by martita | Feb 23, 2023 | Fabric Art Techniques
There has been a clowder of fabric pet portraits and pet memorials on my design wall this fall/winter. What’s a clowder? Clowder: a group of cats. Over the 16 years that I have created custom pet portraits and memorials, the overwhelming number of customer requests...
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by martita | Sep 29, 2022 | Inspirations
Preparing for an art show is like getting back on a bicycle, except since it’s been 32 months since my last show, I had to: take inventory, redesign the booth layout, order what I needed, put fresh covers on the matted pictures, rewire some wall hangings with stronger...
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by martita | Mar 31, 2022 | Inspirations
Part of my vision for my business is to be recognized widely as a pet portrait and pet memorial fabric artist, to the degree that a magazine or other media asks to interview me. Since no one is knocking on my door yet, I thought I’d practice here this month. What is...
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by martita | Dec 30, 2021 | Inspirations
It’s that time of year when, as a small business owner, I take stock of how the past year has gone and pull together my thoughts for the upcoming year. When I retired early in 2016, it was to move to Vermont for family, fabric, and farm. Those 3 F’s, with the...
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by martita | Apr 25, 2021 | Inspirations
Back when my daughter was expecting their child, needless to say we all were excited. Kara Fizbeauchamp, my daughter-in-law, wrote “When Your First Grandchild is a Farm” for me and framed it within one of her paintings of garlic growing. I wanted to share...
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