Category Archives: quilting

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 →

079: Time & Perspective

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  For the first time in podcast history, Mom and I are in the same room to record this episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  I wonder if there’s any difference in how the podcast feels?  You’ll have to let me know! As mentioned on the podcast, I’ve got a bunch of teaching gigs … Continue reading 079: Time & Perspective →

078: In a Learning Phase

art, classes, creativity, dyeing, fabric arts, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, learning, paper piecing, Podcast, quilting, surface design, teaching, thread painting

  I am taking classes like a crazy person!  Well, like a person who really wants to learn stuff.  A lot of stuff.  As mentioned on the podcast, I’ve learned about Paper Piecing: Thread Painting: And most recently, about printing on fabric with dye in “Glorious Prints” (blog posts about it coming next week): As … Continue reading 078: In a Learning Phase →

065: Tales from the Road & New Adventures Ahead

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  Today’s podcast features a conversation about my recent travels, teaching, and some new adventures. Here are some photos from the surface design class I taught: And here is Carol Anne Grotrian talking to us about how to critique quilts. The two quilts in the photo are both hers — two variations on the same idea, one more … Continue reading 065: Tales from the Road & New Adventures Ahead →

063: Julie Loves Learning

artist, balance, classes, Failure, harvard art museums, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, learning, lecture, MFA Boston, museums, paper marbling, papercrafting, Podcast, quilting, timna tarr, winslow homer

I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s podcast features a conversation about learning in general and four particular learning experiences — the marbling class I shared in yesterday’s blog post, a lecture on Winslow Homer’s Summer Night (see a bit in this vlog), the connoisseurship dinner at the Museum of … Continue reading 063: Julie Loves Learning →

060: Carve December 2016

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  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s podcast features chatter about Carve December and the Blogiversary.  Here are the links I promised: My Missing Quilt: LINK The Creative JumpStart Visual Interview (you can still sign up HERE): And all of the #CarveDecember goodness that I promised: Nicole Maki: CarveDecember … Continue reading 060: Carve December 2016 →