Today I am the Guest Blogger on Jenn Mason's of Everyday Artist Studio. It was moved up from next week to coincide with the Lutradur book giveaway she is doing. So please check it out and maybe win something too. My timely topic is "Making Time for Making Art." PS To leave a comment, click on […]

 Do you get tired of hearing about these Lutradur book giveaways? No? OK, well then I'll tell you about  2 more running right now, both contributors to the book. Jenn Mason's Everyday Artist Studio and  Claudine Hellmuth's blog Good luck!

    It's Friday the 13th! I am into the 18th hour of the day and so far so good. I'm not really superstitous anyway. Today I'm celebrating giving birth 24 years ago today to my sweet son Chris.  Last weekend I celebrated Riley's 1st birthday. My sister's is tomorrow and Kerry's was on the 5th. 'Tis a busy birthday month […]

 Project from the book If you are a reader, I am sure have probably never checked  the Amazon rankings for a book, but if you are an author, I know you've checked your ratings. I checked mine today and was excited to see Fabulous Fabric Art with Lutradur: For Quilting, Papercrafts, Mixed Media Art 27 Techniques […]

I am feeling like a bad blogger again. I am also feeling a little lost. Is it because of winter? I know many of you have spoken of the winter doldrums. It was 60 here last weekend, 27 today, and 60 promised for Sunday again. I know the weather effects my mood, so hopefully this […]

  I am overwhelmed with the response I got for this book giveaway – not only by the number of you who entered (399), but by the lovely things so many of you said in your comments. I feel like I have made a difference in many of your art-lives and that has always been my purpose - to make […]

  Just a little over 24 hours left to enter the book giveaway. Add a comment at the end of this post in the Comments section to enter. TAP (Transfer Artist Paper) is my new transfer product. I have been keeping it on the DQ but the word is spreading. I'll actually have my first ad in the […]

Not only can you still throw your name in the virtual hat here to win a copy of the book, you can also visit Fabulous Fabric Art with Lutradur, contributor, Katie Kendrick's blog and enter to win there. And as soon as Jenn Mason and Claudine Hellmuth get back from CHA, they too will have giveaways. When you add it all up, […]

  TV photo Not that there's any comparison between the magnitude of what happened yesterday, but I must share my personal delight with you. What do President Obama and my new book, Fabulous Fabric Art with Lutradur, have in common? They both became official at noon yestesterday. You see, my author copies of the book […]

Obama Quilt by Lucky Shie. See more Obama art here or see it in person here – Feb 9th – March 5th in the Obama Fiber Art exhibit curated by Susan Whalen. Except for my first year of life when I did live in DC, I have lived just outside of the DC/MD boundary line all of my life. I have […]