Inviting Inspiration – Week 1
Last week, I wrote that doing or learning something new every week was a great way to invite inspiration in. This week, I tried it out myself. I spent the weekend at my guild’s quilt show, surrounded by inspiring quilts. On Monday morning, I drove the show supplies back to …
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Massacre Map
I added a new quilt to the Victims Quilt Project. The entire series is about to hang at the Francesca Anderson Fine Art Gallery in Lexington, MA. It will be on display from February 19th to March 28th with an Opening Reception on February 29th and a Gallery Talk on …
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Rising Star Quilters Guild Quilt Show – Next Weekend!
My guild’s quilt show is coming up! It’s that time of year again…Rising Star Quilters Guild will deck St. Brigid’s Church in Lexington, MA with more than 130 quilts and quilted items on Friday, October 14 from 10 am to 7 pm and Saturday October 15 from 10 am to 5 …
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Design Wall – Elemental Symbols
I mentioned last month that a friend of mine has started a creative community called BirdZeed. Each month she sends out a word to use as inspiration for a piece of art work. This month’s word was “Symbol.” I chose to focus on the symbols for the 4 Elements (Fire, …
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Crayon Challenge
I belong to a bee through the Rising Star Quilters Guild and we recently decided to give ourselves a challenge. We closed our eyes, drew a crayon from a large box, and were then to make a quilt inspired by that crayon. I have done this challenge twice now and I …
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Design Wall Tuesday – #TQSBOM2016
I had an extremely productive weekend. I went to the Geneva Point Center on Lake Winnipesaukee for the Rising Star Quilters annual Spring Fling and three solid days of sewing. My first project of the weekend was to get caught up with The Quilt Show’s 2016 Block of the Month, …
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