Something About Nothing

I wrote about my class with Judy Coates Perez and now it's time to write about all the other wonderful classes I attended. I really enjoyed the Friday Sampler class. There were 25 teachers!  I couldn't make it to all the demos so I had to pick and choose a few favorites. I sat in on Lesley Riley's TAP class.  I am a huge fan of TAP (transfer artist paper) and it was great to learn from the inventor of the product.  I have been using TAP for a few years now but I did learn a thing or two about the product. Lesley is one of those teachers I have been friends with on-line and it was great to talk with her after class.   It is so wonderful to meet my on-line friends in person!  Phillipa Naylor , quilter extraordinary, spoke at the first luncheon I attended on Thursday and was very entertaining.  She has a beautiful British accent and is very funny as well.  She started out as a fashion designer and is always dressed impeccably and to ...

Pokey Bolton over at International Quilt Festival has a fund raiser going on to benefit the Friends for Life Animal Shelter in Houston .  I pledged to make a few postcards for the fund raiser and these will be sold at Quilt Festival for $20 each. I started making 4"x6" animal themed postcards but something seemed to go wrong at every turn (I cut off too much, I got extra paint somewhere . . the usual) and so I turned to these fall themed cards which I really like.  Six cards in all in this Falling series: I made monoprints with my Gelli Arts plate and leaves collected on one of my walks .  I really enjoy making monoprints with the leaves.  The question of the day is: Would you be interested in a tutorial on my blog showing how I made the fabric for these postcards?  Let me know your thoughts in the comments. Now to find a place to stash these where I will remember to take them with me. . . And stop on over to Off the Wall Fri...

I was thrilled when Pokey Bolton , Editor-in-Chief at Quilting Arts Magazine and host of Quilting Arts TV , knew who I was.  But later I was a little embarrassed because she knows me because I comment on her blog and facebook page so much.  She, Helen Gregory and Lindsey Murray were all so nice to meet.  They have a job I would love to have some day when I grow up. Anna Maria Horner , designer extraordinare, is the do it all woman.  She designs beautiful fabrics, makes lovely projects and patterns, is active in her church and is mother to a brood of beautiful children.  The oldest is following in her mothers footsteps and has artistic talent galore! Patty Young and her husband were delightful to meet and visit with.  She designs some of the cutest kids clothing patterns, fabrics and now ribbons too. Paula Prass  and her daughter Jennifer Storey have had a very difficult year but you would never tell from visiting with them at Market.  ...