Yellowstone National Park event June 27th/28th

Yea! Next week I am off to the first two days of doing demos of my free motion fire quilts. I'll be at Old Faithful General Store June 27th and 28th, Fishing Bridge on July 27th and 28th then back to Old Faithful Sept 7th and 8th.  I feel so lucky to have been given such a wonderful opportunity I had to make at least one star quilt reflecting how Yellowstone National Park makes me feel.

I had to choose something simple to demonstrate keeping in mind the safety of children and tourists, free motion embroidery in my life of work is about as easy as its gets.

Hope to see you in Yellowstone Park one day this summer.

Fire

Majestic Geyser Star 

Put a Moose on it cosmetic bag

Bear in the woods hanging 

Fire Dragons 

The Loft 1st Friday art walk

I have the honor of being art of the 1st Friday art walk in Missoula Montana courtesy of  The Loft. I have several pieces hanging and a few of my reversible travel/grocery totes. If you are in Missoula stop by.

Soy silk paper machine embroidery on felt.

City scapes

August 13th in Ennis

This is proving to be an interesting and busy summer tomorrow it is off to Ennis for the Madison Valley Art Festival   -- should be fun! 

Quilts On Main Street August 20th East Helena Mt

The first of what will become an annual Quilts On Main Street in East Helena Montana is August 20th from 10 till 6.

Montana Quilts/ Parker Snowe and Glorious Day Quilt Shoppe will be hosting the small event. Parker Snowe/Montana quilts will be hanging their collection of over 30 Native American star quilts in the 200 block of West Main Street. Theresa from Glorious Day will have her shop open and be hanging quilts of local quilters on her end of East Main Street.

The East Helena branch of the the Lewis and Clark Library has 19 Parker Snowe fiber art quilts on display and will stay open for the entire day.

Art in the Garden at 215 West Main will also be open with artists work available to purchase. If you don't have your copy of Montana Star Quilts - you can get your autographed copy at the garden.

Featured artists --  Ed Mohler oils and leather work, Evi Dixon of Spanish Peaks Alpaca who will be bringing baby alpacas for us and Emily Free Wilson of Free Ceramics. and Prickly Pear Quilts  will both have items available as well. Fred Cowie watercolor and all around artist will be set up at 24 West Main thanks to Main Street Eats for making the indoor space available. High Plains Sheepskin 5 West Main will be hanging out sheepskin quilts. Stan Underwood of The Joinery Shop at 208 West Main will have his wares available and right next door at 212 West Main quilts will be hanging from the porch. Ron Darlington is going to play oldies for us.

The Native American star quilt display is on honor of Jerry Belgarde who left us this year, she is the reason I wrote the book Montana Star quilts and that I have such a large collection of star quilts to display. Star quilts are to honor and comfort, my best dog Lulu left me this year with in days of Jerry, Several other of my friends have lost loved ones, best dogs and are loosing some one very loved -- so Quilts on Main Street is to honor them.

Thanks to our sponsors Bev Pickett, Virginia Cochran, Opportunity Bank and Shalon Hastings of The Hub Tacodelsol  for helping to make this happen and Kevin Herrin from All Wood Designs for getting the display arbors together at the last minute.

Fast Star taught to me by Jerry Belgarde

Original Governor's Mansion Secret Garden Tour

One of my favorite events to have my work at is the Original Governor's Mansion Secret Garden Tour. Every one is in a festive mood and the gardens are wonderful. I'll be set up on the porch across the street from the mansion. Quilts, baskets bags and raffle tickets for the star quilt are available. Hope to see you there. 

Summer Shows 2016

July is going to be a wonderful busy time. July 2nd, 3rd and 4th is Festival of the Arts in Livingston, http://www.livingstonmuseums.org/depot/festivalofarts.html. July 11th and 12 it is off to Billings for the Yellowstone Art Museum YAM SummerFair . July 17th I'll be set up for the local Original Governor's Mansion annual Secret Garden Tour on the porch right across the street http://www.mtogm.org, if you love gardens it is a great event. August 13th it is off to Ennis Mt for the  21st Annual Madison Valley Arts Festival http://www.ennisartsassociation.org/madison_valley_arts_festival.html

August 20th the local quilt shoppe Glorious Day http://www.gloriousdayquilts.com and Montana Quilts http://www.montanaquilts.com/index.html are hosting Quilts on Main St in East Helena Mt. We will be hanging as many quilts as possible on Main Street for the day. Montana Quilts collection of Native American quilts will be hung for the second time ever.


Saturdays throughout the summer Art in the Garden will be happening on Saturdays from noon till 6 -- weather permitting, garden gates will be open, we'd love to have to stop by.

Art in the Garden

Summer shows 2015

July is going to be a wonderful busy time. My work is currently hanging in the Montana Secretary of State lobby until the end of summer. July 2nd, 3rd and 4th is Festival of the Arts in Livingston, http://www.livingstonmuseums.org/depot/festivalofarts.html. July 11th and 12 Summer Fair in Billings http://www.artmuseum.org/special-events/summerfair2015/ and July 16th and 17th it's off to Ennis for the Moods of the Madison http://moodsofthemadison.com.