Category Archives: home life balance

084: 2018 in Review

art, artist, classes, creative mistakes, creativity, Failure, home life balance, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, online classes, Podcast, quilting, sewing, teaching

  Today’s podcast is the first of several posts, looking back at the year that has been.  Goodbye, 2018.  You were a good year.  Some of the things referenced in the podcast include: Quilt-a-Month Project Sewing Clothes Crow Barn #100DaysofArtTweets 4×4 Abstracts Online Classes On the podcast we discuss “failed” or abandoned projects, choosing priorities, … Continue reading 084: 2018 in Review →

081: Listener Mail

art, artist, balance, balzer designs, being a student, creative mistakes, creativity, Failure, home life balance, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, learning, listener mail, Podcast, teaching

  Mom and I are doing our best to get back into the podcast swing of things.  We’ve been podcasting since 2012 (6 YEARS!!!) but we’re not great about frequency.  This will be just our sixth podcast in 2018.  (Note to self: put podcast in calendar as a “to do.”)  All of that said, today’s … Continue reading 081: Listener Mail →

077: On The Road Again

art, home life balance, housewares show, HSN, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, learning, met, modern quilt, MoMA, museum, museums, NYC, Podcast, ptouch embellish, quilt guild, scanncut, schiele, serger, sewing, travel

  It has been more than a month since our last podcast.  My excuse: I’ve been busy.  Most of the events we talk about on the podcast I haven’t yet shared here on the blog (I’ve got a major backlog of photos and stories to share!), so you’ll see a quick teaser photo for now … Continue reading 077: On The Road Again →

041: After the Move

artist, career path, home life balance, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, moving, Podcast, studio

  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Mom and I recorded a multi-part pre-move podcast and now we are happy to share our multi-part post-move podcast!  Here are a few photos: The truck on moving day: Loads and loads of construction and installation: Mom “helping”: Enjoying all of … Continue reading 041: After the Move →