Sewing, blogging, and creative business.
I’m very excited to have finished this patchwork Progress Pride Flag quilt. The pattern is by Bobbie Gentili from Geeky Bobbin. All of the fabrics are scraps from my stash.
This was a fun project and the finished quilt is really bright and colorful. As part of this process, I also enjoyed learning more about how the design of the Progress Pride flag came to be.
"Gathering"mixed media shadow box with soft sculpture bird8" x 8" This shadow box will be for my show at Lark & Key opening in May. I haven't worked on a shadow box for a long while and it was really pretty fun to do. And the orange and blue and gray – I'm still enjoyingRead More →
This is the second piece in my orange and blue series for a two-person show at Lark & Key in May. I'm also working on a mixed media shadow box with the same color scheme.
I’m back and it was an amazing experience. David and I spent the day on Friday setting everything up and he was so incredibly generous with his time. He built half a dozen shelves from reclaimed wood to display my birds and his smaller paintings. And he brought with him an amazing collection of naturalRead More →
I'm off this afternoon for Atlanta! I'm so excited, but suddenly I'm afraid I'm going to miss my two little girls an awful lot. Here is a another small sampling of what I will be exhibiting. Prices will run generally similar to what they've been in my shop. Please call (404-254-4127) or email Kelly (ybgallery@mindspring.com)Read More →
Working on two pieces at once.
A new color palette for the next few months. Orange, navy, cream and gray. This owl is the first bird in a series of six for a show in the late spring. I love this patchwork fabric. I wrapped his feet with orange thread over the torn strips of cream. New colors make me happy.
My show at Young Blood Gallery in Atlanta with the amazing David Hale opens next week on Saturday night, March 7. I will be there and if you are in the area, I hope you will, too. I'd love to meet you. I have made 17 original soft sculpture birds for this show, my mostRead More →
I couldn’t resist making another. This is Lila and she is a little sweetheart. Her dress is a piece of vintage fabric from my rarely opened box of purple fabrics. And it is adorned with two vintage garter buttons. She is up in my shop now. Roxanne and I took part in a kid’s ATCRead More →
I made another little lark, this one for the shop. I hope you'll check it out. My mom is visiting this week and we are on school vacation so not a ton of sewing going on. But fun projects are in the works for next week. Looking forward to seeing you then.
A little spring lark for a special project.