Interview

The big news today is that I have been interviewed by Ann Hutton of Ulster County Publishing. She photographed the Red Hook Bicentennial Quilt and asked me all about the project. The article should run Thursday ( the 22nd ) in the Arts and Entertainment sections of the Ulster county papers. It was an unexpected bright spot in a hectic day. Since I live and work in Dutchess County, I will have to go out of my way to see a copy of the paper in question. If any of you subscribe, can you save me the article? I thank you in advance.

The Art Explorers Club met on Tuesday, and we decided to prepare entries for the new Readers Challenge form Quilting Arts Magazine. Details are in the new issue, and paraphrased on the art quilt page here. Our next meeting will be in March, and just a few days before the online submissions for that challenge are due. We will go over just how to photograph and submit, if you really do it is your choice. We will have a few days over the next months where the classroom will be reserved for Art Explorers, and I am working on a pair of very Art centered courses in the Spring. If you haven't already, subscribe to this blog, or like us on facebook where we are networked to be informed of these kinds of events.

This coming Tuesday, the 20th, we have a needle felting workshop. In the space of this class, you will embellish a soft finished article and complete the project, which can easily be a great holiday gift. We used a scarf from the dollar store and added flowers, leaves and swirls. We have a needle felting kit available that has 3 colors of wool, and the tools. You can also bring your own if you have them, this is a quick, fun, easy project that can even use up your leftover wool yarn from last years knitting projects!! Please join us.

We will be closed on the 24th and 27th. Happy Holidays!!