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Last Stop on the CRAFT NAPA Blog Hop!

  We’re here! The final stop on the Craft Napa blog hop for the $500 eQuilter gift certificate! (Who doesn’t want to win $500 worth of fabric around the holidays?!) I invite all to share a response...

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Tribute to the Greatest: Yvonne Porcella

A year ago today, Yvonne Porcella paid me a great honor by coming to my art barn groundbreaking party on Valentine’s Day. She had every excuse in the book to not make the two-hour drive from Modesto to...

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Call for Entries! Celebrating Yvonne Porcella

A year ago, Yvonne came to my groundbreaking party in Napa. She had just gotten her nails done, and  she said to me, “This is a Groundbreaking Party, right? I just got a manicure, but I thought it was...

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Awesome, Creative Endeavors on the Horizon

Thanks to all for your kind comments from my last blog post. I am more than ready to move past all of that and focus on the fun and important work ahead! It’s been an industrious last couple of weeks...

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What do Frankenstein and Craft Napa have in common?

      The short answer is if someone asks: “It’ ALIVE!”   I have poured myself into this event–blood, sweat,  tears, social media, etc.–and taken into account what people want at a focused retreat  in...

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Art Barn is Complete

Breaking my silence to finally be able to say… My art barn is done. It took, from concept to design to construction, two years. But it’s at long last complete (minus a backsplash and a chandelier, but...

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On Magazine Publishing & Quilters Newsletter Magazine

  Many found out last week that Quilters Newsletter is shuttering (if you hadn’t heard, read Abby Glassenberg’s post). Current subscribers will now be getting Quilting Arts for the remainder of their...

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There Is Still Time to Enter the Yvonne Porcella Tribute Exhibit

There is still plenty of time to enter your quilt (18″ x 26″) for the Live Your Brightest Life: A Tribute to Yvonne Porcella (all of the information can be found here), but I thought it would be fun to...

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My Thoughts on an Ill-Thought Decision from An Influential Quilt Venue

For those who may not be aware, one of SAQA’s (Studio Art Quilts Associates) traveling exhibits is entitled “People and Portraits.” Here is SAQA’s narrative and overview of the exhibit: This exhibition...

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My Art Barn Reveal-Come on in!

At long last we had a photo shoot this past weekend to showcase the interior of the art barn, and I am really thrilled to share with you detailed shots of this building that took just about two years...

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