I don’t like hand sewing and I hate the sewing machine but both are integral to the projects I create. Back in the day, we had to take...

When I see felted projects on line I love a lot of them. Felting blends the fibers to become a whole. They look awesome so, of course, I...

I was part of a start-up trying to initiate a fiber arts group. I do fabric collage and was excited to meet people of like mind. What I...

I have become a collector of vintage baby clothes. It was incidental/accidental but isn’t that how most collections start? I now have at...

A fellow artist was working on a manikin for an exhibit, so, of course, I was interested. She wound up calling me for advice on using...

It’s 8:30 am, not too hot & humid, so I felt like doing. Sometimes I get into what I call a creative frenzy and I have all these ideas...

The inspiration/motivation for this piece was a bag of quilt fabric pieces a friend gave me. Not sure if it’s vintage, it was faded, but...

Pounding, flower pounding, hammered printing, they all equal fun prints with plants. It’s always fun & exciting to see the results. I do...

I enjoy flipping through decorating magazines and every time I see an upcycled chandelier I love it. My style is shabby chic, romantic &...

I went to an art opening at Women’s Work for the show , ‘Women at Work’. I had one of my vintage vignettes hanging. The show was...

If you had asked me last month if I sketch out my ideas I would have said no. Now I’m looking through some old journals and I see...

I like to play and experiment with art. I look for new techniques and things I like and try them. I probably spend most of my time trying...

I saw an eco-printed shirt at a gallery shop & I loved it. It turned out I knew the artist and she was there at the opening. I bought the...

I want to talk about my process for fabric collage. I think it’s fun & interesting, hope you do too. I usually start with an image or...

I’ve been wanting to get a free-motion foot for a while because I see projects I want to try. I was too cheap to buy it until now. These...

This project is still evolving; clearly I had no plan. The cover is from a pocketbook I bought last year at the Holmes Whaley Lake Civic...

As a fiber artist, I am drawn to vintage materials, and I seem to have acquired quite a collection. I even think about opening a vintage...

Recently I saw a class to do a geode paint pour – I loved the image and signed up for the course. Sometimes I take a class, read it in a...

I decided to go through my older work and start weeding out. 3 pieces I took apart for reuse (most of what I do is upcycling). Other...

The following series of 3 was me working on stitching to see what it could do for my art. Above: I did some embroidery, on the pink/white...