Woodstock.  Previously I featured sculpture and glass.
The wood pieces in the Big Canoe Fine Art show [...]

Art Week: Glass

It’s glass day in the Quilts & Creativity Art Week.  I’m featuring works of art from the Big Canoe Fine Art show in honor of my own art quilts that are on display at the Ann Litrel gallery in Woodstock.  Yesterday was sculpture and you can see it here.
The glass-blown artwork in the Big Canoe [...]