Pieces and Resistance

Morning flight to Toronto was a wee plane with the copilot standing in for steward. As my friend Bev pointed out -- an aisle seat is also ...

I'm still thinking about the Surface Design Sampler class this week in Montreal. The group was so diverse, so welcoming, and so fun. I...

I hate to leave home, and hate to come home. And in a day, I'll be doing the leave/return thing again. So, I'm going to spend all ...

Suzanne went through all the processes we could think of to do with thickened dye in my Montreal "Surface Design Sampler" class....

Yesterday Suzanne took a cutter to my wonderful fabric (which she now owns) and made a glorious New Big Leaf. I hope to someday see the fi...

I think this is a first -- some glitch won't allow me to post a photo. Might be because I'm in Canada, away from my usual smooth tec...

Russell Serrianne's work Magnification: arbor vitae caught my eye. I was sure that it was thin wire. He has sanded the tendrils, ap...

Time to pack it all up, the dyes, the silkscreens, the Big Leaf quilts. Car is gassed up, maps at the ready. I'm headed to Montreal to...

I have a test to see just how long is long it takes to get proper color set in dying. Not the most scientific, but I've sent half thro...

Regina Sweet took my Surface Design Sampler class last fall at the Schweinfurth. Yesterday a group of art quilters met and her works, st...

I'd try to capture tonight's full moon, but my little camera is far too weak to do that. So, in lieu of this month's moon, d...