by Karen | Apr 21, 2015 | Current Project
I thought it was appropriate to do my first post about “These are grains of our lives” project. It is part of the “Art & Soul Art Show” taking place in Twin Falls, Idaho on April 17th – May 2nd. This is the fifth year of the Art...
by Karen | Jan 3, 2015 | Current Project
Today I was blessed to spend several hours with three different quilters and we mostly talked about our lives as quilters. It got me thinking about why we quilt and how that effects ourselves and others. One of the things that impressed me today is how eager a quilter...
by Karen | Nov 28, 2014 | Current Project
A day in the life of a compulsive art person. My day started by my husband dragging me out of bed very early to go get a cup of coffee. On the way we saw the most beautiful sunrise. Of course it took about 20 minutes longer than usual because I made him stop every...
by Karen | Oct 15, 2014 | Current Project
Now that I am back from my recent trip it is thrilling to be back in my studio working on a new art quilt called “These are the grains of our lives.” In one of my previous posts I mentioned the pictures that I have taken of grains in old wood logs. As you...
by Karen | Oct 3, 2014 | Being More Creative, Current Project
As some of you know I have lots of family living in the Seattle area. My children and nephew live in and around Seattle proper and my two sisters and their kids live on Whitby Island. One of my sisters just purchased an older mobile home that needed alot of TLC so I...
by Karen | Sep 19, 2014 | Current Project
As some of you know I was in the San Francisco Bay area in August and one of the great things I did there was help my two daughters collect ideas and different parts for their joint Halloween decorating theme. Needless to say I was all fired up when I got home to do...