Waxing ATC's

We took a class at Art Unraveled here in Phoenix on Encaustics and made ATC's. Artist's Trading Cards are wonderful little projects to work on. Look at the wax pots in this palette.

Alzheimer's Art Quilts Continued

Here are photos of some of the other quilts I am donating to the Alzheimer's Arts Quilt Initiative.

Symphony in Grey

I promised to show you the finished piece which I called Symphony in Grey. It is being donated to AAQI, the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative. Their monthly auctions and other efforts have raised $570.000 for Alzheimer's research. Both my grandmother and my father suffered from this debilitating disease.

This is another spin-off from Gloria Loughman's book called Quilted Symphony. I've never worked in greys before but I'm quite pleased with the way this has turned out. This piece was made in my Dad's honor. Visit the AAQI website for information on how you too can make a quilt to donate.  www.alz.quilts.org

My earlier post was on January 16, 2011.

More Donations for Peyton Manning Children's Hospital

More donations were provided to Peyton Manning Childrens' Hospital in Indianapolis. Three more quilts and this wild crew assisted in the making of 25 pillowcases. It was a working vacation for me.

The Indy Experience, aka Jason's Birthday

OH, what a day! My own Dr. J's 39th was spent racing around the track at Indy. What a thrill! In the Indy Experience you get to race one of the cars around the oval, and I got to go along as photographer-in-chief. Whew! Did I ever shoot fantastic photos (if I do say so myself.)

National Quilting Association Show

I have two quilts in the show, Moab and Unleashed. I will be attending the show, held in Columbus, Ohio, to see them in all their splendor.

Quilt National 2011

This is my first experience at the Dairy Barn in Athens, Ohio and it is truly amazing to see the collected works. I purchased tbe Quilt National 2011 book to help me remember everything I saw and drooled over. Just magnificent!

The book can be ordered through Amazon if you want your own.

Indianapolis Children's Museum

 Isn't this Chihuly glass beautiful? Simply Stunning!

Thanks, Ricky and all!

Today my quilt, Tucson, was selected as the Quilt of the Day on The Quilt Show with Ricky Tims' blog. I feel so honored. Here is the quilt, which was based on a photograph I took at the Sonoran Desert Museum in Tucson.  You can see my other quilts posted at www.thequiltshow.com.

More Kaleidoscope Quilts

Today I taught more of Ricky Tims' Kool Kaleidoscope Quilts in a local quilt shop. I had 17 students. Here is an in-process quilt designed by Mary Johns of the Sunrise Stitchers Chapter of the Arizona Quilters Guild. She writes, "It reminds me of summer in the city so that's what i think I'll call it." I can't wait to see it once it is completed. Great job, Mary.