Our next stop in our travels took us to Crested Butte, Colorado. Wow, what a gorgeous and quirky little town. It’s an old Western style town full of old patched together buildings combined with upscale ski resort condos. It was packed full of little interesting places to eat, saloons, shops, galleri...

Here's what Rod posted on Facebook on Saturday morning of our Cheesman Park show in Denver this past weekend.  Little did we know that this image would be a foreshadowing of things to come.  We had a great day on Saturday with steady traffic but Sunday was considerably slower until around 4PM, an ho...

Well, we did it!  We survived Ann Arbor, the "bucket list" show and it was good.  I see why some artists have chosen not to do the show any more because it was very hard.  The days were Wednesday through Friday, 10-9 and Saturday, 10-6.  That's a LONG time to sit in a tent.  Don't get me wrong, ...

This past weekend we participated in Art Fair on the Square in Madison, Wisconsin.

http://www.mmoca.org/art-fair

There were 475 artist booths surrounding the Capitol Square and the weather was perfect! Madison was gorgeous with lakes on both sides of the square providing cool breezes. The ...

We are eagerly anticipating our version of the All American Road Trip!  Let me tell you how this road trip came about:
Rod and I knew we wanted to attend a family reunion in Idaho in August so we decided to design a road trip around that goal. We knew we wanted to participate in some shows along ...

As I said in my last post, we had an intimate group of 8 students in our class with Rosalie Dace.  We were from all walks of life,  among us, a physician, an art professor, an English professor, and several other educators.  This was a very personal journey for all of us.

Sheila decided to make a...

Last week, my friend, Sheila Stern and I hit the road and traveled to Columbus, Ohio, for a week at Quilt Surface Design Symposium.  We took Rosalie Dace's class, "Here and Now".  This was a class with emphasis on color and value, line, shape and texture to express our own journey to where we are no...

I've enjoyed my time off from doing shows these last few months.  The extra time to create has taken some unexpected turns.  I've been having a great time quilting but am also making bags, clutches, digital cases and more.   My thought has been to make something functional and fun.  Also, they had t...

Some of you may recall an accident I had last year when one of my halogen spotlight clamps came loose while setting up a show.  It slowly lowered and came to rest on one wall of my booth, burning a hole through one quilt, melting a hole in the mesh wall and burning another spot in a second quilt.  I...

I know I'm going to sound old when I write this but here we go: They just don't make fabric like they used to!  The thread count has gotten lower as the price of cotton has gone up.  That's one of the reasons why I usually work with tightly woven batiks and beautiful silks.

This quilt is made...