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My 2019 Resolutions

I’m finally getting around to blogging my 2019 art resolutions.  Hey, it’s still January, right?  That’s not so bad. First, I’m going to make 2019 my the year of Instagram. I’ve learned just enough from listening to the blog Artists Helping Artists by Leslie Saeta to get me psyched. I plan to post every day: […]

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A Little Cone Tree

I read a blog post by S. Marsh. C. on making a cone shaped Christmas tree.  She used jute twine, wrapping around a cone of brown paper. It gave me an idea of how to use some twisted cloth strip cord that I make compusively. I saw the method on Pinterest a few years ago

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12 Ways to Use Found Objects

I am designing a class that I’m calling “12 Ways to Use Found Objects” in your art quilts. This is my Sampler of the 12 Ways. Which are listed below. Can you see the numbers next to each image: 1, 2, 3 etc? Glue on/ sew invisibly.  This is the easiest and most obvious.  I

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Nice news

Every now and then I get a notice from Fine Art America that one of my print has sold.  The profit margin is small, but it’s nice to know that someone was interested!  This sale goes back to my painting days, before my medium became fiber art and art quilts.  This series of paintings was

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Things That Matter

A group of art quilt artists organized by Sandra Lauterbach and Sandra Poteet is showing at our second venue: Vision Gallery in Chandler, AZ, Nov. 8 – Jan. 5, 2019.  The opening reception is Saturday Nov. 17, 4-6 PM. The piece I have in this show is called Celebrating the Destruction of Apartheid. On a

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The People's Violin

I’ve just completed new work in the Eastern Europe in Stitches series. I’m getting ready to hang a show of the complete body of work at Judy’s on Cherry in Reading on Monday.  The reception will be Thursday, November 15, 5-7 PM. The show is called Doubletake East, because my husband Jay Ressler will also

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Harriet Tubman as a Superhero

For a themed show at Studio B in Boyertown entitled Art of Film Exhibition, I decided to combine one of my dearest heroes, Harriet Tubman with Wonder Woman. Harriet was a diminutive enslaved woman who escaped and then made numerous trips South to help more slaves escape.  She said, “I freed a thousand slaves I

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