Just finished this piece, “Indian Paintbrush” which is all free motion stitching on top of watercolor painted linen. It’s 16 x 20″, mounted on bass wood cradle board. I kind of changed the process and flow with this piece, working through the process with more of a “dialogue” than a planned outcome. Often, coming from…
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There are certain color combinations that Nature reveals that just lodge right into my heart. These Cannas from The Christchurch Botanical Gardens in New Zealand did just that. The saturated oranges and yellows popped against the dark blue greens and plums, calmed by the cool background. I find this kind of scene irresistible. I enjoyed…
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Summer is upon us on the Poudre Canyon in Colorado, and it’s simply beautiful. Not too hot, nice and cool at night, green-green-green. I am back in the groove of stitching and embroidering after my show in Denver, at Cherry Creek Arts Festival. It was a wonderful show, and I did very well, and am…
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I’ve been thrilled to spend the last three weeks here in New Zealand, visiting my son Evan and his partner, Rosara and our granddaughter Mira for the month. It’s a paradise here- kind of a cross between Northern California and Tahiti and a great metropolitan area all at once. For the most part, the weather…
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Happy New Year my friends and followers! It feels like a fresh, new time in my life. I have ended certain business relationships in my life, and have opened new ones. I have integrated fiber more and more into my work- both in my jewelry and work to hang on the wall. I am excited…
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I am back from Kansas City, and the Brookside Art Annual last weekend. It was a good show, with all kinds of crazy midwestern weather- winds, rain, cold-damp, sun- all over the board. I showed my new textile work for the first time, and it was a resounding success. I sold one of the Fiber…
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Hello! It’s been far too long since I’ve posted in my blog. I wanted to update you with my schedule and happenings in my studio. Tomorrow morning, I leave for the Brookside Art Annual, in Kansas City, MO. It’s a show that I LOVE, and have done about ten times in the past. Wonderful customers,…
Continue reading →It’s been such a long time since I have posted here in my blog. Between Covid, and shows and so much work I can hardly handle, something had to give. I will try to get back to blog posts more regularly! In the meantime, enjoy this new and very rough video that I made of…
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I often have to juggle things in my life. I always have, and I always seem to thrive in an environment of multi-tasking. I make my living in various ways, and lately I have had a lot of work designing for my job with the knitters in Nepal. I was very busy earlier with deadlines…
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I have been in love with textiles since I was a girl. I sewed buttons onto cloth with mother when I was 3 or 4, and made my first cross stitch sampler when I was 9. Eventually, it became my whole world. I always sewed my own clothes, embroidered on jeans (this was the 60’s…
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