We’re roadtripping this month. Lucky me, I’m spending November at a beachfront condo on the Florida Panhandle between Rosemary Beach and Alys Beach. Ed and I are both self employed, so we figured out a few years before COVID even was a rumor that...
I'm lucky to be part of several great online art groups, one of those pandemic silver linings, and this project is my attempt to kill three birds with one stone, so to speak. The book structure is the October 2021 project from @handmadebookclub...
So it started with a unicorn. My niece has a thing for unicorns, what little girl doesn't these days, and I'm trying to make a dent in my stash of yarn (and every other art stash). The unicorn was a big hit, I even got status as the favorite...
Not gonna lie, I’m pretty happy I found a challenge I could see through to the end. First of all, color is my jam, so a series of color palette prompts was perfect for me. Then, the hosts Este MacLeod and Lori Siebert wisely (for me) made it an...
This is one from a while back but I still look at it every day because I really like the technique that helped me get those smudgy shapes in white and black. It’s a technique I learned from Chery Baird, who I mention here often. It involves a torn...
I love color, so it’s kind of weird for me to work in neutrals, but it really does make you work a little harder atcomposition. These two pieces go way back to my first collage class, probably more than 10 years ago. I had been quilting for quite a...
I’ve posted about this group before, the paper pals collage club hosted by Lucie Duclos and the Winslow Art CenterIt’s one of those things that turned out to be a blessing during Covid, because I don’t think I ever would’ve had access to this group...
In July 2021 I finally got to go back to an in person art workshop. Even better, it was back in Atlanta with the tireless and talented Chery Baird through Spruill Arts Center. And to top it off, my dear friend Deb Lehman was there painting right...
I love living in Chicago, but I do miss my Atlanta quilting community. Several years ago, a small neighborhood bee I was part of decided to try an experiment, combining a book club with our quilting challenge. To keep it manageable we picked a 12 x...
One of the perks of being in Ali Manning’s Handmade Book Club are occasional workshops with teachers she brings in. One recent Sunday, Bel Mills of Scrap Paper Circus led a workshop using business reply envelopes to make this mail art wallet. Lots...