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The good thing about feeling poorly the last week or so is it has given me a chance to reassess the project and do some planning. I had planned from the start to make a total of nine memorial quilts. This is largely because I am making an extra square for each to join together […]

Another fairly unproductive week due to a migraine that wouldn’t respond to my medication. I have a part-time day job so I only have a few dedicated days per week to work on my artwork. When those days are spent curled up in a ball on the sofa with a migraine it is particularly frustrating. […]

Hello all, this seems to be a very busy time of year for me, and a hard one to get a lot of art done in. Every year at this time my husband and I go up to Quebec for a music festival (let’s see if I can get my french approximately right…) le Festivale […]

I’m on vacation, actually I was on vacation last week as well but I managed to get one semi-meaningfull post done ahead of time before I left.  And I even managed to figure out how to schedule posts to publish on their own!  See you all next week!

Oh my freaking word! Woodblock carving is hard! I haven’t tried this since high school art classes. Any printmakers out there who do this on a regular basis, I have a new-found respect for you. I did one small test block to see how this would work as a means of reproducing calico fabric patterns. […]

I have been working on prints for my great-grandmother Grace’s quilt for the last few days. I have been trying to come up with something approaching floral. Not really my wheelbase and frankly I’m not thrilled with the results so far, and I’ve managed to burn myself on my heat gun in the process. I’ve […]

I’m about to undertake the first quilt for a member of the family that I never knew: my great-grandmother Grace Turner Jordan (pictured above). Even though I never knew her I’ve always felt a connection with her for several reasons. First I grew up in her house. The house where she raised 9 children.   And […]

One of the many things that I like about the process of making these memorial quilts is that there are so many different steps to it to suit my different moods. If I am feeling particularly adventurous and creative I can experiment with new types of prints, if I’m feeling like churning out work there […]

I’m finding that sewing can teach you a lot about life if you just pay attention. Today’s lesson is that it generally doesn’t pay to do too many things at once: This is what happens when you try to save yourself time by leaving the bobbin spool on so it will be there when you […]

And a well shot picture is worth even more. I learned a while back that I am not a good photographer. Fortunately for me there is a great photographer who specializes in photographing artwork just a few blocks from me, Jay York. Jay does great work (sometimes I think he makes my work look better […]