October in Michigan brings brisk mornings and cool evenings that bookend rainy days or resurrected summer days, trees with fluttering leaves of vibrant colors, pumpkins on porches, apples by the bushel, and for a small group of old friends and I, a now annual trek to the Upper Peninsula for a weekend of reconnection. Some… Continue reading High School Friends
Over a year ago, Candace and I signed up for a 5 day fabric collage class at the Woodland Ridge Retreat in Wisconsin. Well known fabric artist Susan Carlson was leading the retreat and teaching her unique method of collage using pins and glue – with no templates allowed! After months of anticipation, weeks of… Continue reading Fabric Collage With Susan Carlson
It was Quilt Week in Paducah, KY, and my friends and I loaded up the Ford for a nine hour trip south. Candy, Jill and I were re-aquainting ourselves with the town after having traveled there on a bus tour in 2010, but it was Liz’s first time seeing the sights. As always, the exhibits… Continue reading Quilt City, USA
Ellen Parrott 