East Coast Living Magazine

My daughter, Jill, was very excited today. East Coast Living Magazine had been into KEW, Dartmouth, and took photos of her paintings and promoted them on their face book page and on Twitter. Their comment is below. (I copied it from Face Book so the links don't work)

To see more of JIll's work, please go to the link above. And don't forget to tell others to check out her art.






Enjoying this evocative painting by artist Jill Thirza Cooper titled "Escape Under Blue" at KEW in Dartmouth, N.S. A number of Jill's works are displayed there now. In May, KEW will be moving to new digs at St Joseph's Square in North End Halifax.

Art Knowledge News

Art Knowledge News is an on-line art news magazine which is updated daily. I signed up for this about a week ago. Since getting back from my England trip where I visited lots of museums and art galleries, I can continue to peek into galleries around the world to view some more spectacular works of art. Of course, I could do that at any time, but with this site coming to me daily, I'm seeing things I probably wouldn't have thought about. Also they have a list of links that is easy to follow. I'm also following them on Twitter.

The photo was taken at the Tate Modern Museum, London. I did not record the artist's name. If anyone knows it, I would appreciate you letting me know and I will update this page.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I'm not much into quilted or stitched heart stuff and as a result didn't post any free patterns from any of the sites I visit. However, I just came across something on twitter that is useful. It's an altered heart shaped candy box tutorial. Recycle that candy box that you received today and turn it into a pincushion or storage box for applique . . . This tutorial is a great way to practice free motion stitching too.
 Alice Burke also has a bunch of tutorials using new & recycled materials.

Here's a pattern for a heart tote bag.
Lots of Hearts quilt
Valentine Heart Block
Cross Stitch Heart
Heart Quilt Block
Valentine's Day Cross Stitch Patterns
Tri-Rec Heart Block
Heart Blocks

Now just think what I would find if I was really looking for this stuff!!
Happy quilting and stitching.