Pamela Allen Workshop

I was in the amazing Pamela Allen workshop last week at Jamie Fingal's studio. We did several quick exercises. I couldn't believe everyone's results from working so fast! Here are some of my workshop pieces: a couple of cats, a still life with a fish, a two-color still life, a person (my original person got transformed into a wild woman), and a complementary color landscape.

Some of these may be expanded into finished quilts; others will stay in the UFO pile.

Anyway, I had a lot of fun. It was very freeing.

Books, books, books!

Lots of things going on. I'm excited to be part of a wonderful book that will come out in October. It's called Embellished Small Quilts; Jamie Fingal is the author, Lark Books is the publisher. I have two quilts in it, "Happy Birthday to Me" and "Lily Pond," which you can see on my website: www.cindycooksey.com. From what I've seen, it's going to be a great book! You can find more information about this book on Amazon and/or the Lark Books website. Check it out!

Also, the Alzheimer's: Forgetting Piece by Piece book is out! My copy just arrived in the mail today. All profit from the sale of the book will be used to fund Alzheimer's research. My quilt, "Gaps," is on page 10. The quilts are touring the country, plus there's a DVD, and now a beautiful book! If you want to learn more about it, go to www.AlzQuilts.org.

one foot square quilts

My "Peace Signs" quilt is now on view on the SAQA website, third page of the 12" square pieces for their auction. Here's the link:
http://www.saqa. com/newsebulleti ns/onefootsquare sT3.aspx

Jamie Fingal has a cool looking quilt with lots of metal on the same page.

Speaking of peace signs, I'm trying to finish my original peace quilt. It's the first one I started, the last one to be finished. My aim is to finish it in time for Houston.

Adventures Start Here

I'm proud to be part of the 9-member team that created wall hangings (one huge one, two smaller panels on either side) for the children's section of the Orange Public Library, which opened today.

The second photo shows me by the section I worked on, with part of the train and rocket. You can read more about the quilt at cut-loose-quilters.blogspot.com.

new book coming out!

There's going to be a book about the "Alzheimer's: Forgetting Piece by Piece" exhibit that is touring the country. A small piece of every artist's quilt is on the cover, as you can see. Mine is in the top row, third from the right.

For info about pre-ordering the book, go to http://www.amisimms.com/buybook.html

Landslide

Correction: My Landslide quilt is up at Soft Expressions until the end of April! Here is the address. A detail of the quilt is to the right.

NOBLE ELEMENTS: EARTH
Soft Expressions
1230 N. Jefferson , Suite M
Anaheim, CA 92807
March 15 thru April 30

sneak peek

I've been busy. My website is up! Check it out at www.cindycooksey.com. Also, I finished my "Peace in Bloom" quilt, but I can't show it yet because I want to enter it in Fiber Fest.

I'm donating a 12" x 12" piece for the SAQA auction. I'm calling it "Peace Signs." It's hand appliqued, machine quilted, embroidered, and stenciled.