Hello,
Fall is all around me here in central NY. I love all the color although it has been very rainy so leaves are being pulled off the trees and there is little full color display here. One needs to enjoy what is available.
FAB meant on Friday last week and Sharon shared her completed commissions
. She sure can build a great depth in her work and all the seasons are represented.
This week I went with the Associated Artists to visit an artists studio. Chris Baker ( his work is in the photo) was very open and gracious to us answering question after question. It was a good learning experience.
Progress Report: Wildfire This work is 33” w X 34” l. I have so enjoyed working on this project. I used a lot of the information that I learned in the transparence class at QBL last summer . 
I also used some silk paper that I had created to build up the color. 
Everything is sewn and quilted together with free motion work. I enjoyed working on this one.
Friends- collections 3 
This work is 16” w X 24”l. There are so many little memories for me in this work. Many of the objects are gifts from friends. the Artists trading card here is form my friend Sharron and the black glass button came from Jenny’s button box. 
Machine drawing I did a lot of machine drawing of birds this week. Two Blue Jays, two Killdeer and three Cedar Waxwings make up my efforts. The last Waxwing is about half done. I want to add them to the felting that I did last week. Hopefully they will be a part of the 12X12 show at the Broad Street gallery in Dec/Jan.
Scarp Happy work
These are three of the panels that I am building for the back of the scarp happy quilt. I tried to limit the pallet so it hold together visually.
Halloween Cards It is the season and I had a good time playing with paint and stickers one day this week.
New work 
The base is all done for this new project. I want to build some burrs to add on top of this base.
Dyeing and Indigo 
Last Thursday I went to Regina’s and she encouraged me to use her Indigo dye pot. I did these four pieces at that time. I think there is a lot of white because I am not sure I soaked them in water before I dipped them. Mistakes are often made when one is learning. 
Part of that learning included the fact that I stitched and wrapped some fabric before I went to Regina’s. But it was soda soaked and one dose not need to have soda soaked fabric for indigo. So this week I used some premixed dyes from Ethel’ stash on this fabric. It came out pale again because I did not know what I was doing.
Daily Practice 
I keep working away on this project. I feel I am almost most done with the flow lines around the outside of the fabric shapes.
Keep Creating
Carol