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Foot in the Door 4 visit
So this is the view upon reaching the entrance of Minneapolis Institute of the Arts Foot in the Door 4, a show of art by Minnesota residents, all works accepted! This year totaled about 5,000 piece of art, all smaller than 12″x12″x12″. Inside this first gallery: Turning to the right, to see into the next…
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Vintage German flowers
Sylvia came back from Tucson with a gift for me of these amazing beads. The core colors are varying shades of orange, with a milky-colored-glass covering, and while I believe these are pressed, not cut — they appear cut. Look at the glow! I tried combining them with a matching Italian milky-white seed, it looked…
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Diane Fitzgerald author lunch
I just had an enjoyable lunch listening to Diane Fitzgerald speak at the Textile Center. Diane is the author of eleven books, and from a family of women all adept with a needle. She spoke of how she would admire other beautiful things in different techniques, think of perhaps trying them, and just as quickly…