Cover Girl. Well, my artwork is on the cover

That's my artwork on the cover of Edible San Diego magazine (March/April 2017 edtiion)

And do take 5 minutes to watch video interview of me! (Watch for BeBop, trying to steal the spotlight!)

Artichoke Family by Jane LaFazio (sold)

Published! Cloth Paper Scissors ~ January/February 2017 issue

Mulberry Music (11x7 inches) by Jane LaFazio with Buddy's paw for scale.

"Collage Stories" by Jane LaFazio in this issue of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine

Check my JaneVille Etsy shop to purchase these pieces.

"The Hundred Dresses" by Jane LaFazio featured in Cloth Paper Scissors magazine

"Send me Flowers" (7.5 x 11 inches) by Jane LaFazio

Me, Me, Me

Jane LaFazio

Hey! want to know more about me? Or at least listen to some of my stories? CraftSanity mastermind, Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood, interviewed me for a podcast! Grab a cuppa and here is the link.

And you saw the interview wasn't enough? Here's a reason to join the Craft Industry Alliance and then you can read about me in their latest January journal Issue #33. It is seriously an excellent organization!

French Flight ~ featured in "Storytelling with Collage" by Roxanne Evans Stout

"French Flight" (13x13 inches) $275. by Jane LaFazio

I'm thrilled to be able to finally share this little quilt with you. I created it especially for Roxanne Evans Stout brand new book, "Storytelling with Collage."

Storytelling with Collage by Roxanne Evans Stout 

"French Flight" by Jane LaFazio page 52 in Storytelling with Collage by Roxanne Evans Stout 

I really love this piece. It's made from vintage lace and napkins and an envelope, fabric from Paris, a and a a watercolor I created of a little bird. 

detail of "French Flight" by Jane LaFazio page 53 in Storytelling with Collage by Roxanne Evans Stout 

detail "French Flight" (13x13 inches) by Jane LaFazio

detail "French Flight" (13x13 inches) by Jane LaFazio

detail "French Flight" (13x13 inches) by Jane LaFazio

The free motion stitching is of a peony, (my favorite flower, discovered while I was visiting France) and of a fleur de lis.

detail "French Flight" (13x13 inches) by Jane LaFazio

I got a digital copy of Roxanne's book, which made me even more excited to get a hard copy. It's a gorgeous book filled with Roxanne's unique and sensitive art work. Totally inspiring!

"Stitch Stories" by Cas Holmes

Eucalyptus Blooms (13x27.5 inches) by Jane LaFazio in my JaneVille ETSY SHOP

Stitch Stories: Personal Places, Spaces and Traces in Textile Art

my quilt, "Eucalyptus Blooms," featured in Cas Holmes' new book!

I'm thrilled to be included in Cas Holmes' new book "Stitch Stories: Personal Places, Spaces and Traces in Textile Art." 

Cas' first book "The Found Object in Textile Art" was a huge influence on me and the way I work. 

I love her work, her style and aesthetic. Can't wait to spend some time in my studio with her latest book!

In Cas' new book, you can see how my sketchbook inspired my stencil design.

Eucalyptus Blooms stencil, design by Jane LaFazio  (Also in my Esty shop)

Published! Sequins and felt and beads, Oh My!

Quilting Arts magazine, page 62&63. August September 2015 issue.

Quilting Arts magazine, page 62&63. August September 2015 issue.

I've got a short article in the latest Quilting Arts magazine about creating with felt and bead and sequins. You can see me on Quilting Arts TV (Series 1600), demonstrating how to do this, too.

Triple your pleasure by joining me in an in-person one-day workshop entitled Felt Like Stitching, and I'll teach you to make your own milagro or stuffed, sequined and beaded thingey.

I'm teaching Felt Like Stitching  on October 10, at Art is You, in Stamford, CT. 

Corazon by Jane LaFazio

Heart Orange by Jane LaFazio

Nothing is worth more than THIS DAY by Jane LaFazio

Cherish by Jane LaFazio

Just Jane!

