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Attach quilt sleeve entirely by machine & other finishing techniques – 2017.11.29

My favorite parts of making art quilts are the design process, selecting the fabrics and constructing the quilt top. My least favorite parts are the finishing – burying threads, applying facings, and attaching the hanging sleeve and label.  By the … Continue reading

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News – 2017.11.17

Quilt Canada 2018 I’m very excited that Quilt Canada is going to be in Vancouver BC next year – May 31, June 1 and 2, 2018 at The Vancouver Convention Centre. This week, the details of workshops and lectures were … Continue reading

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Mounting art quilts on wrapped canvas – 2017.11.02

The IAD Anonymous Show is over now, so I can post more information about my 3 entries to the show – ‘Jade Sky at Morning’, ‘Jade Sky at Night’ and ‘Mod Dog’. ‘Jade Sky at Morning’ is a photo of … Continue reading

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Celebrating International Artists Day – 2017.10.27

Happy belated International Artists Day, which was on Wednesday, October 25th! In my last post, I gave a sneak peek at my three pieces of my art entered in the International Artists Day (IAD) Anonymous Show, at 100 Braid St … Continue reading

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Sneak peek – 2017.10.18

Three pieces of my art will be on display, and for sale, at the International Artists Day (IAD) Anonymous Show, at 100 Braid St Studios in New Westminster BC.  The events take place from October 25 to 27, 2017, starting … Continue reading

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Art with Fabric blog hop – 2017.10.12

Welcome to my stop on the Art with Fabric Blog Hop! I’m participating in the Fall 2017 edition of the Art with Fabric blog hop, organized and hosted by Alida of Tweety Loves Quilting.  Alida has lined up 20 quilter-artists, … Continue reading

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My work on display soon – 2017.10.08

My work will be on display in several different places this month.   I’m thrilled to have my art quilt ‘Rain, with a Chance of Sun’ juried into the SPUN exhibit at the NEST Arts Factory in Bridgeport CT.  And … Continue reading

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2017 FAN Retreat – 2017.10.05

The annual Fibre Art Network meet-up was last week in Lac Le Jeune BC.  As always, we had a great time – inspiring, educational, productive.  We spent four days sharing our work and inspiration with each other, shopping, touring local … Continue reading

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New journal art quilt and SAQA auction news – 2017.09.25

I’ve been absent from my blog most of this month, partly because of some travel at the beginning of the month, and then because my computer crashed!  I was without a computer for a week or so while my husband … Continue reading

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Upcoming events – 2017.09.06

The 2017 SAQA Benefit Auction will begin on September 15.  The Auction will kick-off at 2pm ET on September 15 with an early bird opportunity to purchase ANY quilt for $1000. The 12″ x 12″ auction quilts have been divided up into three … Continue reading

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