Today was Nadia‘s birthday, and she was visiting all the way from Tunisia…(check her cool jacket, which she made…) She didn’t come all this way to visit me though…she grew up in Salem and is in Oregon visiting her family. Luckily she hitched a ride to Salem with her sister-in-law today and we shared work […]
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Quilt Pattern Conundrum
I bought this quilt top in Tennessee…it’s hand pieced, a little funky. It’s a pattern none of us had ever seen before. But last night Nifty emailed me to look on page 78 of Scott Heffley’s book “Bold Improvisations” and sure enough there it is! Phew..time for a coffee
Visitation from Corvallis….
The day started without a flourish…just me noticing the apple tree petals on Gloria’s garage roof… and then off to the CAR WASH (my favorite)… just in time before three artist friends arrived from Corvallis for a studio visit and some lunch…here’s Ella (mosaics), Cynthia (clay) and Claudia (painting) at The Wild Pear… where we […]
Gee’s Bend at Camp McDowell
So…I decided to send my self to camp. Quilt camp. Four days with two Gee’s Bend quilters and 16 other quilters, in Alabama. Ten days ago I hopped on an early morning train to Seattle, and the next day our little girl group of three took off for the “Deep South”…leaving the northwest behind…on our […]
Spring is Here…
I’m taking off for Alabama early tomorrow…a quick turn around the yard today to see if spring is really here…it is! a quick coffee… and something to ponder on my trip…interesting things to do with fruit…see you soon!
A week Away…
I’m gearing up for a week away next week…going to Alabama to sew with a couple of Gee’s Bend quilters. This week I’m sinking into thinking about fabric and the creative experience ahead…here’s a little (4″x6″) piece I made for the ArtHouse Coop…(it’s called “Diet Day” and is part of a project for artists to […]
Easter Holiday Aftermath…
Just a few images of the Easter before and after (thanks Carol…) and have you ever had “monster fruit”??? New to us…good though odd… Back to mundane reality today…went to the CARWASH!! (I do love the car wash…today I was taking photos, talking on the phone and rolling through…) I think these are winners…
Happy Easter!
“Back in the day”…in this case, the mid-1980’s, I wasn’t the easter bunny. That was R all the way. Zach and I dyed the eggs, but R hid them for Zach to find. Zach would find them all and then say…”Dad, could we do this again?”…and they would. When I dug out the old photos […]
Betty Feves, James Lavadour
We had an interesting couple of days in the city…saw a good show of eastern Oregon artist Betty Feves’ clay work at Contemporary Craft and the show “Betty Feves: Generations ” is open until July, so you have plenty of time to go take a look. My favorite was this piece called “Six Figures” and […]
Wednesday Art Notes….
A quiet day around town today. Visited the stadium in Bush’s Pasture Park (it was the purchase of 10 acres by Willamette University for this stadium in the 1950’s that kept a big road being put through the middle of the park…thanks Willamette…) but we went not for park history, but to see Robert Hess’ […]
On The Way 