

Nov 1, 2024
How to Create Fire in Fiber Art Work
Dante wrote: "From a little spark may burst a might flame." Living in Northern California's notorious fire region, this quote by Dante is...
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Jan 15, 2023
About Creativity and Working in Series
Let me write about the last topic first. Why do artists create series? - According to a recent group discussion: a) as individual artist...
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Aug 31, 2022
Top Ten in Sampler 3
I photographed my art quilt "Cheers Metamorphosis" with an application called PhotoBooth. It creates the diagonal color stripes. The...
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Aug 17, 2022
Another 30 Stitches in Sampler 2
Continuing with my childhood joy of discovering new embroidery stitches and the "SAQA - Stellar 70" challenge (to do and post something...
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Aug 3, 2022
How an ACN Meeting Leads to Support for the Ukraine
From April 3 to 6, 2022, I met Art Cloth Network (ACN) members for the first time in person at our annual conference in Austin, TX....
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Jul 23, 2022
Rediscovering Childhood Joys in 30 Stitches
One of my pleasures as a child was embroidery. I had my own set of colored yarns and was very proud of it. Sometimes, I stitched...
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Jul 6, 2022
My Adventures with the Orient Express
From childhood on, train rides were positive experiences for me. So, you won’t be surprised that I participated in the fictitious,...
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Apr 15, 2022
Emma FOREVER CHANGED my Life
SAQA Northern California/ Nevada had a call for entry to explore diverse facets of the question if and how we and our lives have changed...
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Jan 4, 2022
Creating a Panel for the Orient Express
After I finished my planned textile panels for the SAQA Orient Express, I offered the remaining wagon to the members, but nobody wanted...
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Sep 13, 2021
Twelve Challenges: A Creative Response to Chaos
“Chaos” is defined as: complete disorder and confusion. Covid-19 created disorder and confusion world-wide. How do creative people react...
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