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Well, what can I say?  I'm hooked, like an addict!  Donna Schwenk's website Cultured Food Life has really made a huge change in my life.  It all started with her Trilogy, which is the three probiotic foods that you can eat to vastly improve your health.  We are basically composed of about 70 trillion human cells. … Continue reading Cultured Foods (also known as fermented foods)
It is pretty clear that there is a very tight relationship between gut health and brain health.  In fact, it's safe to say that gut health IS overall health.  The cool thing is that 80% of the pleasure-giving serotonin is generated in the gut. So if your gut health is good, you get those occasional shots … Continue reading Gut Health
Well, I am honored to have been accepted into the Penn Alumni Art Show at the Burrison Gallery at the Penn's University Club. My piece Another Place to Go will be having for 4 days of that show. Come on down and see the show. The gallery is located in the University Club at Penn on the 2nd … Continue reading Penn’s Burrison Gallery Show, May 12-24
Quilt Works I had my quilt Another Place To Go in the Burrison Gallery at the Penn Alumni show last year. That quilt went home with my former boss who retired this year. I also completed old pieces I have been meaning to complete such as Steve & Amber and Dreaming of the Beach. Finally, … Continue reading Spring-Summer-Fall Updates 2017
This is a popular workshop that I hold in various venues. Â Thursday, October 19th (postcards, click here to register)Â and Thursday, November 2nd (flower vases, click here to register), Â from 7-8:30 pm at the Weavers Way Coop for members. These gorgeous fabric collages look stunning wither as postcards or when framed in shadow boxes. Â Either way, … Continue reading Fabric Collage Workshops for Weavers Way Coop Members, October and November 2017
The 3rd Saturday in March is National Quilting Day. On this special day (for quiltmakers that is) when fabric is discounted, classes abound, guilds have special events and challenges, and there are museum shows galore. There is even a Twitter site at #NationalQuiltingDay to share your special creations. The Worldwide Quilting Day Facebook page urges us … Continue reading Happy National Quilting Day!
Do you want a website of your own? Do you want someone to help you or even do it for you? Well, I can help. But first, a little disclaimer. I have been known to say this: Well, I've been in this business far too long. In the late 1980's I was doing Gopher site … Continue reading Do You Want a Website?
I am trying to continue to evolve my impressionistic paint dabbing style of image construction on a new image. Â It is a gorgeous view of Monet's garden in Giverny, France. Â Â The view is from the Japanese bridge onto his pond. Â I'm also working on some pieces just on his water lilies. This first landscape … Continue reading New Landscape (a working title)
I have been working on what I call Rimpas, which is the name of a Japanese water color technique which I have appropriated to describe the gold-backed landscapes that have been obsessing me lately. 'Rimpa' is a misnomer, since I do not recreate the particular watercolor effects that the work rimpa describes, but it does denote the … Continue reading Rimpa Works
Fabric postcards are great to make, and you can even mail them! Â They are a good first introduction to fusible web applique since the pieces are only 6" x 4". Â Here are some examples of what can be made using this technique.
Karoline Wallace 