Best of show at the Umpqua Valley Quilters Guild show was an original pictorial quilt framed with traditional piecing created by Doris Koozer and entitled “Wilderness Reflections.” Here is Doris’s story behind the making of the quilt. “In 2013 I was asked to create a quilt by one of our square dancers for her daughter’s […]
Archives for April 2016
Umpqua Valley Quilt Show–Award of Merit
Last Thursday, April 21st, I judged at the Umpqua Valley Quilters’ Guild 32nd annual show “Stars Over Oregon” and was pleased to bestow an Award of Merit ribbon to Yvonne Cook. Certified judges in the National Association of Certified Quilt Judges (NACQJ) have the option of awarding this ribbon to a quilt which presents exemplary […]
Fresh Fibers–fitting name for a spring show
I attended the artists’ reception at the Sherwood Center for the Arts last Thursday and was surprised to see my three pieces greeting me right inside the front doors. The art center is a newer building in Old Town Sherwood and part of the monthly Artwalk. I had planned to do the Artwalk, but the […]
Clark County Quilters Show and Computer Woes
I’m finally able to post again after having one problem after another with software issues between Photoshop Elements 14 and El Capitan on my Mac. I took Pixeladies PSE Organizer on-line class. I finished well by week three out of four and felt good about how much I had learned and accomplished, especially after dealing […]
Jo Hamilton–Crochet Artist
Artist Jo Hamilton’s show opened today at the Cannon Beach Gallery on the Oregon coast. She explains in her artist statement, “I use a traditional basic crochet technique taught to me at an early age by my Gran. I work one knot at a time, from the inside out, row by row. I always begin […]
