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Chickadee Fall Paint Party

Posted in Animals, Paint Party, tagged , , , on September 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »

October is here…..Leaf Season! And even better….the Festival of Leaves! Come paint this fall painting with us on Thurday, October 12th to kick off the Festival of Leaves. Click here for more information and to register. Invite a friend.

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Abstract Palette Knife Flower Class

Posted in Abstract, daily painter, Flowers, tagged , , on September 29, 2023| 2 Comments »

Have you ever wanted to try to paint with a palette knife? If is so much fun!!!! Join us on Sunday, October 8th at 2 pm to give it a try. We’re painting this one on a large canvas. Click here to register. Invite a friend and let’s have some fun!

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Trees & Gifts Table Topper

Posted in Holidays, Quilting, tagged , , , on September 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Just finished the Tree & GIft Table Topper last night and got the binding on. I love it. Lincoln isn’t sure yet. And it can easily be made into a tree skirt as well. Cute, huh?

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Work Continues on Dianne’s Mural

Posted in Landscape, Private Lesson, tagged , on September 26, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Dianne and I worked on the mural again on Sunday for 3 more hours. We got the fall panel about 90% complete….and got a start on the Winter sky. Dianne’s traveliing some the next few days so we won’t get to work on it again until she returns. I think it’s moving along faster than Dianne thought it would even though it’s a huge project. More to come.

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Penny’s Cute Drawstring Skirt

Posted in Sewing, tagged , on September 24, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I had a private session with Penny to teach her to make a drawstring skirt. It’s my bad for not asking her to wear something to “match” for a photo but she was a good sport about trying it on so I could see how it fit and to take her photo. Isn’t it a cute skirt? She said she like pink and purples so this fabric suited her. Great job Penny. We’ll sew again soon!

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And It Begins….

Posted in Landscape, Private Lesson, tagged , on September 23, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I started a mural at my good friend and student Dianne’s home. We have a 26 foot wall to fill and she wants scenes of the valley so we decided to work it in 4 panels….like windows….with each one featuring a season. Because Dianne is helping in the painting we got a good start on the Fall “window”. Because of her travel and my work constraints we are hoping to complete the wall by Thanksgiving. That’s our goal. We’ll keep you posted.

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Little Gouache Sheep

Posted in Animals, Paint Party, tagged , on September 22, 2023| Leave a Comment »

We’ll be painting these cute little sheep using gouache on paper this Sunday, September 24th at 2 pm. Come join us and learn a new medium and create this darling painting. Click here for more info and to register.

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Continuing the Temperature Quilt

Posted in Abstract, Quilting, Serendipity, Sewing, tagged , on September 18, 2023| Leave a Comment »

I worked on my 2023 Temperature Quilt this morning. I have been trying to keep up with it each month. I find if I fall behind it’s hard to get going again. I crocheted a temperature blanket a few years ago. (Read about it here.) After seeing a few Temperature Quilts at a show lasat year I decided to give it a try. The Black and White blocks indicate the beginning of each month. The block are half square triangles with the upper right being the high temp of the day and the bottom left the low temp. The key is on the white paper laying on the upper right side in the photo. There is close up photo of the key below. I’ll post another photo at the end of the year when it’s all done. 🙂

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Amazing Pet Portraits

Posted in Animals, Dogs, Paint Party, Pet Portaits, tagged , , on September 17, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Look at the terrific job these painters did on their pet portraits yesterday!!! They all turned out terrific. Good job everyone! The next pet portrait session is October 29th at 1 pm. Click here to register. There are 5 seats remaining.

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Quick Trip to PA Quilt Extravaganza

Posted in Quilting, Serendipity, Sewing, Travel on September 16, 2023| Leave a Comment »

We had a delightful group of quilters that went on our quick trip to the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza at Oaks PA on Thursday and Friday. We attended the show on Thursday and saw hundreds of amazing quilts and got some great ideas. We shopped the vendors at the show and then had a great dinner and turned in early Thursday night so we could hit the road early Friday morning for our F.A.R.T. (Fabric Acquisition Road Trip). And acquire fabric we did!!!! We hit 5 of our favorite shops…Zinck’s, Good’s Store, Old Country Store Quilts, Log Cabin Quilts and Burkholders. What a whirlwind! We flew into each shop and all 8 of us found some treasures. (And let me say that these ladies were an amazing group with which to travel. So compatible and up for all adventures!) We loaded up the van and headed home. We were all good and tired when we got home last night but also excited and full of ideas of new projects. I can’t wait to see how all that amazing fabric turns out. If you love sewing and/or quilting be sure to watch for our new Open Studio time just for you!

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