For those who cannot make it to Auburn NY to see the Schweinfurth show in which my quilt, Connecting Fantasy to Reality Proved Difficult, there is now a pdf slideshow available for a virtual tour. Check it out by clicking here.
A detail shot of the quilt is towards the end of the document.
This museum did such a spectacular job of hanging the quilts, I couldn't be more excited about it.
Creative Force 2010
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.
all doodles have value
Here's a new pattern from an excerpted doodle passed on to me from a friend in NY.
the original piece:
and a draft of a pattern using it:
what a treat to join such great artists
Just returned from Rochester NY where I joined Pat Pauly and her husband Rob for a weekend. Pat, a hostess ranked up there with the best of them, took me to the Eastman Home (as in Eastman Kodak), the Susan B. Anthony museum, a Women's rights museum and a comprehensive tour of the surrounding areas. The public market was loads fun and we found many wonderful treasures. We had a delicious dinner at a place called the Good Luck.
I was there for the Art=Quilts=Arts exhibit at the Schweinfurth Museum in Auburn. Beautiful work, a delightful assemblage of wonderful artists and a good crowd to boot. My two pieces, Going Viral and Connecting Fantasy to Reality Proved Difficult, looked great in the space. I was awarded the Machine Quilting Excellence award. It took me by surprise since I didn't even know there were awards. And, it paid my travel expenses too! Pat was awarded First Place for her gorgeous quilt "Stacked Mummy Bags"
What fun. I want to do that again.
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.
