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 […]
Kate and I agreed to do the Moda block-a-month challenge mostly as a way to see each other at least once a month and have a coffee! We picked up our first block pattern and fabric Friday and then sat in the sun a drank coffee…and then R and I came away to the beach […]
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 […]
Today we met at Kathleen Leonard’s house and let me just say, she is a VERY creative person. We arrived and looked around her nice house, settled in with some coffee… and I began to slowly realize that the woman is a dynamo. She’s only been quilting about 10 years and she thinks she’s made […]
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 […]
Tuesday quilt group met at our house this month. (The group has chosen a new name, Bobbin Along, but I still think of it as TQG…) I like this varied group of women and their kind enthusiasm for each other and for every level of work. It was fun to have them over and do […]
A few weeks ago Portland quilter and quilt collector Bill Volckening (wonkyworld) invited me to come and see his quilt collection, and as it happened my friend Tennessee quilter Mary Keasler (Fiberliscious) was going to be in town this week, so I asked Bill if I could bring Mary along. Wednesday was the day, and […]
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 […]
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