Last tuesday I was drinking coffee when I heard a funny sound. What is that??? and I got it… Hot air balloons! I grabbed my iphone and ran up to the terrace. OMG it was right over my house! I looked right to see a second one coming up! so I ran to the [...]
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 [...]
My friend Gordon Kyle hired me to make 2 quilts for his daughters of his designs. He made both of these with coloraid paper while hanging out on his sailboat. This one we have been calling fog. We dyed cloth for a week to get all the shades. Today I put the top together… we [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Well it’s been a busy week, folks. I finished the top for the second 5×8′ quilt for the new Wingra Clinic on Park Street. I love some of these fiber art pieces. I call this work: Large and small, light and dark Blocks. It’s with Cheryl Payne at the Patchwork peddlar about to be quilted! [...]
I love the store Absolutely Art! they support local artists and give us a venue to sell our work. I am painting a special collection of one sided, rolled hem scarves for their holiday season. I will have my two sided larger scarves here at my holiday show December first and second. I work [...]
My friend Lisa asked me to make something for her co-worker who is about to have a baby. The older son has named the baby “BUBBLEPOP MUSHROOM NINJA” and she wanted this name on the blankie. With an aquatic theme for the child’s room what could be more appropriate than my signature little cat [...]
Well I have been baking cookies and cleaning the studio for a few days now. It is however pouring down rain and the art walk starts in 20 minutes. I am also taking water down here in a place that has only leaked one other time… as well as the usual corner that always [...]