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Fiber Artists for Obama Has a Quilt!Maria C. Shell, a quilter and fiber artist from Alaska, sent photos of the quilt done by Fiber Artists for Obama today. Since I opened the door for discussion about this group in an earlier post, I thought I would ...
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Breaking Traditions "With One Voice""Gratitude" quilt hangs in Novi, MichiganI'm so proud to be a part of the Breaking Traditions "With One Voice" exhibit going on in Novi, Michigan through next week. (My piece is on the third row, almost exactly in ...
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The Tale of My New Purse: Camera Bonding and Product *Snatching*I've really been bonding with my new camera and still have lots to learn. So far, minus the memory card challenge (I'm going to have to surf for bigger memory cards because I have one th...
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The Artful Difference(s) Between Surface Design and QuiltingI had to do a double-take when I read Louise Schiele's blog post about how to hang her work.She opened her post by stating that she's not a quilt maker. So, I noted this and kept reading.But...
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Breaking Traditions Quilt ExhibitI've had more time with this 12" x 12" square for the Breaking Traditions Art Quilt Exhibit curated by Lynn Krawczyk than I did with the Fiber Artists for Obama square. The Breaking Traditions exhibit will hang at the...
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The Seamless Power of Ruth AsawaI am amazed at what Ruth Asawa does for the act of sculpting (and how it inspires me as a quilter to pay attention to structure). She has practically defined and redefined the form -- for sculptors, critics and creator...
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Another Encounter with Texture Perhaps this looks like a practice square. Or some random time-killer for a tired quilter. Or maybe even an experiment in "thickness" before making a whole quilt.But when I look at this piece from the Lindamade blog si...
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Making *Roots* for QuiltsFabulous Kristin LaFlemme, who lives in Germany and recently visited family the West Coast states for the holidays, as well as two of her online buddies, Terry Grant and Gerrie Congdon, has me thinking about naming in fiber a...
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Using Sketches to Create on a Smaller ScaleThe bright yellow banner on Mickey Depre's blog site is warm and inviting. But it was probably her slogan that drew me in: "A quilt artist with a dash of yarn on the side." Her description at her blog makes ...
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An Humble Nod to the Utilitarian QuiltmakerPatsy Terrell of Hutchinson Kansas made a quote recently on her blog that made me stop in my tracks for a minute:"Women built this nation from the ground up, one quilt block at a time. Of course, they don't ...
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Valerie White at "Form, Not Function" ExhibitI'm quite pleased that Kentucky quilter Valerie White, whose work I'm still getting to know, will be exhibiting in the Carnegie Center's fifth annual "Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie" coming ...
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Ahhhhh Texture!I fell in love with this piece by Heather Smith Jones because of its white surface and texture. I am also fascinated because I encountered it just after I posted my piece that uses pinholes and coffee staining. Heather used pinholes th...
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"Brown Blues": A Third ExplorationThis is the third piece of recent work I'll share for now. It's titled "Brown Blues." I centered it around a poem from my forthcoming collection, Exquisite Heats. The poem, titled "In Another Life: A Blues Man," was ...
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The Erzulie SeriesWithout getting into all the details, I will say that I have been fascinated with the spiritual concept of Erzulie since someone tried to scare me with her when I was a teen. I wasn't afraid at all. It was like an invitation to know...
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Risk and Confluence: Learning About Myself As a Visual PoetMost people who know me (really know me) also know that I don't sleep very much. I'm not at all convinced this is a good, healthy thing. Over time, I get quite punchy and start to drag, and e...
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Celebrate!Of course, I get over thrilled when someone in my circle scores with a new book deal, a prize, a residency or anything that acknowledges how we sweat in the trenches. Recently, I've had two occasions to click my heels and yell loudly.First,...
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A: The North Star's Gift: Meticulous EmbroideryA: The North Star has been really ragging me lately about a terrible thing I did last Christmas. We were supposed to meet in his NC hometown, and I had a bunch of gifts for him. I didn't make it to that ...
