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...
I recently spent a delightful afternoon taking a class from Carolina Oneto (#carolina_oneto) learning this modern version of the English Paper Piecing technique applied to creating tranparent effects. I've worked with transparencies with paper and...
Yes, I've joined another group. The Winslow Art Center in Bainbridge Island Washington, like many other schools, offered online classes for the first time this year, and I joined a three month prototype with Lucie Duclos called Paper Pals Collage...