I’m back from Creativation — aka the craft industry’s annual industry-only trade show. This year I planned ahead and Mom and I did half the podcast before our trip and half the podcast after our trip. I get pretty deep into some thoughts on the state of the industry in this one. I hope … Continue reading 086: Creativation 2019
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
I recently attended Creativation — the annual trade show for the craft industry. It used to be called CHA (craft and hobby association) and now it’s called Creativation. And the organization, which also used to be called CHA, is now called AFCI. Here are a few photos from booth set-up: Creativation was a whirlwind of … Continue reading 076: Creativation 2018
Today’s podcast is all about The 100 Day Project, classes I’m teaching, and visiting NYC (Fancy Food Show, YouTube Space, MoMA and getting my hair cut). Mom picked out the photos and links to go with this week’s podcast. A preview of my visit to MoMA (more photos on the blog next week): Haircut before and … Continue reading 070: Summer Projects
Today’s podcast features a conversation about wrangling tables at HSN, the Robert Rauschenberg exhibit at MoMA, creating step-outs, and so much more! It has been a crazy month full of fake eyelashes. And so many craft projects that I can’t wait to share! I hope you enjoy the podcast and all the chit chat. We’re going … Continue reading 068: Explaining Things
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
We recorded the first two sections of this three-part podcast while I was at Quilt Festival. If you listen, you’ll get a bit more of an in-depth perspective on being at the show. And now, just a few of the quilt photos (lots more on the blog this week and next): Thanks for stopping by!
I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast! Today’s podcast features Bird: I am from the UK, I was born in Cornwall but now live in Gloucestershire with my Partner of 11 years. My feline crafting companion Lilly loves nothing better than photo and video bombing… …she does love to … Continue reading 057: Cutting Remarks with Bird
I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast! Today’s podcast is mostly about my experiencing filming Make It Artsy last week, and then some philosophical ramblings at the end. Next week I’ll have a couple of longer blog posts with lots of photos of people and projects. But in the … Continue reading 047: Make It Artsy