Quilted faces

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In May 2011 my wonderfully creative mother died at the age of 85. Her death was unexpected but not surprising - nonetheless, it still left a void in my sewing spirit. Several trips, alone, driving back and forth between Michigan and New York gave me a lot of time to process and think. When I returned from the funeral, I also returned to my empty sewing studio. The only problem was that I was not ready to be around a lot of people. I wanted to play. I didn't want to work. I put things on hold…

With the release of the DVD and digital download of “Quilting Arts TV Series 1900,” I realized I’d forgotten to share some of the photos I took of the shoot in September! Here are photos of our guest artists: Leni Levenson Wiener, Ana Buzzalino, Susan Lenz, Mary Lou Donahue-Weidman, Heidi Lund, Ann Loveless, Kristine Lundblad, Teresa Shippy, and Ellen Lindner. Other guests in Series 1900 (shot previously) include Joann Sharpe, Melissa Averinos, Wendy Butler Berns, Jane Davila, and Grace…

Here we are at Part 3 in the Faces in Fabric series. I call this one Free Spirit. I loved doing the hair on this one! I forgot to get photos earlier in the process, but if you look closely at the photos below you'll see what a difference a tweak in the hair makes.&n

The People and Portraits exhibit celebrates the expressiveness of the human face in stunning quilts created by an international array of ar...

A week or so ago, a wonderful lady from Portugal, Ana, contacted me to do a fabric portrait of her dear friend from Brazil. She and I discussed price, as is normal, and she asked that I send it registered so that she could track it with a number it once it was finished. She said she'd pay the extra postage. In all my ladies, and sending quilts all over the world, I have never had this request, so I was flabbergasted when I got to the post office and was informed that the package had to be in…

Finished!! 😊👏 If interested, this kit was purchased from https://qfth.ca/products/how-eye-roll-quilt-kit?_pos=2&_psq=how+eye&_ss=e&_v=1.0 I really like machine quilting on wool!!

As you may remember, I am on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Quilters' Association. Each year we have a conference with workshops, wonderful instructors, a National Juried Show and several other quilt shows. I decided it would be fun for the Board to 'Diva' it up at the next conference. I bought patterns and mailed them to each Board member. They had 10 months to finish it. We need them for May. As typical quilters, only 2 of us are finished. But in case any of them are reading this…