When the word "Element" first came to mind I was in an art gallery and I thought, "What are the elements in these pieces of a...

Four Material Mavens were able to meet at the Quilting Adventures seminar. Alice was supposed to be standing in the front of this line, but...

Chosen by Rita--MYSTERY!  Announcing early, to accommodate some who are attending a quilting workshop and might want to base their workshop ...

I also participated in our guild's 12 X 12 challenge along with fellow MM Andrea.  It was a great experience and so much fun I took t...

Material Maven member Nedra & I co-chaired a twelve month, 12 x 12 challenge for our small ( 50 member ) guild which ended last week ...

And don't they look impressive, all together like this?  Thanks to Diane Perin Hock who told me how to make a mosaic like this! Now ...

Okay, now I've fixed it so that we have a gadget list on the sidebar that shows all the labels, arranged in order of number of labels. ...

Judy commented about my use of labels at the end of my South theme posting tonight.  I'm addressing this subject here so hopefully every...

A couple months ago I came up with several words, but "Element" kept coming to the top. There are so many ways to interpret this a...

I grew up in New England and a month after we were married, we left Boston heading SOUTH to Austin, Texas for my husband to go to graduate s...

"South Bound" by Judy Wedemeyer After looking at the previous postings for this theme, I was surprised how many similar render...

I started thinking about the theme "South" in terms of my personal experience. In 1969 my father decided he hated NYC and my paren...

I was so excited about the "South" theme, especially since moving to Central Texas 18 months ago. My first thought of "So...

CAROLYN: "BY SOUTHERN HANDS" My Granny was a mountain woman with a 3rd grade education. She grew up in western North Carolina in ...

I had so many ideas about south that I couldn't focus until recently! I have a quilt friend from South Africa and thought using my ...

South means flying geese to me. I have always loved the fall. The honking of geese and their graceful formation always amazes and delights m...

Being a native southerner, I thought this would be a breeze.  However, I had a very difficult time settling on an idea, even though south ...

     Upon seeing our new theme on November 15, 2011, the thought of what I wanted to try to depict was quickly and fully developed in my min...

My first impression when the theme was posted was of Florida, the sun, hot bright colors and palm trees. I rejected those hoping to think o...

INSPIRATION:   Vincent Van Gogh’s painting “Vincent’s Chair.”  As soon as I heard what our theme was this time, I knew I wanted to try a f...