New Year!!

Well we made it through 2009 thankfully. We are hoping that 2010 is less of a bumpy road personally than last year. We are both hoping to get more art done in the new year. We are also hoping to post more about the things we are doing or receiving in as well. Here's a few things that rounded out last year and began this one.


Two days ago we had a business trip up to North Carolina. Good thing was that it ran us right by Mary Jo's in Gastonia. We went in with the list of plumping up our blues and yellows as we do not buy much of those both personally or for the store. We thought this would be the best opportunity to stock the stash for future use.



You can see we veered off course just slightly! You can see a decent amount of blue but this pic doesn't really show any yellow!! We felt a little bit better upon realizing Mary Jo doesn't buy a lot of yellow either. Hmmmmm......we will have to hunt harder. Lol......now we know the question is coming......Why are you out buying fabric when you own a fabric store? Who knows maybe it is just for excuses to stop at stores like this one!

In the month of December I had two t-shirt quilts that I was hired to make. Here are the photos for them. Both are two-sided and about 50 x 50".

I really liked how this first one photographed.

For this one I was told her favorite color was purple. I decided to do a log cabin and run like colors together to build it out. I think I could have done this a little bit better with blocking out the colors to make a better pattern. Lol.....only part that matters though is that she loved it.

We are in the middle of working on several projects and have many new products due in. I'm making a resolution to post at least 2 days a week. I'm hoping for more than that but trying to be a little realistic with myself!!! Happy New Year to all.

Atlanta 2-Day Walk & Brazenly Radiant Art Fundraiser

I am once again taking the challenge of walking in the Atlanta 2-Day walk for breast cancer. It is a 2-day, 30 mile event that really is life changing. I am so excited to participate again as I was not able to this past year. Here is the info on our fundraising project.

Brazenly Radiant Art(BRA)

You can make a difference!!

Simply make a 5 x 7" piece of art using whatever medium you wish and donate it to Brazenly Radiant Art (BRA) sponsored by Fiber on a Whim for It's the Journey, Inc. ITJ is a non-profit organization located in Atlanta, GA. They support local research, awareness and support of breast cancer. FOAW will start collecting donated artwork immediately. Please make sure it is some of your best. Your donation will be put up for auction March 29-31, 2010. The artwork will be available for a $30 donation to It's the Journey, Inc. Please make sure all donations arrive to us by March 22, 2010 to allow time for photographing and posting. Please mail pieces to our office at FOAW 4317 Sprucebough Dr. Marietta, GA 30062. For more information on It's the Journey please visit http://www.itsthejourney.org/



To make a direct donation please visit:

www.2daywalk.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=314340&lis=1&kntae314340=21AF47EAACB947C380B9A852EA99A10B&supId=274259378

Also feel free to join our Yahoo Group: BrazenlyRadiantArt_BRA

Artist Open House

Fiber on a Whim presents:

Artist’s Holiday Open House
December 4th 9am-6pm
December 5th 9am-4pm

This open house will have a variety of items to choose from. This includes some shop models as well as other items made by us or invited artists. We have quilts, jewelry, pillows, garments, scarves, hats, mixed media gifts, and more. Stock up on handmade gifts for the holiday or splurge on an item for yourself.
Less than 1 mile from the Apple Annie’s event. Look for signs as to exact house.
Sprucebough Dr. Marietta, GA 30062 Ph: 404-705-9164

Day #9-16 AED & Space Shuttle Launch

Somehow we find ourselves in Florida. I guess even though we are absolutely tired of traveling we decided to take a vacation. We are down here in Orlando and heard about the shuttle launch over at Kennedy Space Center. So all of a sudden this morning on a complete WHIM we decided to head to the coast to go watch. Never having been or knowing what to expect was a blast. Here are some of the photos.

Gotta love the two men sitting on top of their semi!!!

I've been so bad about posting to the blog the pics of what all I've been doing this month so here is what I've been working on in the past week.

This is actually a quilt top mom is working on with scraps from a shop model from years ago.

We decided that even though we were on vacation we were going to make it more like a retreat. Look at the dining room table. This is on mom's side of the condo. I have an equally messy table on the other side of the condo.

Here is a little baby quilt I've pieced from a flannel charm pack.

Here is the T-shirt quilt I've been working on for the customer. I still have to back it and quilt it. I've got 5 more t-shirts to work into the backing of it.

Here is a scarf I've been knitting in the car. It will be felted so that is why it is so wide.

Here is a scarf that I crocheted last night. Lol....can you see that I get bored easily and have to change projectsjust so that I keep working on something.

Will post more as we complete more work this week. Hmmmm......as long as the pool doesn't call out too loud to either one of us!!! I mean it is in the 80's here and for us to be able to sit by a pool in November is quite weird.

Website Problems

We apologize for any inconvenience this current problem is creating. Our website has been done for over 3 hours now. We are aware of the problem and have been in communication with the company that hosts our site. They are doing everything in their power to correct the down server and get the site back up and running. In the 4 1/2yrs that we've been with this company this has never happened before. Once again we apologize as I know we sent out a newsletter with information and sales that you can't get to since the site is down. We will keep our fingers crossed that everything is corrected soon.

Day #8 AEDM

This project of art every day has not started out on the good side so far. I've slacked the past couple of days. We all know how life gets in the way some times. On Friday I did work on something in the morning. It didn't turn out at all like what it was in my head. I think it still needs something so I haven't finished it nor taken a pic of it. Then in the afternoon I got to pick up this cutie pie pictured below. He is my 4 year old nephew and it was his birthday. So I spent the rest of the day with him. That ate up Day #6 with no photo or art completed :( but it was well worth it.


Day #7 was then spent at a friend's baby shower and my nephew's birthday party. The best I could do yesterday was say that I gave a crocheted afghan to my friend. Lol....didn't make art but gave art that was already completed.

So that leads us to today Day #8. I've been a little sick this week so I basically took it easy and watched football but here are pics of what I did accomplish.

I got hired to make a t-shirt quilt for a customer. Here are several of the t-shirts that I've gotten cut and on to interfacing. Only a few more to go. Then have to figure out how I want to lay it out. She only wants a throw quilt so it might end up being a two-sided one. Hmmmm......how to best quilt that? I'll have to keep thinking about that.

I finished the scarf. Yippeee.....no more pics of the orange scarf. I've got to come up with some other knitting projects. I've also gotten hired to knit a sweater for a customer and am just waiting for her to drop off the yarn. Can never be without at least one project on the needles or hook.

Day #5 AEDM

Well.....somehow have no photos today. Decided against photographing the scarf again! Lol....I got a lot of work done on it and it is almost complete. I also was working on the mixed-media canvas I mentioned. I'm not finished with it as I ran into a slight dilemma. The soft gel wouldn't adhere the paper to the styrofoam balls! I know this sounds funny but I wanted the canvas to be dimensional and styrofoam was the most logical. Didn't realize it would be so hard to get it to do what I wanted. Ended up putting gesso on them to seal them somewhat. Had to let that dry and then I was able to adhere the papers. Have a few touches left to add so I didn't want to photo it till it was done. Should be able to finish it tomorrow.