Successful Grand Opening

Last Friday I held a Grand Opening of my new studio in conjunction with the 4th Friday event at The Starline Gallery. It was a blast. Lots of friends, family and curious gallery goers people came by to visit. In addtion to getting to see lots of people and talk about my work, I won two awards in the 4th Friday exhibition. One Honorable Mention for Reflections, var. 3 and the PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD for Reflections, var. 1. So that was a great affirmation in this new environment.

Also, an article about me and my studio came out this Friday in The Harvard Mainline newspaper. It is nice to see this move getting recognized and supported in the local community.

Here are a few pictures taken at the Opening!

Here are a few pictures taken at the Opening!

Three Dimensional Fiber Arts DVD released

Yeterday my new DVD, Three Dimensional Fiber Art: Shape and Texture, Light and Shadow was released. It is very exciitng to be an "author", especially after all the years I spent in educational publishing!

Here are links to the various versions of the DVD.

*Digital download available now! It’s available in both HD ($16.95) and standard ($14.95):


HD download link: http://www.interweavestore.com/Quilting/DVDs-Videos/Three-Dimensional-Fiber-Art-Download-in-HD.html


Standard video download link: http://www.interweavestore.com/Quilting/DVDs-Videos/Three-Dimensional-Fiber-Art-Download.html


*DVD available: 8/21/12 - $19.95. It’s available now as a pre-order:

http://www.interweavestore.com/Quilting/DVDs-Videos/Three-Dimensional-Fiber-Art-DVD.html

Interweave has been a great company ot work with on this. The experience was enjoyable and I learned a lot in the process.

More photos of studio

New studio space

I am hard at work on my studio space at The Starline Gallery in Harvard, IL. It is big, lots of light, room for workshops, gallery space and multiple projects. I am going to have a Grand Opening on July 27 from 6-9 in conjunction with the 4th Friday events that are held at The Starline. Watch here for my info as I get organized.

 

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Art Quilt Elements exhibit

I spent the past weekend in Philadelphia for the opening of Art Quilt Elements, attend the SAQA conference and see Fiber Philadelphia 2012. It was a great weekenbd filled with creative energy and lots of new ideas and new friends.  This is a photo of me at the AQE opening. This piece, Leaf Fragments, got LOTS of attention.

I also had a piece in Lines and Number, the Art Cloth Network group show. We had 2 different exhibits on display in a wonderful old building - The Old School House at the Crane. Here are a few shots of the space and the exhibit.

Quilting Arts: In Stitches, volume 6

 Hi everyone,
Just wanted to tell everyone about my article in the latest issue of Quilting Arts in Stitches,Volume 6. The issue  is jam-packed with great free-motion tips, unique ways to incorporate stitching into your work (think shaped leaves!), and even a bit of history about stitching. My article is called Leaves, Leaves, Leaves and it is about my technique for shaping my quilted leaves. Working with the team at Quilting Arts on this was fun and I think the whole issue is very interesting.  I would encourage you to download it either from the store or through iTunes on your iPad. (see store link below)


Store link:

http://www.interweavestore.com/Quilting/Magazines/eMags.html

As a bonus, for the In Stitches VI blog tour we are giving away some free-motion tools at each spot. The tools are featured in an article entitled “show of hands” and were all taken out of their packaging for photography reasons, but are brand new!

For this post, I am giving away the nifty Sew Grip Ergonomic Quilting Gloves by FA Edmunds. To win, comment at the end of the blog letting me know what kind of article you would like to see in a future In Stitches eMag.

Want to learn more about the eMag before you purchase it? Join us on the In Stitches VI blog tour all this week (there will be a prize given away at every stop)! Here is the lineup of blogs for the whole week.   Even if you get this on Wednesday you can go visit the earlier blogs and see what they have to say! Tomorrow visit Nancy Cook's blog. Her article is about Dense Echo Quilting.

Monday 2/27 - Lindsey Murray http://quiltingdaily.com 

Tues 2/28 - Betty Busby http://bettybusbyblog.blogspot.com

Wed 2/29 - Barbara Schneider http://www.Barbaraschneider-artist.blogspot.com

Thu 3/1 - Nancy Cook http://www.nancygcook.blogspot.com

Fri 3/2 - Tracy Stilwell http://www.tracystilwell.blogspot.com
Mon 3/5 - Sandy Donabed  http://www.sandeedee.blogspot.com

Tue 3/6 - Jane Davila http://www.janedavila.blogspot.com

Anderson Arts Center opening

These are some shots from the opening at the Anderson Arts Center in Kenosha, WI of my exhibit Water Colors. I had one room, with windwos overlooking Lake Michigan. The water reflection quilts and art cloth looked really good in the space with all the light and the water out beyond. The exhibit is open until March 25 if anyone wants to go to Kenosha!