Remember how I said in an earlier post that I was thinking of jazzing up the Pieceful Nights pattern with some non traditional fabric? I think I did just that! :)
  These colors and fabrics will go great in my daughter's room. This quilt finishes out to 63" square so it should make for a neat "pop" on her twin size bed. She's thrilled!
   I'm excited to see this quilt come to life with a completely different and modern twist. I think the group of ladies that I'm teaching will also get a kick out of it.
   How often do you feel stuck in a rut? When I feel that way, I purposefully try something outside of what I normally would choose just to "break free"! try it yourself next time! Pick some new colors, try a new technique or just plain experiment on your own. What the worse that could happen? :)

 


   Today's the final day of my exhibit at the Doss Heritage and Culture Center in Weatherford!
   A big "thank you" to the curator, Amanda Rush, the Board of Directors and the rest of the staff for all of their hard work and help with the exhibit. It's been great!
  
   Happy Mother's Day!

  I am excited to announce that my fiber art will consistently be shown in Abilene Frame n Art in Abilene, TX!
  The gallery owner, Linda Strickland is wonderful and I consider myself blessed to have another opportunity to exhibit my work!
  So if you find yourself in "Abilene way", stop by and see what's hanging on the walls!

 This is the new project the ladies and I have chosen to replace our Row by Row series. (I didn't have time to design one this time.) Isn't it pretty?
  It is a medallion sampler quilt designed by Lori Smith. It looks complicated, but is actually pretty straight forward because it mainly uses rotary cut triangles and squares. We will begin in September and probably finish next April or May.
  Some of the ladies are going with batiks, but since I did that last time for the Row by Row, I think I might go with more traditional cotton prints. Don't let the word "traditional" fool you though! I think this pattern would be fun to jazz up with some brights! I'll make another post about it once I have my fabrics picked, so check back and see what I come up with!
 

   I finished the sample! (Please ignore the date on the picture...I forgot to reset the date on my camera! :)
   This is the class series I started teaching back in September of last year and I am so pleased with the results! It's one thing to design something on paper (or in this case EQ7) and quite another to see the real thing come together. I love the batiks and that even though the rows are all different, there is still good flow to the overall quilt.
   I'm choosing not to quilt it right now, so that if/when I teach the series again, it will be easier to store and show the new students the backs of the blocks.
   I am so proud of the six ladies who have taken these classes! They have all worked so hard and their blocks and rows are looking beautiful! The best part? They've formed some neat friendships with each other along the way!
   Even though we still have two more meetings before we are truly "finished", we've already decided that we don't want the fun to end! We will start a new project in September. So be on the look-out for more posts!

    Yippee!!! After many months of work and anticipation, my husband and I delivered 20 pieces to the Doss Heritage and Culture Center yesterday! We had the privilege of helping install them as well and it was so exciting to watch the bare wall transform into my exhibit. The curator had some great ideas on spacing and placement and I am really pleased with the final results. Want to see? You'll have to go to Weatherford and visit the museum for yourself! :o) The exhibit opens tomorrow, Feb 12th, and runs through May 12th. The reception will be on March 22nd from 5-7pm. For more info, visit: http://dosscenter.org. Hope to see you there!!!!

                 Happy New Year!
     I always love New Year's Day. I realize it's a day like any other, but it just feels different to me. We always put the Christmas stuff away a day or two after Christmas, and clean the house (we don't like starting off the new year with last year's mess.) so everything feels fresh.
      I'm not a fan of New Year's resolutions though, because I feel like we should try our best every day God gives us breath. Instead, I try to look for new opportunities to serve and bless others, to grow relationships and to use my God-given talents and abilities to glorify Him. Sometimes, I get so busy with "life" and what it entails that I see these opportunities as burdens instead of blessings.
      So as 2012's door slams shut and 2013's door bursts open, I'm going to try my best to be looking for all of the opportunities in my life! 

     I hope you and yours had a  blessed Christmas and are happily anticipating a New Year! 2013 is going to start off pretty busy around here, with my solo exhibition at the Doss Heritage and Culture Center (dosscenter.org) opening on February 12th. The photo on the left is one of the promotional images. Great, isn't it?! The folks at the Doss have done an awesome job pulling everything together!
    The exhibit will run through May 12th, so there should be plenty of opportunities for those of you in the area to see it. And the timing couldn't be better, because it runs during the Texas wildflower season too!

     I just finished this quilted jacket that I started back in April and I am excited to have it done! It was actually more challenging than I had anticipated, partly due to working with a diagonal stripe. I managed to use up the fabric I had purchased with only scraps left over, and still achieve the stripes going the correct direction! When I first purchased this fabric, I couldn't quite envision how it was all going to come together, but I am pleased with the result.
    It's funny how different "quilting" seems when you are going to wear the final product! Color choices and pattern selection take on a whole new dimension when you put the item on, instead of hang it up or lay it on
a bed! :)

    My favorite part is actually the back. The pin weaving was a first for me and even though I have heard many quilters groan in protest over the process, I rather enjoyed it! I am thinking of ways I can incorporate the weaving into my fiber art pieces as well. Pretty neat!