Macuso show in West Palm Beach

Some wonderful quilts:

Safehouse quilt 2010

This is my quilt for Safehouse. The shelter for dometic violence gives a quilt to every child that comes through.

Fort Myers Sand Sculptures

The Sand sculptures were creative and inspiring.The rules included:

20’ x 20’ plot, eight cubic yards of sand. Nothing added to the sand except water.
No power equipment, screw guns or machinery,templates or molds were allowed when sculpting.


Brad Goll won first place at the 2010 American Sand Sculpting Championship Festival with his art called 'Headache'.Details include cracks, the eye popping out, and a bottle of aspirin

SOFA: inspiring art show

Check out this fantastic, inspiring show we saw in Chicago...there are 28 pages of wonderful art!
It was the annual international Sculpture Objects & Functional Art (SOFA) exposition.

http://www.sofaexpo.com/pages/photos.htm

Shirley Adams

It was Shirley Adams' final trunk show before retirement for our American Sewing Guild chapter.
I learned so many things from her TV show over the years...I will miss her.

Smithsonian inspirations

Some of the highlights of the American History Museum

Elephant mosaic

Embellished an old elephant planter found at a garage sale with jewels, shisha mirrors,sequins, beads and trims

Before

Burning fabrics

We had a wonderful time burning synthetic fabrics with  heat tools, heat gun, soldering iron and even a curling iron with the Adventurous Quilters on Saturday.

Another awesome fiberart entry from Art Prize 2010

The huge tree and 4 panels of the four seasons was made up of mini scraps, yarns and threads. It was very lacy looking and you could see right through it.

My favorite Fiberart Art Prize 2010

One of my favorite Fiberart at Art Prize 2010 is this one...I loved the textures!

Name mosaic table

My mom and I helped Lisa finish gluing glass and tiles on her mosaic foyer table. We still have to grout and seal it. Love the way it turned out!

Great Lakes African American Network Quilt Show

The highlights from the Great Lakes African American Quilt Network Show  were these wonderful doors with 3 dimensional women.