I am smiling because the beautiful journal quilt in the center, made by my dear friend Frieda Oxenham as part of her 52 Journals exhibit, is hanging on the wall of my studio in Florida! I went to visit Frieda in Scotland last week and attended the Gallery Talk for her exhibit . . .
Read MoreJust this week I received my copy of Sew Somerset Summer 2009 ~ the art of creative sewing with mixed media . . . with my article on Journal Quilts published inside!
Read MoreOn February 5th, I had an email with the subject: Selected for Sew Somerset! They selected 5 of my Journal quilts to publish for a technique-based article.
Read MoreThe book ‘1000 Artist Journal Pages’ by Dawn DeVries Sokol is published! I am so happy to say I found 4 of my fabric journal pages included within…
Read MoreIt’s been a while since I’ve created a Journal quilt . . .
Read MoreJournal Quilt #25, which I completed last week in front of the Saint Lawrence river, while we were vacationing on Wolfe Island at Steven's family cottage
Read MoreI had a couple more pictures in my camera related to Frieda's fabric collage technique I recently tried . . . please read the two posts below this one - 'Fabric Collage' and 'Journal Quilt #24' - for more about this!
Read MoreI know it's been a couple of weeks since I posted a journal quilt . . . you can read my journal entry below (the back of this quiltie) to learn more. This quiltie is #24 in my year long challenge. I hope to create 50 journal quilts by the time we ring in 2008 . . .
Read MoreJournal quilt #23 - and . . . 75 blog posts since January 2007
Read MoreThis little journal quilt was born from experimentation! I’m not sure it’s my favorite, but it’s a good exercise at least.
Read MoreThis weeks fabric journal quilt is continuing to work with my recent idea of trying a new technique to get the quiltie started. In pondering what new thing I could do with fabric, I thought: Why not some kind of mono-print with paint onto fabric for a background?
Read MoreThis weeks’ fabric journal started earlier last week with the idea of wanting to try a new technique and then use the technique for my inspiration.
Read More*Enjoy Life’s Moments* It is so lush and green here in Connecticut right now. This is the peak of the re-growth of things and also where the inspiration for this week’s journal quilt comes from . . .
Read MoreHere is my weekly challenge! This one was simple and fun to do. Each one measures 6" x 6" and I try to make one a week; my goal is to do this for the entire year and put them all together at the end of the year . . .
Read MoreSPRING is the theme of this week’s journal quilt. It has taken a long time for spring to come and stay in Connecticut this year. You’ll still find me on some mornings putting on my down jacket when I go out to walk the dogs because it’s only 40 degrees out!
Read MoreCHANGES . . . That is the theme of this week’s journal quilt. I started with a paper image from the Tallulah’s Drama Queens Sheet I found at Alpha Stamps . . .
Read MoreHere is my latest in my weekly challenge to myself. I am striving for 1 small 6" x 6" Journal quilt per week. I started January 7th and this is my 15th one. I almost did not create one this week . . .
Read MoreSo, I went into my studio to see what I could come up with on the spur of the moment. I had worked a lot on a mixed media collage last week, and so I thought I’d use some elements of that piece on the journal quilt . . .
Read MoreI wanted to do something different this time so I started with a piece of canvas paper as the base of this week’s journal quilt. The Fredrix brand that comes in a pad is a real piece of artist’s canvas . . .
Read MoreThis week I wanted to do a more free-form journal quilt using some of the beautiful fabrics that were still out on my table from my recent fabric art making . . .
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