Slightly off topic... I have been using Chellie Campbell's The Wealthy Spirit, Daily Affirmations for Financial Stress Reduction as part of my meditation these last two months and today I landed on this page.  READ IT!

You artists, you dollmakers, you women and men, you secret musicians, you thinkers and laughers, you of long poetic sentences and you of the lazy narrative, you Haiku streamers, you glorious melodic seam spinners, it is YOU, you are MY PEOPLE and... as she says... anyone who doubts your magnificence, is just an idiot!  Have a wonderful day.  Get her book!  Draw Paint and Play.  Make Stuff for your friends and enemies.  Later, LI

Li Hertzi’s Deco Balls

Are you the Martha Stewart of your house hold?  Then you just have to make a bunch of these little fabric balls!  They are fun and easy to make up, and offer loads of options for embellishing and playing!

You can use them as a delightful accent to your decor or as charming holiday ornaments. However you choose to use them, you will find that they are great for showing off the magic of your Bernina Sewing Machine and your personal creative genius!

In this class you will learn:

• Basic Construction, sewing on the curve, sewing a 1/4 inch seam and turning and stuffing with ease.  (foot # 1 or #3)
• Couching   (foot # 43)
• Fabric Collage  (foot #3)
• freehand machine embrodery  (foot # 24)
• Cording  (foot # 22)  and more!

Beginner to Advanced

Where?: Angelics A Quilters Haven

Angelics a Quilters Haven

3095 Cleveland Ave, Canton, OH

Directions 

(330) 484-5480‎

 

How Much?: $20.00

 

Call Li with Questions: 760-908-8665

Come and Join US!

BIRDS...

Now that I live in Ohio with a pair of sofa-nested-bird-watchers and Meeme, the cougar of Stayman Avenue, (a Ragdoll Cat) I am acutely aware of the array of feathered distractions to be had!  So with that in mind and the fact that I made several versions of "the blue chickie of happiness" from my book and still have them in varying stages of finishedness around the studio, I am bird obsessed lately.

This one is pearched on a twig in a sparse forest of the smaller twigs.

Long ago I painted lots of different things with black and white stripes because my friend Laurel was always decked out in stripes - you never know how you are going to effect the people in your life - and recently I have cycled around to them again.

If you want to try this birdy, or one like it, check out the book!

Yahoo! Another beautiful publication from Rockport that I get to be a part of!  I just found out  that 2 of my pieces have been selected for inclusion in the new book, 1000 Artisan Textiles, due to be published May, 2010.  "The Lake Above Boulder" and "Movement" are going to be nesting their free-motion-selves in the pages next to, I am sure, a wealth of amazing art.  The Website: 1000 Artisan Textiles website or amazon.com can provide updates and pre-sale info if you are interested.


Sew ON and Sew Forth!

My blog entry on the Bernina Site! 
Click on the Bernina.

This is a walk back in time for me... Old sewing machines... Ah...

EPB and Me! That's me in the background, on the far wall... or my little ladies. This looks like it was a great installation and I love elinor's little box - very sweet!

Well I just got my WAC dolls back... I am so sorry I didn't get to go to the opening! Above are some pictures of the installation. I think that last one is Sha Sha Higbee, one of my heroines! The world of Art Dolls is so amazingly diverse and richly overflowing with creative artists.

Does anyone else have pix of this show? If so, please feel free to send them to me!

Thanks, Later, LI