Ladybug's Cabin

There are times when you have to admit that the weight of what is happening is too heavy to carry. I will take a deep breath and hope to find more strength tomorrow <3

that is the PERFECT way to describe it!

I've got a solo exhibit at Cut Bank Marketplace on Main up until Oct 15th. If you are traveling through the area, I hope you will swing in and check it out!

Love watching the baby birds show up

A quiet walk in my garden was just what my heart and soul needed this morning...

May has been a busy month of teaching! I being an artistic 'instigator'. Want to join in the fun? check out my classes on offer on my website.

The Spotlight Auction opens tomorrow, March 26 at 3PM EDT Bidding will be open until April 5. Bids start low at $25 and go up in $5 increments. You'll find my submission as entry 114 "As the Crow Flies" SAQA.com/Spotlight

I'm excited to announce that my textile art will be on display at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum as a part of SAQA's Broad Spectrum: Abundant Palette exhibit. The show is April 21st through July 19th along with the Colorado Japanese American Women's Quilt Project. www.RMQM.org #saqa #textileart

Been playing with making some Glacier Park themed thread painted ornaments in Montana shaped frames.
#lovenationalparks
#threadpainting
#fiberart
#glaciernationalpark

Raven Textile Art by Monique

Excited to be teaching at MISSA’s annual Summer Arts Program this year!
Creating Textile Texture with Lutradur
Registration opens Friday, February 28

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Fusible applique pattern for Bleeding Heart flower

I've got a new pattern out. (although I've been working on it for a while...seems more appropriate than ever these days!)

"I am learning how (the) lines and edges become part of a new path, a map, a work of art in progress, one that bears witness not only to what has befallen us but also to the imagination and wild grace by which our scars are becoming part of our wholeness.” --- Jan Richardson Pattern:Have a Heart

Quilted greeting cards with hearts, cats and dogs.

Making up some quilted cards to add a little extra love out in the world.

SAQA is doing a trunk show sale of small pieces from memebers right now. So fun to see such a blend of different techniques and creations. Good to have another tangible display of how diversity is beautiful right now. #textileart #saqa #art #theworldneedsmorebeauty
www.saqa.com/trunkshowsale

feels a bit the same from here...

thread painting of a pygmy owl made by Monique Kleinhans

A little thread painting of a pygmy owl. A good reminder that although you may be small in the forest, you still have might.
#textileart #quilting #dontgiveupyourpower

A lone tree painted on fabric and quilted to create a winter scene

Is doing art a distraction from the world? Yes. But it also an observation, an expression, and a way to keep my heart calm.
"Many Winters" ink on fabric
#textileart #quilting #art #findingmyselfinfibers

Finishing up on special commission this week. I love representing old barns and buildings into fiber art!
#quilting #textileart #Montana #SAQA

textile art of light coming through trees

Happy New Year!
May we all find the light we need, or take time to shine some for others.
Textile wall hanging: Out of Darkness

Cute smiling dog with tenis ball

Part of the joy of this time of year is catching up with folks we don't get to see often enough...(as well as some pooches too). I think Buzzy was just as happy to see us on his last visit <3

Thank you Gina! I really appreciate your kind words and you taking the time to share them <3

Fiber owl art in wooden frame

Putting this fiber owl into the member salon at the Hockaday Museum this year. Inktense on fabric, thread painting and some couched roving appliqued on a woven and quilted background.
#fiberart #textile #quilting

Thread painted aspen Trees reaching up into the sky

Painted skies...Inktense on fabric with thread painting to recreate one of my favorite views of fall...looking up through the bright yellow dancing leaves into the cobalt blue sky.
#textileart #quilting #inktense #threadpainting

Thank you so much!

Thread painted Pygmy Owl

It's not just chickadees who pose to have their portraits done around here...This little pygmy owl also likes to come and visit from time to time. Thread painted on appliqued background.
#textileart #quilting #forthebirds

Love it!

Thanks! Chickadees always make me happy :D

Thread painted chickadees

A chickadee conversation...most likely about why I don't put enough nuts out. Inktense on fabric with thread painting embellishments.
#fiberart #chickadees #quilting

Love watching our Chickadees! (but haven't ever captured having a full on bath before!) <3