Mom and I returned from Houston (city of roads that make you cry) and thoroughly enjoyed the IQA festival show. There were hundreds of quilts to see and of course many tempting pieces of fabric, loads of thread and inspiration. Mom bought a top of the line Janome machine while I dabbled with new threads. A particular honor for me was to see my quilt on the Creative Force catalog cover (upper right quadrant) (get your own copy and see all of the quilts here.). SAQA does an incredible job mounting these shows. I am proud to be a member.
It's all connected
Here's the latest quilt I have been working on. I sent an enlarged doodle to Spoonflower and had them print it onto Organic Cotton Canvas. Then I added nodes in a variety of colors using free motion quilting. The tedious part begins now. I have to tie off and bury all the threads on the back. I am also going to take a big risk with this one and throw it in the washer. I want to see what the puckering will do to the design. So here is a picture before (along with a detail shot) and I will post the after shot when it is complete.
Holding my breath on that.
can't find the words
Here's the official notification:
It is my great pleasure to inform you that your work, Global Warming, The Great Unraveling, has been chosen for exhibition in the Quilt National ’11 show.
speechless.
two quilts accepted into a show
Two of my quilts have been accepted into the Quilts=Art=Quilts 2010 show at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center in Auburn, NY (clickhere to see their website). If you are near that area from October 31 through January 9, stop in to see them!
this one is called Connecting fantasy to reality proved difficult
and this one is called Going viral
of two minds
Here they are! This inspiring pair represent all that Jean and I are trying to communicate with these sculptures. Duality, synthesis, wonder, collaboration, inspiration. We have named them "of two minds"
