CREATE! New Jersey

I had the great pleasure of teaching some workshops at CREATE Mixed Media Retreat in New Jersey a couple weeks ago. Here's what it looked like...

[photo expansion quilts]

[fabric collage pendants]

[thread painted mini art quilts]

[shrink film jewelry]

I'd like to thank all my wonderful students and the folks at Bernina for sponsoring me.

upcoming...

Announcing..... CREATE Mixed Media Retreat - New Jersey! I'll be teaching four workshops (Photo Expansion Quilts, Fabric Collage Pendants, Thread Painted Mini Art Quilts and Shrink Film Charms), July 18th and 19th. Come play with me.

Of course, if you can't wait 'til July, you can join me next month in VA Beach for Art & Soul!

[imaginative free-motion machine quilting | Art & Soul]


[fabric collage pendants | Art & Soul + CREATE NJ]


[photo expansion quilts | CREATE NJ]


[thread painted mini art quilts | CREATE NJ]

in stitches

FYI, I have an article (and a goofy, but informative video) about drawing with bobbin thread, in the current in Stitches eMag --- available for both MAC and PC. Check it!

CREATE - Chicagoland

Well, I'm back from my Chicagoland adventures (and also Cleveland adventures, but that's another story). Sadly, what was to be the second annual mini college reunion with my friends Brian and Norm didn't happen, due to circumstances beyond our control - or what Brian referred to as "stupid adulthood." Nonetheless, I had a marvelous time at CREATE Mixed Media Art Retreat.

Here's what it looked like:

[photo expansion quilt]












[I was lucky enough to be in a Bernina sponsored classroom so all the students got to use shiny new Berninas!]














[As promised students...here are some pictures of the cat photo expansion quilt that someone made in a previous workshop. Incredible, right?]




[(fabric) artist trading cards]








[fabric collage pendants]




























[wearing the finished product!]


[one student decided to focus on the collage and not the jewelry-making...]


[having a mad, passionate love affair with the Bernina!]


Thanks to all my brilliant students, Pokey Bolton and all the peeps involved in organizing the event. If you were in my workshops and took any pictures during class, please send them to me - especially if I have jazz hands in the pictures!