Kaffe Fassett Workshop

Man what a weekend! Fibers in Motion hosted Kaffe Fassett here in Portland on May 10th for a slide show and lecture and then on Sunday May 11th there was a workshop in the store for 25 of us quilters...it was wonderful! I am on such a creative high right now I feel I can do just about anything! The above picture is Kaffe critiquing my quilt layout at the end of the day and let me tell you all 25 quilts were beautiful. He and his business partner Brandon Malby worked with us all day long going around and giving suggestions and pulling fabric suggestion together for each quilt. He came by and suggested an orange fabric and then wisked away. I had Luann cut me a half yard of it and another orange I liked and put it up and man oh man was it beautiful..."Juicy" as Kaffe would say in his descriptions of wonderful color combinations. I truly loved being around him and watching him look at all the layouts and fabrics. Thank you Luann for bringing him to us! We will never be the same.
This week is also Quilt market and I am able to go as a teacher connected with Fibers In Motion. I am extremely excited for this and look forward to seeing all the new fabrics, tools and books coming out. I have gone to the Outdoor Clothing and Ski shows for years but have never been so excited to walk the show like I am for this. I know I will come home and have to document all my ideas right away so I don't forget about them.
I am putting together my teaching schedule for the summer. Please see the sidebar for updated classes and schedule

New look for the Blog

I hope you have a friend like I have...Paula you are the best. My art buddy here in Portland is Paula.www.dreamciclejourneys.blogspot.com I went to her house yesterday and she helped me go through all the fun things on customizing this blogspot . We had fun. I was so inspired by her studio and journals she is working on. I really needed that shot in the arm. So thank you Paula. I have been working on the not so fun stuff to pay the bills. I need to push through that so I can get back to the fun stuff in my studio. I did get excepted to teach Inspirational Fabric Collage at Art Fiber Fest in October 2008 and Silly Sock Creatures at Art and Soul Retreat in October 2008. I really look forward to both those venues. The class schedules should be up on their websites by end of March. visit them now and check the exact dates. View my side bar for pictures of the socks creatures and fabric collage.
Remember Life is Good!

Sock Creatures the Next Adventure!

This was a really fun class I had a few weeks ago at Fibers in Motion. My Sock Creature classes were asking for MORE..show us MORE. So we had "The Next Adventure" We made some four-legged friends and had a great time laughing. Everyone did a great job. Look for more classes this spring at Fibers. LuAnn said she will put me on the schedule again!

Close Incounter

Happy New Year! My slogan this year is "USE IT UP" I have way too much fabric and stuff in my studio and I don't want to get rid of it so I have to use it up. I was very inspired by the Uncommon Quilter where Jeanne Williamson made a small quilt each week for 7 years. Now I am not committing to 52 quilts this year but I am going to try and use up some my fabrics and "Do-dads" I have in my studio. My first one here was inspired by an exhibit at the Portland Art Museum my friend Paula and I went to yesterday...Chuck Close. He does wonderful stuff. This small 8.5" x 11 quilt was inspired from his color work. I love it. I will have more to come.
Remember Life is Good!

New Projects

I have just finished up some projects for class proposals and for Fibers in Motion. They are my version of Inspirational Fabric Collage. I am trying to use up fabric, beads, 3-D scrapbook "goodies" and all this other stuff I have been collecting for years because my studio is bulging at the seams...yes pun intended! I truely love what I am making and can't wait to make more. I am going to stay with small items like purses and wall hangings. The budda is a work in progress and a sewing machine cover I started in my class to show my students. After going to the bead show I found some great stuff to sew on for embellishments.
If you are interested in taking my Fabric collage class, I will be teaching that at Fibers In Motion On January 26, 2008 here in Portland. www.fibersinmotion.com for more detials.

Here is Dilda and Carla. You are just too funny!

ArtFiber Fest 2007

Well, I am settled back at home and looking at my pictures...there are too many to post! I had a great class! Thanks to all my students who did a great job on their creations and made me laugh about them...even the unauthorized ones. (Dilda, you know who you are!) We had great weather up at the Fort and a really fun group. My fabric dyeing class with Denise Warner was so colorful and fun...I finally got the dye off my hands yesterday. My fabric journal is beautiful from Pam Garrisons class. Every ones was so pretty. Looking forward to next year!