Tag: mixed media

  • Join me for a workshop in 2025!

    Join me for a workshop in 2025!

    After taking a year off from teaching workshops on the road, I have two 5-day Ink, Print, Repeat workshops on the books for 2025. I can’t think of a better time to spend knee deep in creative mode making beautiful dyed and printed fabrics. Ink, Print, Repeat Explorations in textile pattern design using DIY acrylic…

  • Changes…

    Changes…

    2023 Happy NEW Year!!! I wanted to update you on my future of teaching in-person workshops on the road. A lot has changed over the last several years as the pandemic has lingered and we re-evaluate how and where we spend our time and energy. And we need to get used to the idea that…

  • Come along on a virtual tour of New Zealand with me

    Come along on a virtual tour of New Zealand with me

    Now that we’re all house bound, I can’t think of a better time to do some armchair traveling, so follow along with me over the next couple months while I share weekly posts on each location I visited on my trip to New Zealand. I left Sacramento on January 27th, after 2 years of planning…

  • My weekend with Tea and Llamas

    My weekend with Tea and Llamas

    Last weekend I flew to Colorado to give a lecture and teach a workshop. My trip did not get off to a good start because my flight was delayed 6 times since the night before LAX had a 3 hour power outage which screwed up the schedule for any plane flying threw LAX, which is…

  • Peace, love and happiness in the heart of bourbon country

    Peace, love and happiness in the heart of bourbon country

    Last week I had the privilege to teach at Ephemera Paducah, and what a great time I had at this wonderful art and mixed-media supply store, workshop space and retreat facility. Besides being the home of the National Quilt Museum, Paducah also has a thriving arts community which could be one of the leading factors…

  • Tea and Ephemera in Santa Clara

    Tea and Ephemera in Santa Clara

    I had a great time with the ladies in the Santa Clara Valley Quilt Association last week. I drove down on Sunday to give a Monday morning lecture followed up with a private viewing at the San Jose Quilt and Textile museum and Tea and Ephemera Workshop on Tuesday. I love how these two pieces…

  • Wanna jump start your creativity?

    Wanna jump start your creativity?

    Check out this roster of great teachers! offering lots of great quilting and mixed media classes. I’m thrilled to be teaching again at this super fun retreat. Here’s what’s on my Craft Napa schedule: Paint and Printapalooza 2-days Thursday – Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm Make your own personal fabric line! Learn a variety of techniques for creating…

  • 10+ Techniques with Acrylic Inks workshop in Sacramento

    10+ Techniques with Acrylic Inks workshop in Sacramento

    As much as I love traveling to fun places to teach, there’s nothing better than teaching close to home! This weekend I taught a 2 day class at Meissner’s Sewing in Sacramento. This is my second time teaching at Meissner’s, it’s such a great place for workshops. They have a nice big classroom with a…

  • You win some and you lose some, it’s all about perspective

    You win some and you lose some, it’s all about perspective

    BUSHWHACK Bushwhack: to cut a path through dense vegetation.  Inspired by patterns in nature, I saw each block like plant cuttings scattered on the ground. 40’ x 40” You may remember when I posted some progress photos of this quilt several months ago. I started to make it for sheer pleasure, but as I was sewing…

  • Succulent Love

    Succulent Love

    I have always loved succulents and cacti. Years ago when I lived in Los Angeles, I had a pretty big collection, but I had to give them away when I moved across country. Now that I’m back in California and in a drought, I’ve given up my thirsty garden and have been accumulating succulents again.…

  • Mark your calendar for this special fundraiser

    Mark your calendar for this special fundraiser

    I’m happy to share that once again I will be contributing artwork to Virginia Speigal‘s FiberArt for a Cause fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. This year The 100 Fundraiser to Fight Cancer will bring FiberArt for a Cause’s total contribution to a total of 1/4  million dollars! by raising $10,000 in one day on February 4, 2015. This is…

  • Spend a week immersed in the ultimate creative exploration using Acrylic Inks with me!

    Spend a week immersed in the ultimate creative exploration using Acrylic Inks with me!

    Oh my gosh, what could be more wonderful than crisp cool mornings, fall colors, and uninterrupted creative time in the Great Smoky Mountains for a whole week! Sounds like heaven to me and it’s coming up soon! October 12-18, I will be teaching an  Acrylic Ink Textile Adventure at Arrowmont, and I keep thinking of new techniques to…

  • Exploring new directions with a variety of media

    Exploring new directions with a variety of media

    Recently I used acrylic inks to bring new life to a couple ‘finished’ pieces that, to put it simply, felt unfinished. I really love the way they look after adding a larger, more colorful, image. Each piece now has a dominant focal point painted with acrylic inks on top of a subtle, mainly monochromatic, background that was created with a variety…

  • Growing pains

    Growing pains

    I think it’s important to keep growing, learning, honing skills and expanding ones repertoire. The hard part is how all encompassing it can sometimes feel. I’ve been very busy with several projects that unfortunately I can’t really talk about. One is an art quilt entry for an exhibition, and the rest are projects and prep…

  • Getting back into creative mode

    Getting back into creative mode

    Now that I’m pretty much settled in, the holidays are over and life is returning to its new normal, it’s time to get back to work. Recently, my good friend Lesley Riley, asked me to submit a piece for a new book she’s doing on quotes, if you’d like to participate check out her call…

  • More CSA Artbox’s in the works

    The Artbox CSA has been such a cool project, that the group decided to invite a couple amazingly talented friends to join us this time around; Tracie Lyn Huskamp and Kelli Nina Perkins!  We are going to offer 3 new artbox options: a six piece full box and 2 different four piece half boxes just in time for the…

  • Gimme Shelter

    The symbolism of home and shelter is very significant to me right now. I am on the cusp of a major life transition, and home, as I am sure I will have some form of shelter as I go through this, is a bit ambiguous right now. My marriage of more than 20 years came…

  • Start your fiber art collection now with a CSA ArtBox!

    You’ve heard of buying a CSA farm box of veggies from a local grower and having it delivered to your door right? Well, ArtBox, CSA is a smilar concept that a group of well known and loved 🙂 textile artists are trying out. We have created a beautiful collection of unique artwork to be delivered and ready to hang in your…