A beautiful collection cabin photos from around the world.

My brother Scott (CA) sent me this video.  He and I discovered we both have had a lifelong fascination with Rio de Janeiro.  I love how the way it’s filmed makes everything appear to be in miniature.

Antony and the Johnsons “Swanlights” at Radio City Music Hall

“Why, how did we become so hypnotized by structures that we put in place, that they seem more permanent than nature itself…?”

October-December 2012, Material Men: Innovation and the Art of Quilting; LaConner Quilt & Textile Museum, La Conner, WA

La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. 2nd St., La Conner, WA The two quilts I am exhibiting:  Venus Transit, 2012 Humans Race, 2012

April 2012-January 2013, The Sum of Many Parts: 25 Quiltmakers in 21st-Century America; China Tour

A joint initiative of South Arts, Arts Midwest, Great Lakes Quilting Center, and the United States Embassy of Beijing, China, The Sum of Many Parts: 25 Quiltmakers from 21st-Century America will tour a selected group of venues in China September 2012-2014.  Here are images of the other 24 quilters’ work on Flickr. The exhibition will tour to six venues throughout […]

June 8, 2012 – Thimble & Thread Quilt Guild, Kirkwood, MO

7:00PM – “The Road Home” presentation with Q&A session/trunk show Concordia Lutheran Church, Kirkwood, MO.  Thanks again to my friend Hallye Bone for connecting me with Thimble and Thread.  A very special thanks to Serena Crisp for her extraordinary hospitality and kindness (and that yummy snack plate).

March 22, 2012 – Muscatine Melon Patchers, Muscatine, IA

7:00PM – “The Road Home” presentation with Q&A session/trunk showMulford Evangelical Free Church, 2400 Hershey Ave, Muscatine IA The ladies and gentleman of Muscatine Melon Patchers are an exceptionally enthusiastic audience.  It was truly a pleasure to spend the evening with them.  Thank you…especially to the member who mentioned our connection through a mutual (late) […]

March 12, 2012 – Old Capitol Quilt Guild, Iowa City, IA

7:00PM – “The Road Home” presentation with Q&A session/trunk show Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Court Street & 1st Avenue, Iowa City, IA. So glad my parents could join me for the first time and my Aunt Alice for the second time.  The Old Capitol Guild was a great audience – which included several friends – […]

January 16, 2012 – Iowa County Heartland Quilters, Williamsburg, IA

7:00PM – “The Road Home” presentation with Q&A session/trunk showFirst Presbyterian Church, W. Welsh & S. Highland Streets, Williamsburg, IA It was great to present “The Road Home” to the Iowa County Heartland Quilters in Williamsburg, Iowa!  Williamsburg was the first place I lived when I moved to Iowa in 2001.  My quilt career moved […]

PVC

I bought a new shower curtain on Saturday.  The one with the PVC.  Not because it was the cheapest, but for the smell.  An olfactory trip back to the most highly anticipated day of my childhood year – Christmas!  The smell of new toys.  Plastic toys.  That just-opened burst of chemical off-gassing.  So many presents!  […]