Pictures from the "Journey of Hope" Book Opening

Two of my quilts, pictured below, were featured on pages 186 and 188 of the "Journey of Hope" book. All the quilts featured in this book were inspired by President Barack Obama.

To the left: "Inspired Change" quilt. To the right: "Unparalleled Journey" quilt. See more pictures from the event below.

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You can find this book many mass retail, bookstores like Borders, Barnes & Noble, etc.

You can also find it on Amazon.com from the link below:

What I've Been Up To

I've been pretty busy this month. I shared with you the bricks for Breast Cancer that I just did recently but here are some other things I kept busy with earlier this month:



One of my quilts was featured in the "Celebrate the Feminine: Quilting for the Cure" exhibit put on by the Quilt Artists of Kentucky and the EKU Women and Gender Studies Program. The opening was earlier this month on the 14th. THe exhibit is about a month long and is touring all over Kentucky to enhance breast cancer awareness. I don’t know where it goes after this, but it does not return until April.

The quilt is called “We’re All Good”. The intention of this quilt is to celebrate the differences in women, whether they are white, black, asian, Latina, short, tall, fat, small, light, dark, have straight hair, kinky hair and so on. You know, what ever the attributes, “ It’s all good”.

The quilt is 30” x 30” is made of 100% cotton fabric and cotton batting with various embellishments and machine quilted.

"Bricks Along the Journey"

What do you think of the two bricks I made for Breast Cancer? They will be featured at the “Bricks Along The Journey” event at the Sharonville Convention Center. It is a silent auction that will be held Sunday, October 25, 2009.


For more information, please check out their website at www.BreastCancerBricks.org

Hope to see you there!

Narrative Arts, The Supreme Orator Exhibition

Last Saturday, my "Unparalleled Journey" quilt that I made in honor of the 44th Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama was included in the "Narrative Arts, The Supreme Orator" exhibition opening at the Kennedy Heights Arts Center. This was their 2nd invitational exhibit of this year.




Other artists included, but were not limited to, Cynthia Lockhart; Joyce Young, and Kyle & Kellie Phelps. The exhibit included quilts, photography, paintings, jewelry, and mixed medium and media pieces.

Global Lead Art Gallery Exhibit

These are some of my quilts that are hanging up in the Global Lead Art Gallery here in Cincinnati for their "Building on Tradition-Contemporary Quiltmaking" exhibition.



They've been up for the past 3 months and came down yesterday but I still wanted to share a few of them with you.

"Honey's Mango Bop" Quilt

On June 23rd, 2009, my "Honey's Mango Bop" quilt was one of the many featured in the "TEXTURAL RHYTHMS: CONSTRUCTING THE JAZZ TRADITION -- CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN QUILTS" exhibition opening at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City.

The venue was packed with art, quilt, and jazz lovers all around.



Great works from artists included Carolyn Crump and Carolyn L. Mazloomi, who organized the exhibition.

I couldn't be there so my daughter went to represent for me and even signed a book on my behalf.



The exhibit will be there till October 11th. To learn more about it and museum, Click Here