Back in this post I showed the new design “wall” I put up. It’s loose, no board behind it. Figured it would be fine because I could still pin stuff to it after all. What’s the big deal? Yeah. That lasted about ten minutes.…

I have worked with coaches off and on for the past several years. All of them, until recently, have revolved around building my art business. I think the misconception about coaches is that you hire this person and then she does all the work…

One thing I’ve been thinking about a LOT lately is exhibiting. (Carter has been listening to me debate. He is very attentive.) I haven’t submitted to an exhibit in years. When I first starting making art quilts I submitted a lot but then my…

  My studio has worn many, many hats. It’s written three books with me, made artwork for exhibits, helped me prep for Quilting Arts TV and DVDs, borne the despair of failures, been the first to know  when I’ve gotten something right. I seem…

I’m just letting Art Brain wander right now. Which means I let her work on whatever is the most appealing at any given moment. Earlier this year I got an iPad Pro and have been working in the app Procreate to see if I can warm…

Photo from several months ago of me snuggling my pug puppy nephew, Oliver.   I had great aspirations for the collage to art quilt project. I was pumped and I got my test prints and then it happened…. The art slump showed up. I…

I stayed within my self imposed deadline of this Sunday to finalize the digital versions of the collages to print as art quilts. I’m glad I did this because I do love to play the “what if I did this??” game. Especially with digital art,…

I’ve been exploring the world of contemporary embroidery. It reminds me of the classification of traditional quilting and art quilting. TextileArtist.org has a wonderful feature article about artists who are using embroidery in unique ways. I love the creativity and how thread is showcased as…

I have experimented in the past with having my collages printed on fabric to turn them into art quilts. Mostly it consisted of me trying to get a high enough resolution scan (which I wasn’t sure was possible since I work so small) and…

If you remember I was doing The 100 Day Project and decided to do mini collages. They are about the size of an ATC. (Remember those? I miss ’em. Maybe we should bring them back.) I really wanted to test myself because I have a sort…