“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.†– Jim Rohn Be Happy (9†x 9â€)
Author: Carrie
Small Inspirational Word Quilts
After make the cards, I had extra prints. So I exchanged the card and paper for small quilt backgrounds and fabric. Each one includes a stitched word or phrase and some hand-stitching. All nine are currently for sale via GCVA (a local non-profit gallery that is closed during this hunker down period). All proceeds benefit […]
Stitch Happy Cards
What do you do when you have 8 art quilters to thank for putting together presentation for a virtual conference? You stitch some cards! Bits of paper, fabric and free motion stitching on fabric scraps were machine stitched to blank cards. Each card was embellished hand stitching. I love adding fun or inspirational words to […]
Skiing Makes Fun Day
I’m enjoying the process fo creating beards and figure it’s time to add some color to skis. Skiing names fir a fun day (8†x 11â€
Adjusting My Sails
I was to leave in in week for conference in Toronto about art quilting. Due to COVID-19, the conference was cancelled, I have been on the committee helping to plan the conference for more than a year. I spent 6 months organizing lightning talks (20 slides – 20 seconds a slide – for quick 6 […]
Sewing is Her Happy
“Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product [of sewing]â€. – Eleanor Roosevelt [and me] Sewing is her happy (10†x 13â€)
Yoga Cats – Tree Pose
My coworker doodled a cat doing yoga – tree pose at a recent team meeting. I was challenged to turn into fabric art. One week later, I had two adorable art quilts ready to hang in our office space. I’ve challenged my coworker to draw more cats doing yoga so we can have a rainbow […]
WOW!
It’s been too long since I posted, but I am still stitching! Six months ago I started working for the local school district in project management. I get to write documentation and solve process puzzles – I love it. However, the job is full time so I spend less time in the studio than I’m […]
Loves Creating Art
“Art is giving to what you create a soul.†– Rithy Panh She loves creating art (5.5†x 9â€)