For the last year or so I’ve been faithfully following a series of articles in the local paper (the Reading Eagle, which has meanwhile become one of the many “ghost newspapers” around the country, but that is another story.) The articles are really re-hashing older stories, the latest being from 2002, of the municipalities and […]
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I try to make Art Quilting an outdoor sport.
Fabric? Yes. Plein Air? Why not! Read More »
When I joined SAQA, Studio Art Quilt Associated in 2009, I began to hear about a special level of membership, now called Juried Artist Members. At first I thought: I’ll never be able to achieve that! Then over time the idea began to intrigue me. What is a Juried Artist Member? SAQA created the designation:
I’ve been working harder to learn free motion quilting designs appropriate to my work.
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I was amazed and honored to be accepted into this year’s Art of the State, the premier state-wide art competition in Pennsylvania. Only 122 works were chosen out of almost 1800 entries. The show runs from June 22 to Sept 14, 2014 at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg. The piece that was accepted
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I recently attended the national conference of SAQA, Studio Art Quilt Associates. I’ve been a member for several years, but only recently have decided to get more active. It is an important national organization of artists who work in the same media as I do: Studio Art Quilts. I belong to a number of art
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We recently re-photographed a number of my Studio Art Quilt pieces. This was based on acquiring new knowledge about what is expected on a professional level. The background we were using wasn’t completely white. The photo shows a detail of the old (on the left) and new photos (on the right) side by side. I
