January 31, 2016February 8, 2016

My Art Quilts Need a New Home. Do you realize

I’m going to put my big girl panties on!

My art quilts need a new home.
- One day after I logged on, I found my blog theme had imploded, words filled every square inch.Words, titles, snippets from posts, letters covered my entire
- home page.
A voice was screaming in my brain when I realized what this meant,”Arrrgh, I’ll have to set up a new theme all by myself”,“OHO.NOO What am I going to do?” A deep groan of despair escaped my lips “Who would I find to help me?”
The thought struck fear in my heart! I am tech challenged to put to put it mildly,.

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January 14, 2016May 5, 2016

EXCUSE ME FOR THE MESS, WE’RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Some major mafunctions oñ my site theme have made it necessary to make a few changes around here. We’re { by saying we’re, I really mean me, a scàrey thought for sure) changing themes

i’m going to arrempr a revamp as well. Aft all, it will already be a mess for a while anyway, right? If I can presume on your kind parience, we’ll (there’s that we’ll agatn, when it’s just little ole me), anyway it should be back to usual very soon, a few days most likely.

In the meantime, I’m adding more posts back daily, so there are still posts to see and read. Maybe you’ll even find some of the older ones interesting as they are brought up from the “cellar”.

You could always visit my website or face book page if you want to.

Sorry about that bit of blatant self promotion, I just had to throw that in, I couldn’t resist the temptation.

Thank you all for your patience and support.

Barbara Harms Fiber Art & More

Barbara Harms-Up Close and Personal I'm a fiber quilt artist, working in mixed media. I come from an “arty” family. I inherited the family “arty gene” & have been involved with art my whole life, painting most of it. I had despised in my early teens to be a serious painter. I joined the Las Vegas Artist's Guild, their youngest member at the time. I was totally out of my league, a teen, in a room of adults. I tried to avoid being noticed, a kid in a room of adult artists, I’m pretty sure they noticed. Being exposed to all those serious artists, was a great experience. So, there you have it, the "glorious" beginnings of my artistic "career"! I've continued to paint for most of my life. I was introduced to quilting after moving to Oregon and instantly fell in love it. It was new and exciting, I jumped in with both feet. As enjoyable as I found quilting, I began to miss the creative freedom painting affords. Then, I discovered fiber art quilting, I was finally home. My Process & Approach For me, it's the process of creating that holds the strongest attraction. I love starting with a tiny seed of an idea; vague and blurred around the edges, then I follow where it leads. My style is fairly loose and instinctual. The choices and decisions that come up as I work on a piece, are made based on my gut feelings. This can result in quite a few changes in direction. This approach can lead to many changes in the direction. The outcome can come as a surprise. I love that element of surprise. Sometimes everything just comes together & I think that this is one of my better ones. I can’t wait to show someone. I feel like a six year old, running home from school, a drawing in hand, can't wait to show Mom. At those times I'm smiling like the Cheshire cat.