I spent most of a day in conversation with Leslie Bixel about what are warm colors versus cold colors. She said Nancy Crow says warm colors come foreward. OK so what does that mean? she gave me a little exercise with crosses in hot and cold colors to see which came forward, which went back. [...]
I will be leaving my Mexican home here in San Miguel de Allende just after Semana Santa around April 2. I will visit my family in Austin and New Orleans and travel to Mathews, Virginia to work on a project with my dear friend, Svaha Woodward, before returning to Madison. I made a series of [...]
We finished half of the center of the 2nd quilt Gordon commissioned me to support him making. I never work from pattern or try to get a specific color. this has been a big learning curve for me… but we are moving along. and here is Gordon Kyle holding up his painting/cutout in front of [...]
I received a commission from the UW Hospital (where I am the most represented artist) to make 2 series of 4 quilts 20×30″ I made the first series before leaving Madison called dots and blocks and I am now working on the second series called Simple Arches. yesterday I finished the first of the series. [...]
here are 2 of the 3 quilts I am doing for the kids secion of the new Wingra clinic: this sun face is in the standard repertoire, Terri the clinic manager picked the black border print and the loden green outer edge exactly matches the color swatch of the upholstery! It is always odd for [...]
With Babydog! A scene from my holiday show! Although I painted it while in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico! I can’t believe I quilted this whole quilt on my little Bernina home sewing machine! That’s a lot of scrunching!
My holiday show last weekend was a big success. Anette Hansen took some pictures I would like to share with you! Silk and rayon velvet is the most seductive fiber! It’s fun to paint and hard to sew. Here are the new smaller sizes I developed for this years show: For the last [...]
My Holiday Show approaches. It is December 1-2 here at my home at 1331 Dewey Court. I am working like mad finish quilts, scarves, potholders. I picked up 8 quilts from the framer this afternoon and it really lifted my spirits to see my work framed! Framing does amazing things to a quilt. I pieced [...]
Sarah grimes the Art Co-ordinator at the University of Wisconsin hospital sent me some pictures of Jan Heaton’s work http://janheaton.com and said why don’t you make something like this: I said “Easy!” and started to paint and paint. And guess what, Easey Peasey is not exactly the case. Mainly I don’t usually leave white in [...]
I have been helping Rebecca Sites out with a sewing class at the Catholic Multi-cultural Center which she teaches in Spanish, quite masterfully. There is a Monday class and a Friday class… I caught her bag demo in both and came home to sew this nifty shopping bag with my hand painted cotton sateen that [...]