Posted in Serendipity, Small Town Life, The Studio/Classes, Travel, tagged 4th of July, holiday, Independence Day, Studio Closed on June 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The Studio is closed today through next Tuesday in observance of Independence Day. We are taking a little time off to recharge and visit with family. We’ll be back on our regular schedule next Wednesday. In the meantime, have a great long Holiday weekend and remember the real reason we celebrate this day and read (or reread) the Declaration of Independence. You can see it here.
Posted in Landscape, Paint Parties, Serendipity, Travel, tagged Belle Grove, fundraiser, Signal Knob on June 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »
We had a large group of 28 painters (not all shown here) for the Belle Grove Paint Party Fundraiser yesterday. So many nice people came out to paint the beautiful scene that you see behind them in the photo. The wind gave us a little challenge but everyone came through like champs. Nice work everyone. Thanks Kristin for inviting me out to paint at such a lovely location. Now maybe next time we won’t have to tape down the palette paper! 🙂
Posted in Serendipity, Travel, tagged Bulldog, family, jacket, painted jackets on May 16, 2023| Leave a Comment »
We had a terrific Mother’s Day weekend with my sister, Suzanne, and my niece, Alexis. We did lots of fun things while they were visiting but the most fun was painting these denim jackets with the Georgia Bulldog. They look great! Nice work girls. I know you will enjoy wearing these.
Posted in Art Class, Landscape, Travel, tagged Signal Knob, visitors on May 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »
My weekly art student, Dianne (on the left), always brings her out of town visitors to The Studio to paint a local view so that her guests will have a beautiful reminder of the trip. It’s not only the image but also the memory of painting together at The Studio that these guests enjoy. This friend, Agnes (on the right) is visiting from Paris, France. It was a delight working with her and she did an amazing job!
Posted in Quilting, Serendipity, Travel, tagged epic trip, Fabric acquisition road trip on March 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »
What more is there to say! We started with a 15 passenger van and 5 quilters. We spent 9 days traveling through 10 states covering 2723 miles and visited 31 quilt shops. It was a Fabric Acquisition Road Trip. Just look at my haul!!!! This will keep me busy for a little while. We spent about 7 months planning the journey . Our group was amazing and so much fun. Everyone was amiable and flexible so we added and left off some stops along the way. We fit in just as much as we possibly could. Some of you followed along with our adventure and watched as Wilma, Barbara, Katrina and Janet made our way through 10 states. And even our friend Denise who had to drop out at the last minute went with us in spirit. It was an epic trip! I can’t wait to see what everyone creates with their finds.
Posted in Quilting, Travel on March 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »
We left Paducah, after we spent some time at Hancock Fabrics, and traveled to Hurricane WV for the night and then back on the road heading home. We stopped at the largest quilt shop in West Virginia, Bolts and Quarters and then stopped at a quaint diner for lunch-Cool Springs Park. And finally made it home with a load of fabric and stories.
Posted in Quilting, Travel, tagged colors, Kaffe, National Quilt Museum, Quilting on March 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Here is the description of the Kaffe exhibit on the National Quilt Museum website: Kaffe-85 and Fabulous!
Kaffe Fassett reached a milestone birthday in December 2022 and this exhibition reflects his influence as a leading
textiles designer and practitioner of contemporary crafts.
Posted in Quilting, Travel on March 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »
We traveled from Branson on a terribly rainy day to Paducah but of course, we stopped at quilt shops along the way. And Denise, our friend who couldn’t go on the trip at the last minute, was still with us shopping along the way. 🙂 There was do much to see at the National Quilt Museum that it will take several posts to share it all.
Posted in Quilting, Travel on March 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »
On our trip from Hamilton to Branson we stopped at several more quilt shops ending with The Quilted Cow, a well known shop with a big presence on Facebook and a great online shop. They were so helpful and nice even giving us all a little gift. We were in Branson though mainly to go to the Branson Quilt Show. What fun to see so many shops in one place and to see the new products…machines and supplies. Of course, we did some good shopping there too!
Posted in Quilting, Serendipity, Sewing, Small Town Life, Travel, tagged Hamilton, Missouri Quilt Museum, museum, Quilts on March 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »
An unexpected and delightful surprise in Hamilton was the Missouri Quilt Museum located in an old multi-story school house. There were some amazing displays there from quilts to a machine collection and a miniature doll quilt collection. And the best part was the young man who was there to sell the tickets. His family runs the museum and he was a wealth of information. And he was thrilled to show us the quilt he had made. At 12 years old he is already on his way to be a terrific quilter.
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