My husband Randy and I were driving up in the Skagit Valley yesterday when the sun broke through the weeks of grey and rain. Many people can’t understand the appeal of the Pacific Northwest or couldn’t imagine living here with our weather. One of the things I enjoy is the changes both in the seasons […]
Caverna Magica at SeaTac airport We had a little snafu when we went to set up our “Journeys” CQA show at the SeaTac International Airport earlier this year. The schematics for the cases which they had sent to us were wrong! So, not all of the quilts our jury had picked out fit into the cases. […]
I’ve spent some evenings working more on hand embroidery. Let me know if you want instructions or thread types on any of the stitches! Top Row: Herringbone stitch Herringbone stitch Cretan stitch – similar to herringbone, but with a twist Cable stitch Laced running stitch – simple but looks nice! Pekinese stitch – while this […]
The build-up for the end of the world has been building for over the last year. Based on the end of one of the cycles in the ancient Mayan calendar, there are people who predict that Earth will cease to exist after Friday (12/21/2012.) So, here are the things I want all of my children […]
This weekend I took 6 teenagers to “The Hobbit- An Unexpected Journey.” Parenthood can certainly be described that way (and I’m not talking about unexpectedly becoming a parent.) The stages and changes you and your children go through take one by surprise. I love being a Mom and getting to watch my sons (and their […]
Our dogs playing in the water at Moclips, WA, Pacific Ocean Is there anything as wonderful as a beautiful ocean beach? There are so many aspects and differences between beach types and we have some truly marvelous variations on the Pacific coast. I took these photos for design inspiration, when on a trip to […]
While I currently define myself as a “fiber and mixed media artist”, I struggle with the definition. I started early on as a seamstress,then as a costume designer. I moved to being a quilter for a short while, then specialized in art quilts. I’ve played around with many styles, but basically feel my niche is in representational […]
Two blissful days of studying and practicing Elizabethan Embroidery… seems a little self-indulgent when I’m not prepared for the upcoming holidays, but wonderful nonetheless. Our instructors, Gail Harker and Penny Peters were wonderful and the class was both intense, yet relaxing. It may not seem like much, but here is my sampler of some of […]
Queen Elizabeth 1 in stunningly embroidereddress We started the Elizabethan embroidery class today with a slide show of incredible examples both from paintings and surviving pieces of embroidery. Of course, fashion followed the monarch herself. Her intricately embroidered dresses were masterworks and sometimes were so heavily jeweled that she would have to be carried, rather […]
Look at the elaborately detailed embroidery Preparations all complete, I’m off for two days to the Gail Harker Center for the Creative Arts to learn all about and practice Elizabethan Embroidery. I’ve really been looking forward to this, as I do all of the classes at Gail’s, partially because so much of my work is […]
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