Rust-Tex

The shower stall where the kiln will be I chose to live in Madison, Wisconsin. That choice means I can only rust dye from April through Oct...

Tote Tuesday logo was designed by Jeanelle McCall Tote Tuesday, a Fiberart For A Cause fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, will open...

I accepted a commission on Halloween 2008 to make 3 crazy quilts for an 83 year old woman, one for each of her 3 daughters. She had sewn all...

I was at the Quilt Surface Design Symposium for a week. I signed up for a private studio because of a commission I needed to complete. Usual...

Another thing I did this summer was go to the Quilt Surface Design Symposium in Columbus, OH. It was just a short hop up from there to the ...

There were many reasons that I didn't do much rust dyeing this summer. I spend a lot of time stripping the paint from the woodwork that ...

At Quilt Expo in Madison, WI, there is a woman who buys star blocks from me every year since the show began in 2005. At that time she wanted...

Here are a few of the vintage aprons I will have in my booth, #1151, at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX Oct 14-18, 2009. Th...

Cat in the Vine Garden # 4418 Here are the three quilts I made for the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative. These donation quilts are usu...

This is the fabric that we make in my rust dye class "Thank you again for such a great class experience. Any of you out there who have ...

I have not posted in a long time because life gets in the way. As you know I garage sale every Friday with my DH. One day we found a metal...

You can register for the classes and lectures that will be held at Quilt Expo in Madison, WI, September 11-13 online by clicking on the link...

I will be vending at the Quilt and Textile Show in Batavia, IL this week-end. Actually the show starts Friday at 1pm. I will again bring my...

Yesterday I was cleaning up the chinchilla cage to move the now vacated cage, to the garage, as I vacuumed the rug I realized I would never ...

On Thursday we had to have our 15 year old chinchilla put to sleep. We had two chinchillas. They we born in the same year. Gigi came to live...

Our Middle Daughter will be home for the summer. She said she would like to repaint what we always called the "girl's bedroom"...

My quilt, Ground Zero , is currently on display at Sacred Threads , in Reynoldsburg, OH, which is near Columbus, OH, until June 28. I was th...

On Tuesday my studio assistant (SA)and I donned our gloves so we could do some rust dyeing. On that day the temperature here in Madison, WI ...

Today started off too wet for garage saleing. That was good as we had planned to take a carload of unwanted electronics to be recycled. Here...