Two Weeks at the Crow Barn

It felt really strange to wake up at home this past Saturday and not have to jump up and get ready by 7 AM to start sewing for the day! I’m just back from two intense, exhausting, exhilarating two weeks studying at the Crow Barn in Ohio with Nancy Crow. I was doing “remedial improv”…

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Anatomy of an Improv Quilt

Right before the Baltimore Craft Show last weekend, I had a brainstorm for a new quilt. This frequently happens when I’m in deadline mode before a show for some reason–maybe that’s just when my creativity ramps up? The result was Jumping for Joy, which you see in the featured image above. I thought it would…

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Inspiration Day at the East Wing

My husband and I braved the freezing rain last Sunday for a visit to the East Wing of the National Gallery with some friends. Since my first visit in the late 1970’s, I never get tired of seeing this museum and I always come home with lots of new ideas. The Henri Matisse cutouts are…

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A Look Back at Fall 2017

This past fall has been quite a whirlwind with travel for shows and teaching, starting in a new cooperative space at Fiberworks Studio, plus shooting three segments for Quilting Arts TV that will air in 2018! And somewhere in there I decided it was time to revamp my website. Unfortunately all that meant that time for…

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Inspiration in New Mexico

I’ve been in New Mexico for nearly two weeks, participating in the Rio Grande Balloon Fiesta Show, which ends today. It’s been an amazing trip! The show ran for two weekends in Albuquerque, and in between my husband and I spent a few days in Santa Fe. Plus I did a trunk show and book…

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My Interview on Textile Artrepreneur Blog

Artist and art business writer Clara Nartey interviewed me on her blog, Textile Artrepreneur, recently. She asked some good questions that helped me distill my thoughts about selling fiber art into one place. Here’s the link: https://claranartey.com/cindy-grisdela/?doing_wp_cron=1506010746.7676649093627929687500 Titled “How to Independently Sell Your Artwork,” the interview has some great information about putting yourself out there as an…

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Next Stop, Oregon!

It’s been a busy few weeks as I get ready to leave for two shows across the country in Oregon. I’ll be an exhibiting artist at Art in the High Desert this weekend, August 25-27, in Bend, OR and at the Art in the Pearl show Labor Day weekend, September 2-5, in Portland. I’ve done…

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Welcome to the Studio Update

It all started with a need to clean up. The floor and the horizontal surfaces of my studio had become a hot mess after an intense couple of months of shows and travel. That’s my cutting surface at the top left next to the sewing machine and my ironing surface at the bottom left. I…

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The Design Wall is Full

Do you like to work on one project at a time or several? I almost always have multiple projects in process on the design wall in my studio. Next to my sewing machine, the design wall is probably one of the most essential tools in my studio. My design wall is full right now with…

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