Working in Series

by | Jan 8, 2017 | Art Quilts, Design

Today’s post written by Mary Elizabeth O’Toole Have you ever finished an art project and realized that you would like to investigate a different angle, use another colour combination or apply new techniques? All of these reflections are good reasons to...

Making Faces

by | Oct 30, 2015 | Art Quilts, Design, Quilting

This has been a busy week with most of my creating art time spent working on several birthday and Christmas gifts (pictures later but don’t want to spoil the surprise for recipients). Last weekend, however, I had a chance to take a really fun workshop AND get in...

Memory Quilts

by | Oct 15, 2015 | Quilting, Repurposing, Sewing

My to quilt list includes several new designs for memory quilts.  I  have some collected materials that I have to prepare for those projects, including a pile of men’s shirts and a bag of ties.   I had a few clothing items of Dad’s, some gathered from...

Drawing challenged

by | Oct 4, 2015 | Art Quilts, Design

I am a writer, a list maker, a planner.   I am most definitely NOT a person who can draw much of anything that would be recognizable without a label.  Not entirely true, I guess because I can manage things like fruit or line drawings of fish or simplified animals....

Month of learning

by | Oct 2, 2015 | Inspiration, Quilting, Woodworking

I’m excited!  I just learned about the Craftsy October All Access Pass.   It is the first time that I have seen something like this on ths site.  For a limited time, you can buy a one month pass to any of Craftsy’s 800+ classes.  It looks until you have...