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Tag Archives: Fabric Art
International Quilt Festival – Houston
Next week I will be traveling to Houston where I will be teaching classes at the International Quilt Festival. My class techniques are from my book, Fabric Art Collage, 40+ Mixed Media Techniques.
For those that are not familiar with Quilt Festival, it’s a mecca for those of us that love anything related to traditional quilting, art quilting, and mixed media. The shopping and exhibits are fabulous with all things related to quilting all in one place. Below are my class (Continue Reading...)
The Thrifty Seamstress
My grandmother was a wonderful seamstress; she made lots of clothes for my Barbie and me. I was the envy of all my friends on my sixth birthday when I opened her gift to find dozens of new outfits for Barbie—sleepwear, play clothes, work dresses, and a ball gown.
She left me her beautiful wicker sewing basket when she died, which was mostly bursting with thread. Grammy used to save every single piece of thread that was longer than 6 (Continue Reading...)
Fabrics Seeking Available Project for Fun & Long-Term Relationship
I’ve had this fabric for years (through 3 different houses!). Until pulling them out to take this photo, I’d never even taken the squares out of their tidy little ziplock bags. (The fabrics are from two Keepsake Quilting collections: Wild Things, forty 10″ squares, and Chicken Parts, sixty 6″ squares.)
I don’t particularly like chickens. Animal prints aren’t necessarily my thing, either. However, something about these colors and textures really attract me. They just haven’t attracted the right project yet. The (Continue Reading...)
