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More on this after the show this weekend, but how fun was it to turn two quilts into this messenger bag:

These quilts always kind of reminded me of oversized potholders, anyway.   It’s two same-sized quilts, one with a pocket sewn on the inside, with a single strip of fabric stitched as the sides/bottom/strap.  Side two:
Also finished these bags today:
Now everything needs priced before tomorrow!

Will show you the lovely Japanese bag that was the inspiration for the construction method on the messenger bag next week.

Newton Open Studios done for another year!

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A few quilts on display

A few quilts on display

Newton Open Studios was this past weekend and many, many folks got out and around the city to look at art work and crafts.  It’s hard to gauge if there were more or less people than last year, but it was good, whatever the number.

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It’s hard to take decent pictures with a house full of people, so forgive the focus on a few of these.  I made a lot of cards, blank books, ACEOs and jewelry this year.

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A few of Dan Wiener’s clay pieces above… and Maria Mizrahi’s jewelry, below…

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My pillows were a big hit, so I’m going to have to find a good source of wool felt.

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Now it’s back to Journal Quilts, finishing a piece for the Quilter’s Connection show next week, lining up my next couple of gigs, and mostly — GARDENING!!  Yahoo.  After a long, dreary, cold, and wet spring, at last I was out today pulling up weeds in the sun.

Jack, the camera-shy Corgi, loves to flop himself over (he sort of tips over, cause he’s so fat) in the sun.  No surprise!  He was born and raised in Puerto Rico.   Someday soon, I’ll sneak a picture of him (remember he is absolutely terrified of cameras) so you can relish his pleasure.

Hiatus & Newton Open Studios

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Sinead O'Connor picture at the MFA

Sinead O'Connor picture at the MFA

After living in the Boston area for 23 years, I finally managed to see the ‘Art in Bloom’ exhibit at the MFA.  Well, sort of.  I had an hour and it was really packed, but I saw a few and marveled over a them and took a couple of pictures…

The bouquet for this picture was amazing (my picture of it was not) — with a spiky plant capturing the stubble, an orchid for an ear, and a massing of white roses for the skin and purity.  I think this was a Ritts photograph, but I’m not sure, and I’m sorry I didn’t see who made the floral arrangement either.  The photograph is very large, which adds to its impact — roughly 3.5 to 4′ wide.

Newton Open Studios is coming up!  On May 16 and 17, my home will be open from 11 to 5.   I have lots of new work, and two other artists will be here — Dan Wiener, who makes incredible ceramics and Maria Mizrahi, who fashions tropical nuts into funky, chunky jewelry.

So the blog will be quiet until after that  (I always work right up until the last minute).  Everything for sale in my etsy store will be available here.  If time permits, I’ll post some pictures.