Tag: Life

  • Brrrrrrr…..

    Brrrrrrr…..

    No I haven’t dropped off the planet since finishing the quilt, I have just been working on trying to stay warm and catch on the things I put off while working on it. Our heater died wednesday, I woke up to frost on the windows (on the inside) thursday morning when it was 2° out.…

  • Good friends and inspiration

    It’s a great combination. Frieda, Trish, Laura, Gretl and I started our day seeing Jane Sassaman’s glorious quilts at the Metcap bank in downtown Chicago. Jane’s quilts are so gorgeous and they are amazing to see in person because in photos you don’t get to see all the beautiful machine stitching and quilting she does…

  • Signs of fall in Michigan

    Signs of fall in Michigan

    This weekend my son and I went on a teen retreat with several other families in Michigan. The weather was cold and rainy, but there were wonderful breaks in the rain for peaceful walks with camera in hand. I really enjoy living in downtown Chicago, but I do miss the sound of crickets, rustling leaves…

  • Lunch with the CSOF and IL/WI SAQA reps

    Lunch with the CSOF and IL/WI SAQA reps

    Yesterday my friend Trish Williams and I drove out to the burbs to have lunch with Laura Wasilowski, Frieda Anderson, Anne Lullie and Emily Parson. Laura, Frieda and Trish are the new Illinois/Wisconsin SAQA reps., so it was part meeting and part social time. Most of us haven’t seen each other since spring, you would…

  • Chicago School of Fusing May birthday lunch

    Many of the members of the Chicago School of Fusing have birthdays in May; Laura Wasilowski, Frieda Anderson, Emily Parson and Anne Lullie. Life’s busy schedules prevented Emily and Anne from making it this year and unfortunately Melody is now too far away to come for lunch. On Saturday Frieda and Laura picked up Nina…

  • Asheville, North Carolina

    Asheville, North Carolina

    We drove up to Asheville again on the weekend. I had to get in a few of the requisite stops suggested to me, I wish I had time to see them all and sample more of the fabulous restaurants. In downtown Asheville there is a beautiful historic building with restaurants and artisan shops called The…

  • North Carolina

    North Carolina

    I have been checking out the sites of Western North Carolina for the last week, staying in Winston Salem and taking day trips to Charlotte, Greensboro and Asheville. Across the street from where I am staying is a gallery space for The Associated Artists of Winston Salem. Last night I went to an opening for…

  • Michelle meets the new President

    Friend and fellow member of PAQA, Michelle Hardman went to Barack Obama’s inauguration. Michelle worked tirelessly for the Obama campaign traveling to several states to get out the vote message. Michelle also organized getting art quilts hung in the Chicago Obama campaign office. Michelle is wearing a scarf created especially for the events by Susan…

  • Christmas lunch with the CSOF

    Christmas lunch with the CSOF

    Sunday was the annual Chicago School of Fusing Christmas lunch with Jane Sassaman, me, Frieda Anderson, Emily Parson, Laura Wasilowski and Anne Lullie. Frieda brought Champagne and cranberry juice for Poinsettias, yumm! Emily brought out her 25 little knit socks for an advent calendar she is making. They were so cute, every one wanted to…

  • Quiet morning walk in the neighborhood

  • Chicago School of Fusing May birthday lunch.

    Chicago School of Fusing May birthday lunch.

    This week I took a trip out to the suburbs to have lunch with Frieda, Laura and Emily who all have birthdays in May. My morning began by hailing a cab to get to the train station. Chicago cabs are very motivated when they see potential fares. It feels like life slows down outside the…

  • Quilting Arts TV

    After this hectic month, I am now packing my bags to fly to Ohio to tape another segment on QuiltingArts TV. I will be back on Wednesday and will have photos and news to share. Once this next week is behind me I should be back to blogging regularly again.

  • Oh, the weather outside is frightful…

    The wind is howling up to 60 mph winds and it is 15 degrees. That means a wind chill varying from -8 to 4 above zero F. brrrrrrrr….

  • Quilting Arts TV

    Quilting Arts TV

    Quilting Arts TV now has a website, with descriptions of the first 13 episodes under program notes. I am on episode 106, pictorial quilts. You will be able to check the PBS listings from the site to see if and when it airs in your area as well. The site is still in progress so…

  • Quilting Arts TV taping day

    Here I am on set, getting ready for my segment. The set looks fabulous, but hey would you expect anything less from Quilting Arts.Before rolling tape we went through the segment with the producer and talked about what the sequence would be. My segment was scheduled to take 3 minutes. It is amazing how little…

  • Quilting Arts TV

    Around the end of December our favorite quilting magazine Quilting Arts will also be a tv show on PBS. Taping starts later this week. I have been asked to do a three minute spot on an episode with pictorial quilts as the theme. Pam Rupert will be the main guest of this show. I am…