Texas Art Asylum

The Texas Art Asylum is a gathering  place for overflow items (donated from individuals and businesses) and all is available for purchase for creating new recycled art or perhaps is stated more clearly on their home page:

Cool stuff for creative reuse!

This crafty enterprise is located at 1230 Houston Avenue, in Houston, Texas 77007 (conveniently close to I-10 and 45).
Hours are posted on their webpage, and so is a lot of other fun information (such as what artifacts they are accepting, what classes are on the schedule, and FAQs). 

A great new discovery and one that I can hardly wait to see in person!  I believe I that there is a special rate for teachers too -- gosh, this could be the best reason for returning to the classroom!  Woo-Hoo!

"Which Dress ..."

The winners have been announced for the 2010 Heart, Hands & Heritage: The Patchwork Soul of Women quilt competition.

The quilt receiving the most votes is:

"Which Dress Would You Like?"

by Laura Casmore

The second place quilt is:

"Starry Nights"

by Catherine Waltz

Third place is by a friend of mine:

"Craft and Soul"

by Patricia A. Hinojosa

There are many other great quilt in this exhibit and you can see them by clicking here or by visiting the exhibit while it is  open at Rice University (open Oct. 21 through Nov. 19, 2010).   Click here for more information in this exhibit.