During my trip to France I spent a day on my own in the city of Blois while the rest of the group went to Chenonceau castle, which I have seen twice before. My self-guided, on-foot tour began at the Chateau Royal. It sits up on a hill, as chateaus do, in order to have […]
Archives for August 2015
El Anatsui, Ghanian Artist
I spent ten days in France at the end of July and through the first part of August, splitting time between the Loire and Dordogne regions. The Loire is well-known for its beautiful chateaux. During this trip I was lucky enough to see the Arts & Nature 2015 exhibition at the chateau of Chaumont-sur-Loire. Each […]
Complex Threads–an E-book
Between 1995 and 1998, I studied with Gail Harker as my tutor for London City and Guilds coursework in design and embroidery. A few years ago, I returned to do a Master Class under her tutelage at the Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts. The outcome of this further study was an exhibition titled “Complex […]
Introduction to Quilt Judging Seminar at 2016 Clark County Quilters Show
For the first time, the National Quilting Association’s Two-Day Introduction to Quilt Judging Seminar will be offered here in the Pacific Northwest. Until this year, interested quilters had to attend the seminar at the annual NQA show, formerly in Columbus, Ohio and currently in Little Rock, Arkansas. I taught the seminar this past June in […]
Georges Sand–writer and avid needleworker
I recently returned from a ten-day trip to France with a group of four others, one of whom is my French professor, Sylvain Frémaux. I have continued to study French throughout my life since beginning at age eleven. In addition to a life-long love of fiber art, I have always been enamored of words and […]
