On my last day, I want to give a shout out to my challenge group within SAQA. Karol Kusmaul was our founder and is our leading light and has recruited 11 members from 8 countries. We take turns issuing a prompt and we have two months to finish our quilt. We are in round two […]
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We recently returned from a vacation in the Caribbean. It was a cruise on a Viking ocean going ship. They have recently added ocean cruises to their well known line-up of river cruises. I didn’t know if I’d like it. 900 plus people sounded like a lot for a ship, but that turned out to
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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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I’ve had some hits and some misses using found objects.
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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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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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Every now and then I get an update from William Reker, the director of traveling art quilts for SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates.) This one is notable because it is the final venue for Turmoil and Tranquility: ” The International Museum of Art and Science in McAllen, Texas will be hosting portions of both exhibitions
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The Other Side of the Wall depicts the color and vibrancy of Tijuana that abuts the US/ Mexico wall just a few miles from San Diego. It is for the Border Wall Quilt Project. All pieces, mine included, are 8 x 16″ The wall on the Mexican side is brightly painted, and the family in blue
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