Speaking of the Museum

We are out to bid on the Museum..The bids are out and now the work begins to get the brick and mortar started on the museum. It is a huge project with complex building requirements due to the barn restoration. We are renovating a 1850's barn into exhibit space...when the new Museum opens we will have a gift shop, prep-kitchen for large events, classrooms, collection humidity controlled storage and a "lab" for restoration. We are SOOOOO close to getting this up and running..keep posted..or better yet drop into our website at www.wiquiltmuseum.org and take a peak!

Exhibit opens this week!

I stopped by the WI Quilters Museum of Fiber Arts yesterday to help the curator, Luella Doss, hang the signage for my show. I was stunned by the awesome job she and her assistants had done in hanging the show. My goodness! All 60 quilts fit in the two room space, artfully hung and well spaced. I remarked it looked like a family reunion! Here were quilts I had not seen in several years, some showed their age and others looked like they had never seen the light of day. There were happy quilts and quilts that brought back memories best forgotten..all with stories of their own.

Please join me on Sunday, July 26 from 1- 4pm at the Museum for the opening reception. We will have refreshments. There is a scavenger hunt through the collection for children and other items for sale.

One Woman Show

Please join me at the Wisconsin Museum of Fiber Arts in historic Cedarburg, Wisconsin! My show reflects 25 years of quilt and fiber art history. It is a chronological exhibition of my work from the 80's to present day and how my style of technique and design has changed over time. Opening night reception is Sunday, July 26, 2009. The show at the Museum runs through October 4, 2009

2009 SHARP quilt

The 2009 SHARP quilt is done. After many hours of work, Ellie and I have finished the quilt..Thanks to our helpers from the North Shore Quilter's Guild who helped Ellie and I sew this wonderful quilt. The book by SHARP students this year focuses on bullying. We selected the "T" block as it was developed way back to be a symbol for tolerance and temperance. These bullied kids' lives are turned upside down in so many emotional ways that we entitled this quilt: "Topsy, Turvy"..it is done in scrap fashion out of all colors of blue, green, gold and red with an ecru background. The border is a wild batik that picks up all the block colors; there is a small inner border of true black. It is made of 100% cotton fabric, banboo and cotton batting (low loft), machine pieced and long arm quilted with edgy zigzags in the "T's" and an overall McTavishing in the plain background. A beautiful quilt, sized to fit a double bed or queen topper. It will go on auction at the SHARP Luncheon in early October, if you want more information on purchasing raffle tickets, please email me privately.

By the way, the quilt has been photographed at the WI Museum for the Fiber Arts in Cedarburg, WI. Come see my new show at the Museum starting July23, 2009.