Just Jane!  a new eBook by Quilting Arts magazine!

Well, how exciting is this? Quilting Arts and Cloth Paper Scissors magazines have created an eBook of Just Jane! (love that title!) It's 58 pages long is consists of 14 of the articles I've written. 

I'm just thrilled about this retrospective of my magazine work! (Especially, since I read in the newspaper recently about a movie company have releasing a retrospective of Doris Day's films. For her 91st birthday! So glad I didn't have to wait that long.)

And check out these kind works from Vivika, Editor of Quilting Arts magazine: 

Published! in "Gelli Plate Printing" by Joan Bess

my page in "Gelli Plate Printing" by Joan Bess

I'm thrilled to be included in the new book, "Gelli Plate Printing" by Joan Bess! If you follow my work, you know I love gelli plate printing.

Gelli Plate Printing by Joan Bess

Here are the two quilts featured in the book: 

"Marmalade Greenhouse" measures 14x11 inches by 

Jane LaFazio for sale in my JaneVille Etsy shop! 

"Pink Gingko" measures 22x11 inches. by Jane LaFazio
and for sale in my JaneVille Etsy shop! SOLD!

Bonus: The first person to buy one of these quilts will get a free copy of "Gelli Plate Printing" by Joan Bess.

My sketchbook ~ in the news

 My artwork is a cover girl on this ebook, Sketchbook Keeping for Fiber Artists from Quilting Arts magazine! 

And Quilting Arts featured me on their blog with printmaking ideas from your sketchbook and how to transfer your drawings to fabric using printmaking  

So, if you're not working in a sketchbook yet, this should convince you! 

So, sign up for Sketchbook Skool! They are rerunning my semester, Semester One, starting in July! and this time, limiting it to 500 students, so sign up now! It really is loads of fun and soooo much inspiration! I'm one of 6 teachers including Danny Gregory, Koosje Koene, Roz Stendahl, Prash Miranda and Tommy Kane. 

Number One!

Amazing, my little ol' $1.99 workshop download, Textured Backgrounds Transparent Foregrounds was the NUMBER ONE best seller of 2013 for Cloth Paper Scissors! (You can see the list here.) 
I feel like I just won the Miss America pageant! (My friend Lori Mitchell told me I need a sash! ha!)


Textured Backgrounds Transparent Foregrounds 

And gee, while you're buying the 2013 bestseller, you can pick up a couple of my other downloadable workshops:


From Art Journaling to Art 


Recycled Circles (Layered & Fused Applique Quilts)

And heck, why not sign up for my online "Sketching & Watercolor: Journal Style" class as well. Or gee whiz, come to France with me in June 2014 or on a river cruise in 2015, or maybe take one of my workshops...

Okay okay, enough with the plugs. I'm quite proud and amazed that my teaching has inspired and touched so many people. Thanks to all of you who helped me by buying stuff and takin' classes. I work hard at what I love, and I'm thrilled to have turned my passion into a profession.

Published!

I've got an article in the recent Quilting Arts magazine, June/July 2013, showing how to use stencils in your work with fabric (or paper). And what do you know, I'm using the stencils I designed for Stencil Girl Products in the article! Coincidence? I think not.

Quilting Arts latest issue with my friend, Jamie Fingal's quilt on the front!

And I also appear in an issue of Cloth Paper Scissors....

Cloth Paper Scissors magazine March/April 2013

Editor, Jenn Mason included a photo of the CREATE mixed media retreat instructors, and guess who was doing a yoga pose...Oh, I laughed when I saw it!!

Yoga Poses in Public Places

Published!

I'm a cover girl! My prayer flags (along with one of Martha Wolfe's) are on the cover of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine (March/April 2012) and an article on The Prayer Flag Project, written by me. Also featured in the article are flags and photos by Prayer Flag Project founder, Vivika Hansen DeNegre and Ileen Dalke Miller.

And I'm in today's San Diego Union Tribune Travel Section, with one of my photos from my trip to Cuba.