Mini Mosaics Magic

It's quite an amazing day when there is a room full of 23 quilters that love my new technique for making mini mosaics. I'm always a little skeptical about the reception for a technique that uses tweezers and 3/8" squares of fabric.

But this was a group of my peeps! My fellow guild members. Even one who made a comment that I was crazy, a few months ago when I wrote about my Mini Mosaics on my blog. I knew they would be honest with me. So I was over the moon when the comments ranged from "it's addicting" to "this was the best workshop I've ever taken" to " this would be so much fun to do with my grandkids".

Here are some photos:

I was working on a psychedelic Bailey before the workshop. Thanks to the energy of my fellow quilters, I couldn't wait to go home and finish it. It looks just like her except it's in technicolor.

Show & Tell next month at our guild meeting is going to be so exciting. I think there will be lots of finished projects. Woo Hoo!

And even more good news is that everyone will be able to learn about it in a future issue of Quilting Arts, coming out this summer. I'll keep you posted. But of course I'm always available to teach you in person at your quilt guild.

 

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A Busman's Holiday

After a great trip to the Needlechasers of Chevy Chase, I had the wonderful opportunity to take a workshop with Leni Levenson Wiener. She is an amazing fiber artist that creates these amazing and realistic portrait quilts. 

I missed her lecture on Wednesday, but learned so much rom her during the workshop. She had many of her quilts and told wonderful stories. Her choice of fabrics were unexpected, but perfectly fit and enhanced the portrait. She is quite an accomplished artist and teacher traveling internationally, exhibiting in galleries and museums, with several published books. 

Her wonderful teaching style led all of us students in the right direction to turning our photos into quilts or using her patterns to learn her technique. I will share some of our works in progress. 

This is her current book and the basis for our workshop. 

I spent Friday catching up on regular life as my professional life winds down for the year and I am recuperating physically. So I cleaned, quilted and snuggled with Bailey. It was so nice to spend a day at home and I even stayed in my pajamas. Perfect!