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Connecting

One of the best things about my job? The wonderful people I meet: the collectors, the special occasion, one time only buyers and the stop by to say hi and see what I’ve been up to folks. I love getting to know each and every one. Then there are my fellow craft show artists. I’ve [...]
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Kimono Silk Jackets

One last look, a few snap shots of  jackets I sent off at the ACC Baltimore craft show. “Leaf”, sewn from two different kimono silks. I sewed on the little coral beads as though they were veins in the leaves. The natural coral looks like tiny irregular sticks. Pink and grey, I love that color [...]
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Fantastic Show! Baltimore 2012

Baltimore 2012, what a fantastic show! I had a wonderful time, visited with old friends, made some new and sent many of my jackets, coats and separates out into the world. A good thing!   I shot these pictures before the show started, everything is in place and ready to go. Like the table before [...]
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End of Winter

It’s still wet and drizzly here in Portland, but there are signs that winter is at its end. Tulips emerging. Sprouting daphne buds. And my favorites, peonies, with just their tips showing. Another sign that winter is at its end? The ACC Baltimore Craft Show, it’s always on the last weekend of February. What? You won’t [...]
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ACC Baltimore Craft Show 2012!

I’m deep into preparations for the ACC Baltimore Show. Fabrics are flying, my sewing machine is humming, the iron is on and hot. Some pieces are completely finished and ready to go. A pink and black Bold jacket, pieced from some amazing kimono silks. Behind is a black and white Swing. And some pieces are [...]
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To Do List

So many little things to take care of, I’m scrambling to check them off my list. So far: Postcards for the ACC Baltimore Craft show. It’s coming up! The best thing? The latest postcard stamps are Hawaiian shirts! They look like little kimonos.   My Threads article uploaded onto my website. So if your dog [...]
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Holiday Show ’11, a Rousing Success

Holiday Show 2011! What a great time we all had! It was so much fun, old friends and new, coming together to toast the holiday season. All my clothes were out and on view. Also, Elisabeth’s amazing shibori pieces, Kathryn and Betsy’s fantastic jewelry and Carol’s so very cool leather bags. At one point, I turned [...]
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Holiday Show 2011

Only one week until our annual Holiday Show and this year’s is going to be great! If you are anywhere close to Portland, you absolutely must come. We have a fantastic group of artists: Elisabeth Gillem with her gorgeous shibori jackets, skirts, tops and scarves. Kathryn Ferrier, flying up from the Bay area for the [...]
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Back home after a fabulous trip to Philadelphia

Usually the craft show administrators block out a group of rooms for the artists at a hotel close to the show venue. This year, at the very same time as the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, there was a convention of nephrologists, or kidney doctors…. [really!] The nephrologists had locked up most all the [...]
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Philadelphia, here I come!

New jackets for Philadelphia, sewn and ready for their final pressing. Then into my bags and onto the plane. Their final destination? The Philadelphia Museum of Art’s 35th annual craft show. Stop by! Say hi! And see what I’ve been up to.
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