Rothko Inspired Quilt “Silence is so accurate.”― Mark Rothko I've been intrigued by the artwork of Mark Rothko ever since I can remember. Posters of his work were plastered (among others) all over the walls of my college dorms. And when I finally entered a Modern Art Museum for the first time in my 20's (the San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art) I was thrilled to find myself face to face with his work. In fact, I started to cry and when I reached into my pocket for a tissue I ... View the Post
How to Make a Harry Potter Magic Wand
How to Make a Harry Potter Magic Wand Last year I got the awesome experience to, once again, teach several periods of Reading Enrichment at my middle school. I love teaching reading almost as much as I love teaching art....and this magic wand project let me combine both subjects! One of the books that we read together as a class was Harry Potter so after our daily fluency drills, comprehension work, and phonemic awareness practice we spent some time creating our own magic ... View the Post
Butterfly Wing Mural
Butterfly Wing Mural A few years ago I went back to teaching after a long break and have been teaching art at a local junior high. And yes...the classes are large and no...the pay is not great and sure it is a lot of work but honestly....I kind of love it. I get to hang out with quirky teens, work on crazy projects, and talk about all of my favorite artists and artworks. My current classroom takes up both sides of an older trailer parked behind the school. I call this trailer ... View the Post
Go To Quilt Pattern Using Scraps
Go To Quilt Pattern Using Scraps We all know I save everything....like everything. I even have my scrap fabrics sorted into colors and sizes. Does this make me wicked organized or obsessively crazy? Maybe both? Either way it always lets me have a bonus quilt slowly coming together while I work on other quilts. I keep the pieces for whatever scrap quilt I am working on in a basket next to my sewing machine and use them to chain piece while I am sewing up other projects. ... View the Post
UFO to TFO: Pre-Cut Civil War Reproductions Quilt
UFO to TFO: Pre-Cut Civil War Reproductions Quilt Today I'm happy to share another UFO (UnFinished Object) that has turned into a TFO (Totally Finished Object). Over a decade ago (yes...over a decade ago) I bought a beautiful pack of precut Civil War reproduction 5" squares at a local fabric shop. I'm a sucker for reproduction prints and I have opened and thumbed through that pack many times. Now while these squares were patiently waiting on one shelf there was an entirely ... View the Post
April Book Challenge: Stories to Stitch By
April Book Challenge: Stories to Stitch By This month our challenge is....Award Winning April....which means choose a book to read that has won an award...any award...Newbery Medal, Edgar Award, Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, etc. Below I've put together a list of 10 choices...7 of these books I have NOT read but are on my to-read list and 3 of these books I have read and loved: Pulitzer Prize Winners: "All the Light We Cannot See" by Louise Doerr "The Nightwatchman" by ... View the Post
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