IQF's "Friends For Life" Pet Project

Below are my postcards for this year.

 These will be part of the Friends For Life

Pet project at Houston's Quilt Festival

in October/November.

More than $60,000. has been raised in the past 2 years!!!

There's still time to contribute a 4x6 postcard!

Go to Pokey's Ponderings Blog for info.

IQF World of Beauty Acceptance

My "Marilyn II" has been accepted at Houston

for 2014!

I'm excited to have a total of 5 quilts at Houston this year!

Dinner@8- Reflections

2- It's Raining Cats and Dogs

SAQA Celebrating Silver

World of Beauty

A snippet from Marilyn II

TEXAS QUILT MUSEUM

Just received the Butterfly Whirl:

Contemporary Quilt Art Exhibit Catalog

Butterflies are amazing and the quilts are

even more amazing!

This exhibit will tour through 2017

 My "Flutterby" Quilt

Radical Elements Exhibit Opens

SAQA's Radical Elements Exhibit opened at

Montgomery College in Silver Springs, Maryland

April 1- May 9, 2014

Looks like this couple found my "salt figure"

in my Sodium Salt Flat Quilt

2014 SAQA 12x12

Sent in my SAQA Auction quilt of "Winston Buford". 

I've been busy working on 4 quilts at once

and an idea for one more.

November News

The "What's for Dinner" Exhibit was quite a hit! Here's the news article with my "Picnic in Maine" place setting.

IQF at Houston

I'll be heading to Houston at the

end of the month.

This year I have 3 quilts on display...

"Tiger" in Raining Cats & Dogs Special Exhibit,

What's for Dinner Exhibit

& Dinner@8 Exquisite Moments

 Tiger also was chosen to be included in

Quilt Scene Magazine for the festival.

SAQA Journal Spring 2013

The recent SAQA Journal had selections

from Seasonal Palette. My "Tasty Tomatoes"

was in the summer group.

My "Little Latte" is one of the quilts in the

2013 Benefit Auction Flyer.

12 x 12 Quilt Auction Begins September 9th!

Modern Quilt

I just finished my first modern quilt!

I used a jelly roll and white fabric

to make up my own design.

The vine lime background gave me my

free-motion pattern so I 

top-stitched from the back side.

I love the leaf design that came through

on the top side!

Milo in Amsterdam

My husband and I visited the Netherlands at the end

of our Rhine Riverboat Cruise.

It was such fun to visit my quilt at the

Open European Quilt Championships.

"Milo" is part of the Dinner@8 Rituals 2012 exhibit.

An Exquisite Moment

Just juried into Dinner@8 "Exquisite Moment" Exhibit

 to debut at IQF in Long Beach!

My quilt is titled "The Ring"- 

the moment my husband proposed. 

Detail of the ring.

The Great Graphix Challenge

I am participating in the Grafix Challenge

which will be in the May/June issue of Cloth Paper Scissors.

My best friend- Winston Buford posed for me so I

could test out the Computer Transparency Film.

Here's the finished piece. The transparency was attached with thread
on my sewing machine. Below is my test piece with the
printed transparency sewn to a piece of batting.
It was very easy to free-motion around his head.

Here I was testing the Shrink Film by painting tomatoes and a
coffee cup. Easy! In the finished pieces I decided to do buttons.
I loved cutting hearts out with my pinking shears- it produced a beautiful
scalloped edge. (Don't forget to punch holes BEFORE baking!)

Here they are shrunk.

Here are the heart buttons with the scalloped edge.
Computer Transparency Film used for the wedding photo
and attached with ribbons threaded through hole punches.

One more product I tested was Matte Dura-Lar Film.
Great product for tracing photos (right side)
then enlarging the image to your desired size.
(left side)

Quilting Arts April/May Issue

I have a new article published

this month using Tsukineko Inks

and Newspaper Transfer.

Also included are some quilts from 

Seasonal Palette.

My Tasty Tomato quilt is one of them.

http://www.quiltingdaily.com/blogs/quiltingarts/archive/2013/03/15/april-may-issue.aspx

Kick Off Your Heels Fundraiser

What fun to let your imagination go wild

 on a pair of shoes for such a great cause!

Flowers make me happy

using my favorite black, red & white palette.

This is just one of the many projects I have been working on since the start of the New Year!

Just finished my "Ruby Slippers"!

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