Tag Archives: Studio Quilts

Catherine Whall Smith invites you to check out Norma Schlager’s website blog

This past week was spent hanging the pieces in my 20 year retrospective show “Line Dances” at the Homer Babbidge Library and the Thomas Dodd Research Center. A HUGE THANK-YOU goes out to Jane Recchio, Marketing Specialist at the University … Continue reading

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Catherine Whall Smith suggests quilting from the back of your fiber art

My signature stye of hand quilting can be seen by looking at the back of one of my pieces. Several years ago I decided that I needed to focus on the process of hand quilting rather than thinking about the … Continue reading

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Catherine Whall Smith invites you to see the 19th Regional Art Exhibit at ACGOW

The Artists’ Cooperative Gallery of Westerly presents it’s 19th Annual Regional Art Exhibit. Show dates: May 2nd – June 2nd. Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10-5 Two of my pieces were juried into this show; GOLD HAY #5; and shown on … Continue reading

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Catherine Whall Smith wishes you a Happy Spring, Happy Easter, and Happy Passover

To me part of the beauty of a piece eventually lies in the details. A detail that I remember of growing up during my grammar school years at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School was the need to have the … Continue reading

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Catherine Whall Smith asks – do you “sew” or “stitch” ?

So, when asked what are you doing – do you say “stitching” or “sewing”. Does one term have a different connotation than the other? My mother, Rose (Puglisi) Whall as a teen-ager was a stitcher in a shoe factory. She … Continue reading

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Catherine Whall Smith – holiday gift idea – check out “The Studio Quilt, No. 6 by Sandra Sider

Dear artists,      Check it out on Amazon.com – it’s easy to find by searching; sider studio quilt. This latest full color publication by critic and curator, Sandra Sider showcases recent quilts by sixty artists.      Martha Sielman, Executive Director of Studio Art … Continue reading

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