Hello
I hope everyone enjoyed their 4th of July. We where graced with a visitor in our neighbors yard in the middle of the day. Mother Nature is very abatable.
There were lots of meetings this week. Sat was the Finger Lakes Fiber Artist group meeting. Pat who had taught at The Surface and Design Symposium in Ohio for both week shared this little work by Sherri ( she was behind me in class) that she purchased at the auction. She said it was based on advice about how to get a baby so go to sleep by one of the older gals at the symposium.
The meeting was a good one and folks had a lot to share. Regina had lots to share. The one at the top is her 3X3 piece. We sure had fun with that challenge.
Joyce had a lot to share too. the two at the bottom are her experiments with Potato Dextrose that she did at the spring retreat.
Noel made this top in Pat’s class at The symposium. She had this work quilted by the Diva meeting on Tue along with several others.
Sharon is really stretcher as she works on this commission of 6 quilts using the clothing of a woman who has passed away.
Maureen displayed here banner that is 8 feet tall by 24 ” wide. It hung at the Women’s exhibit in Huston.
Angela had a wonderful contribution. She has finished these three pieces based on her husbands sax keys. The blue one will be at QBL in two weeks.
The Schweinfurt has a wonderful set of shows on recycled work in the main galleries as well. 
This artist is working totally with packing materials and labels. I love how he has used a box as he frame.
This artist built all her pieces from materials that she got from the city dump. It is a fascinating show.
The QuEG’s and Diva’s meant too. The QuEGs meeting was small with only 4 of us but we did enjoy our selves.
At Divas Noel shared the pieces she had finished sense Sat..
Anne showed a piece got some advice on one how to improve it. I love the stitching in the leaves here.
Liesa did a nice floral work. Can’t believe she will be 99 on her next Birthday and still creating! It is always stimulating and a good time.
Monday Liz and I did do a dye day. This is her piece and it is very vivid. We had trouble with our color washing out to very light last week so we added fresh dye to the paste and I hope this helps. I am washing out mine today and I will know by this eve.
Progress Report: Diminishing
I ma now quilting on this work. Doing free motion circles is a bit of a challenge and I am having fun.
Shirt I just keep building up the surface of this work. I am enjoying this handwork too.
Rework of Old and New- Purple and Blue
After some careful study I decided that this work needed more quilting so I am doing cant ha stitches around each block. I think I will add some French Knots to each block as well to further the uniting of the three layers.
Childhood- Watermelon Feast
When we lived in Columbus Junction the park was next door. It was a wonderful play ground for us and we used it almost daily. One summer day the JC’s had a Watermelon Feast. I was thrilled and ate 8 slices of watermelon. Three were lots of bees in the park that day attracted to the sweet rines and I was afraid to toss mine into the bin. They few up in a swarm but were not interested in anything but the fruit just as I had not interest in dinner that night.
Keep Creating
Carol