It was a wonderful weekend, I caught up on a lot of work, completed a big assignment, visited with family and friends and attended an Design/art Market. Image shot for my assignment. Think about Art, Think about design, Innovation, talent and an ability to market. It was all there, even the guys were impressed….
Category: Capture & Create
One more week and this quilt will be finished…!!
I'm finishing a quilt that should have been completed 3 months ago… But a break from the Bayeux has been good and I'm quilting to the max. This is an interesting quilt… it's darn big and has been in part a collaboration… I'm quilting the heck out of it and adding a huge amount of…
What was it.
12.30 am, the alarm went off…. it's piercing and lights flash all over the house. I jumped out of bed and raced out to the studio…. All was quiet. The security company rang…. I never remember the password.!!! Then back to bed… suddenly, the dogs were barking… They rarely bark, so back out to…
Wrapping with Textiles.
Textiles surround us and recently on facebook I found this photo…. I love it. I'd love to do that to the trees at my house… but I can imagine the children… "Mum, you've lost it" Well I found this exhibition…. This is the URL http://cottonglobalthreads.com/exhibit/aboubakar-fofana and you might like…
Fabric Designer Sued.!!!
It's not a story, it's true!!!! Once upon a time, not too long ago, a designer who was given fabric by a major fabric company designed beautiful quilts for her book. The book was published. She had worked very hard to design the patterns. Its a very nice book with patterns for us…
Appliqued border.
I seem to sigh a lot these days. !!!! It's not a sad sigh, it's a comfortable sigh. I mentioned that the Bayeux is put aside for a while until I've completed quilting this BIG quilt. I'm enjoying it…and I'm enjoying experimenting. I have a large center panel and I wanted to add more definition…
The Stolen Quilts
The story of Karen Combs lost quilts are now online.
Small Bayeux Quilt.
Just finished the small quilt
Color of the Year
Tangerine Tango, a spirited reddish orange, continues to provide the energy boost we need to recharge and move forward. It's been called "invigorating," "dramatic" and "seductive." But only neophytes dare call it merely orange. No, the shade you'll be seeing lots of in coming months is tangerine — not just any tangerine, but "Tangerine Tango,"…
Stolen Quilts.
Once again another Quilt Teacher has her quilts stolen, this time from her hire car. Shewill soon be putting the quilts up online and hopefully they can be traced Karen Combs says. "I've walked and drove the area, checked dumpsters (that was pleasant),called pawn shops and quilts shops in the area. I don't think…