It has been an eventful week since I last posted to this blog. We left home early last week Tuesday and drove 13 hours (from the middle of Saskatchewan, all…
I am scheduled to teach a couple of Machine Embellishment classes later this year. The first two-day workshop takes place during week 2 of Quilting by the Lake, the last…
“Black Magic” was the Creative Daily Acts theme for October. I was a little stumped by the theme and wasn’t entirely sure how I could interpret it. I am not…
Thanks for returning today for Part II of Joanne’s guest blogger post. Joanne is sharing her personal process and the way she selects materials for her individual pieces. She is…
In early June I had the unexpected opportunity to reconnect with an artist friend of mine, Joanne Young. I visited Homer Watson House in the rain and left full of…
Day one was a wonderful teaching experience. It was my first class as Teacher of the Year, and somehow I had renewed energy and a special connection with each student.…
So, you are asking yourself: “What was she thinking?” Sometimes we have to step out of the box, really far out of the box. I stuck to the rules: no…
Do you remember the days when we wrapped the gifts, placed them under tree and experienced that feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment? For me that feelings seems light years in…
… our mailbox contained a large squishy envelope from my friend Mary. In it I found a recipe, an article from Canadian Geographic about Aurora Borealis activity for 2013, and…
The temperature rises, the sun shines and I feel productive again, finally. I was beginning to wonder if I would ever get out of my hibernation “funk”. Maybe I feel…
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