Back from Houston

Had an exciting time in Houston. The SAQA Seasonal Palette Exhibit was well received-- loved seeing the quilts displayed on the hard walls.

Bonnie McCaffrey interviewed the Dinner@8 Artists from the Rituals exhibit. The vid cast will be coming soon. The exciting news is that "Milo" will be traveling to the Netherlands and exhibited May 3-5, 2013-- thanks to our curators: Jamie and Leslie!!!!! Milo can also be seen in Quilting Arts Magazine Oct/Nov 2012 issue.

in Stitches Volume 8

The newest in Stitches can now be downloaded! You can even click on a video of me transferring type with a clear transparency and syringe on to fabric or paper or whatever! Don't miss Jane Davila's Creative Collaboration with six artists and six pieces of fabric-- a very fun and surprising project to do with your friends. Order now through Quilting Arts Magazine.

ROY'S traveling Route 66

My Quilt titled: "Roy's" is now traveling through eight states on "The Mother Road Route 66" exhibition. I sent my "Tasty Tomatoes" Quilt off to Ohio this week for it's debut at IQF Houston in October. "Milo" Quilt that is part of the "Rituals" exhibit is also on its way to Houston.

Chicago Class August 2012

Another great Stitch & Paint Animal Portrait Class in Chicago. I was amazed at every individual unique style using the same crayons! And the best part was hearing stories about all of our favorite pets!

CREATE New Jersey/ July 2012

Erica King showing off her Batik Sampler.
Batik Soy Wax class.
Stitch & Paint Pet Portrait Class.
Design Your Own Fabric Class.
New Jersey put on quite a weather show from lightening, thunder, flicker of lights to sunshine. We had a lot of fun in my three classes and produced yards and yards of wonderful fabric.

CREATE New Jersey July 18-20, 2012

Hope to see you in New Jersey! I have 3 classes--Soy
wax Batik, Create your own Fabric and Stitch & Paint Animal Portraits.

Sign up at
www.CreateMixedMediaRetreat.com

Shibori Class in Irvine

 Susan Sanders stack of fabric using SILKS Acrylic glaze-- love the colors!

Serena Brooks stack that she plans to combine into a quilt, made with the SILKS also.

CREATE in Irvine last week

My students Stitch & Paint Animals-- everyone did so well- lots of dogs and 1 goat!!! None of my students were afraid of color! I'm looking forward to getting photos of more finished quilts....

Meet the instructors

Listed below are the blogs to our CREATE Team of Instructors.

Hope you enjoy viewing their blogs. You can still sign up for classes.

Check the retreat link in my earlier post.

The retreat runs from May 30- June 3, 2012.

• Dawn Sokol: dblogala.com/
• Dea Fischer: thestarbook.ca
• Helen Shafer Garcia: agavelatte.blogspot.com
• Jacqueline Newbold: djnewbold.blogspot.com
• Jane LaFazio: janeville.blogspot.com
• Jeannie P. Moore: Jeanniemooresblog.blogspot.com
• Jen Cushman: http://jencushman.wordpress.com
• Joanne Sharpe: joannezsharpe.blogspot.com
• Jodi Ohl: sweetrepeats.blogspot.com
• Leighanna Light: Thingmakerstudio.blogspot.com
• Lisa Engelbrecht: lisaletters.blogspot.ca
• Orly Avineri: oneartistjournal.wordpress.com
• Pam Carriker: pamcarriker.com
• Robin Dudley-Howes: robindudleyhowes.blogspot.com
• Sandra Duran Wilson: sandraduranwilson.blogspot.com
• Sherrie Drummond: sherriejd.com
• Sue Pelletier: suepelletierlaughpaint.com
• Tiffany Teske: tiffanyteske.com

New Video Download available

My new Video- MIXED-MEDIA QUILT ART- Creating with Paint, Stitch and Canvas is available in the download version. The video will be available Irvine CREATE and Interweave.com soon!

Mixed-Media Quilt Art: Creating with Paint, Stitch, & Canvas (Video Download) Price: $14.95 Availability: Download Now Video Download Create with paint, stitch, and canvas to make a mixed-media quilt using a variety of fun and non-intimidating techniques! Write a review Description Preview Materials Learn to make a mixed-media quilt using a variety of fun and non-intimidating techniques with artist Jeannie Palmer Moore. Following Jeannie’s step-by-step process, you can achieve a painterly style on a piece that includes stitched outlines and layers of interest from transfers and paper elements. Get started by tracing and then free-motion stitching a simple contour drawing on canvas. Next, water-soluble crayons are used to color the design (no need to stay within the lines). The colors are blended using a paintbrush, and Jeannie demonstrates basic design techniques, including how to create dimension with shadows and highlights. To build up the layers and create more interest, newsprint transfers (on organza) and transfers from color photocopies are added. Jeannie shares two techniques for making transfers: a full image transfer and a deconstructed image transfer using a Thermofax screen. And finally, one more mixed-media element is added: stitched deli-wrap paper. Join Jeannie to learn her methods for combining all of these techniques into a colorful mixed-media quilt.

CREATE Retreat

Come join us for classes in Irvine-- great people, great instructors, perfect weather in Irvine-- we always have a great time and you are sure to be motivated with many creative projects!!! I have 4 classes- Stitch and Paint Animal Portraits, Shibori Made Easy, Batik with Soy Wax and Design your own fabric. To see more of my artwork go to JPMArtist.com Classes are still available at: http://www.cvent.com/events/create-mixed-media-retreat-orange-county-2012/custom-36-90d047a1616a46198f5258efbba7902d.aspx

Text on Quilts NEW e-book

Quilting Arts has a NEW e-book titled Text on Quilts. Lots of fun techniques.

One of my articles is included.   Text on Quilts e-book

Patt Blair's class at Asilomar

Just finished quilting my "Pink Elephant"- an icon in Palm Desert. I painted this with Patt Blair's techniques using Tsukineko Inks. My sister and I had a great week in Asilomar with Patt. Also started some Italian fruit.

Quilting Arts TV and Video Taping

Just got back from chilly Cleveland where I taped 3 TV segments with Pokey and my own hour long video all in one day...phew! Also did a short video for a future e-mag. So hopefully by Irvine I will have my Stitch and Paint Video available.

Independent Study with Jane Dunnewold

In January I spent a week in San Antonio with Leslie Tucker Jenison during Jane Dunnewold's Independent Study week. The 10 of us had such a great time! The whole week was charged with energy and creativity. I worked on my "tomatoes" for SAQA's Seasonal Palette. Screening on top of my silk tie transfers. I came home very motivated.

CREATE Orange County/May 30-June 3, 2012

Registration for CREATE Orange County has opened. One of my 4 classes is Stitch & Paint Your Favorite Pet or Animal. I have a NEW class: Shibori- the Art of Resist Painting.... Hope to see you there!