Fabricating Nature with Marilyn Wall

In my last long ago post, I told you that we had made a decision to move. We are finally in our new home. Not totally settled, but the worst is behind us. While my husband is busy making storage ...

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It's been a very long time since I last posted. There are several reason, we had three deaths in the family, we were traveling over the holidays, and some where during that time we sold our ho...

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Lorene Fulp Wall May 13, 1921----November 17, 2014 Last Saturday we celebrated the life of Lorene Fulp Wall, my Mother-in-law. It was a sad time, but somehow a joyous time. This photo was ...

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My Sunday morning began well. We had a leisurely breakfast and watched our favorite Sunday Morning program. I put a pork roast in the crock pot. Looked up a recipe on line for Parmesan orzo with ...

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I recently had the privilege to view a fiber art exhibit at UNCG, Greencboro, NC. This exhibit is perhaps the most moving art exhibit I have ever witnesses. The title is Lift Every Voice and Sing...

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I recently had the privilege to view a fiber art exhibit at UNCG, Greencboro, NC. This exhibit is perhaps the most moving art exhibit I have ever witnesses. The title is Lift Every Voice and Sing...

http://marilynhwall.blogspot.com/2014/11/fiber-artist-gwendolyn-ann-mcgee_7.html

Fiber art group, the Thread Heads of Seneca, SC took on the challenge "Native" as the main theme for their fourth exhibit at The World of Energy. The pieces take us from Hawaii to the. Trail of T...

http://marilynhwall.blogspot.com/2014/10/thread-heads-exhibit-at-world-of-energy.html

My friend Sarah Miller works in China. This past week Sarah and her husband were doing a little touring and came to the village of Xizhu. Here she saw this woman stitching some amazing designs...

http://marilynhwall.blogspot.com/2014/10/beautiful-shebori-from-china.html

I have been nominated by LINDA STEELE to join the Round the World Blog Hop. Linda is a fellow fiber artist who lives in Australia. I have so many wonderful friends, whom I have never met, on the ...

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I've been teaching a lot this year and it's been fun. I have a Mini Nature class coming up next Monday in N. Augusta, SC. I've had a lot of request for a bird pattern, so I've been working on cre...

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We spent the last week at the coast with family and friends. We always love to go there, it's peaceful and restful. Since it was gray and rainy the whole time, we got lots of rest. It's been h...

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That's me tooting my own horn this week. I found out yesterday that my art quilt "Spirit of the Kiva" was named Best of Show at the Asheville, NC quilt show. I'm totally stoked about this. T...

http://marilynhwall.blogspot.com/2014/09/toot-toot.html

Life has been busy this year. While I am enjoying teaching and lecturing at guilds, symposiums and festivals it has played major havoc with my blogging time, as well as my creating time. I'm hopi...

http://marilynhwall.blogspot.com/2014/09/making-good-use-of-my-time.html

I am a member of SAQA and until the past few years I never had contact with our local reps. Once Paula Brown became the SC rep and her partner from GA took over, things began to change in our dis...

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We had a great turnout for our reception Friday evening. Here are a few photos. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

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The reception for "Monochromatic Illuminations" by HiFiber is being held this evening at the Clemson City Hall from 5-7. All are welcome. It's been a crazy filled week so time doesn't allow for a...

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A Perfect World The week of September 8-12, I am teaching a class at J. C. Campbell, titled Drunkard's Path and More. It's been quite a while since I've taught this class, so I've spent this ...

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This past month has been one devoted to family. We have four families scattered from SC, NC, VA and CA. We usually have them all here at the same time, this time of the year.. The year for the ...

http://marilynhwall.blogspot.com/2014/08/back-in-studio.html

Some of you may remember that about a year and a half ago, I asked my friends to send a get well card to our granddaughter, who had been in the hospital for an extended period. Friends from my...

http://marilynhwall.blogspot.com/2014/07/for-someone-special.html

I just spent about an hour in a thoughtful post about entering shows. Being accepted or not and lost the whole post. My piece "The Waterboy" was accepted in IQA Houston this year. I'm a very happ...

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Hi all from Blacksburg, VA. Yesterday I taught, "Fabricating Faces" at the Blue Ridge Quilt Festival. What a class. We had 21 students, and six hours to create a portrait. Technical difficulty wi...

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  If you follow my blog, you know by now that I am not a planner. I know what I want to accomplish with a piece of art work but, I don't always know how to get there before I start. I am learni...

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It began with this photograph of one hydrangea bloom in my garden. Hydrangeas are one of my favorite shrubs. We have over forty varieties in our garden. Yes, I have a husband who also loves to ...

http://marilynhwall.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-story-behind-its-beautiful-day.html

I can't believe it's been a month since my last post. Time is flying. I wish I had a way to slow it down a bit. This past month has been a very busy one. We are remodeling our kitchen which is t...

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Moat of my week has been spent manipulating photos and printing the fabric for my upcoming "Fabricating Faces with Thread " class at the NCQS. I enjoy this process but not quite as much as I do c...

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