A quick note on the ugly fabric challenge of last June…Kathleen gave us each a piece of this fabric, (well…not each of us, because a few people found the fabric a little overwhelming…) with the challenge that we needed to bring back a finished quilt in December. So yesterday we met at our house for […]
I first knew Kate Speckman as an artist. Some years ago I bought a small black and white clay house she made, and sent it to a friend in Italy. Then I knew Kate as an energetic events manager, a talented and organized volunteer arts administrator, a quilter, a friend. In 2011 we co-curated a […]
As my quilting “practice” takes up more space in my life, things shift and change a little (art is still number one though…new studio coming on line in October!). I find I really like having a “vintage” quilt to work on…off and on…and this weekend I finished up the quilt-top I got in Tennessee a […]
We met at Berneice’s yesterday and it was fascinating. This group ranges from maniacs to traditional quilters, newbys to old hands, all encouraged and accepted, which makes every meeting a pure delight…plus seeing where people live and work is interesting…Berneice’s cheerful, tidy and very lovely house is just like her. Her fridge front is full […]
Currently showing (until October 5) at the La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum in La Conner, Washington, is a remarkable show of Japanese quilts…quilts made in response to the disastrous tsunami that decimated the eastern part of Japan three years ago. Nearly 9000 quits were made and sent by American and Japanese quilters to comfort […]
I took a bunch of my art work over to Monmouth last week for Eric Olsen’s Edward’s Addition open house, and the next day R and I went to see how it came out. The house is very nice, all on one floor, and it was total fun to see my work looking rather nice […]
Our quilt group meets the first Tuesday of the month. I’m the newby and haven’t been to see everybody’s work and sewing room yet….so was bowled over today when we met at Ethelwyne’s house in the country. She had the welcome sign out for us on her porch… and we saw her sewing room… with […]
Kate invited me along to her quilt group this morning, and what a fun group they are. A variety of ages, a variety of interests, and very welcoming. Our hostess was Linda whose entire house is a quilting treasure trove…here’s a brief tour…she collects buttons… including this cute as a button pup named Buttons… and […]
We’re heading up the freeway today to deliver Sidney’s quilt…here’s the narrative…idea borrowed from Eleanor McCain…
SUMMER!!!! So after visiting the MIG fruit and veg stand Saturday (and getting lunch, of course) I got up this morning with the urge for more blueberry chutney. I made some at the beach on the fourth and we’ve eaten it all already…yum. I got the recipe out of the “new” (2012) Oregonian cookbook (“The […]
On The Way 