When my brother, Thom Atkins , visited last fall, he showed me (and a few quilting buddies) his new method for designing and constructing ...

Beadlust   an exhibition of bead and fiber works by Robin Atkins This is the first solo exhibition of my work! I am very pleased a...

I've been teaching a two-day workshop called Improvisational Bead Embroidery for more than 25 years now, teaching both techniques an...

A few years ago I impulsively bought a red felt bag with circles of color on one side, made in Nepal. $40. I never used it... guess I'm ...

    Bead Embroidery Beautiful San Juan Island March 30-April 1 Join me, Peggy Kemp from Hawaii, and 12 other beaders for a...

Today is my wedding anniversary. Sadly, it is not the happy day it should be. Robert and I tied the knot January 12, 2001 in Victoria BC a...

It's all Peggy Kemp's idea... her dream comes true March 30 through April 1, 2013... something to cure the winter blues for sure....

I finished November's and December's BJP pieces earlier this week and finally got them photographed today. All of my pieces this yea...

Home What does home mean to you? A building, a place where you live? If you ask a poet, "What is home?" They mi...