Hello,
The opening on Sunday was the big event of the week for me. I was happily pleased by all the folks who came to support me. Two of the gals in this photo came from over from an hour away and that was a big surprise. 
My daughter and youngest grandson came as well . He is over six feet and makes me look really like a small grandmother.
With this show I tried to show old work and new as well as show all the different techniques I use. This work in the show is my first Fire piece and it was done about 25 years ago.
I put this work in the show to show off my applique skills and my handwork.
Granite Grannies is and example of a work that is both painted and dyed. I did free motion drawing to out line the faces.
Calling Crows is a work that won Judges Choice at the Adirondack Quilts Show a few years ago. I did it after being awakened by crows at 4:00 in the morning when I was staying in Auburn.
This work is called Forest Flock. I machine drew all the little birds and then appliqued them to the background. The dark tree is made from an old black skirt that I felted.
Briar Patch is a work that came about because I was playing with metallic threads and they suggested shinny berries to me.
Lastly I included the last three studies I did this fall as a part of the Explorations series. I am in a new phase of this same self challenge now.
There were more works in the show , but I did not include them all. The pictures show of the show were taken by my daughter, Wendy.
There was a Pixie Meeting this week and we shared lots of ideas. I am continuing to work away on the 100 Day SAQA challenge. Friday I printed these images . The images on the bottom are new and the ones on the top are the new blocks over an existing image.
I printed new images on Saturday.
I did a Rabbit to celebrate the Chinese New year of the Rabbit
Tue I printed the new images
Wed I cut these new images. I decided to do a Rat as the Chinese symbol because that is my year.
Today is the twelfth day and an even one so I printed . One the left are the prints them selves and on the right are them used on top of another printed image. I am having fun and learning things so I feel good about this project.
Progress Report: Blue Horizons This work is 34.5 ” X 38″. I enjoyed doing the handwork on this piece and finished it on Tue.
The free motion process is also fun for me. I have fun dreaming up images to machine draw.
Presume I am still in the hand work stage here. I am out lining the metallic’s like I did on Forbidden Fruit.
Envision I finished putting together the top for this work on Monday. Then yesterday after pin basting it I did some stitch in the ditch work to stabilize it so I can do the hand work here. I am just thinking about the the pattern the hand work will take at this point.
Understanding Orange I have just begun this top. It is number 5 in the Monochromatic Studies of the Meandering Mind series. I will start using purples when this one is done.
Creative Assistants I finished off 22 more of these little guys this week. This is the most recent bunch ready for the paint and pin backs. I hope to do a few more faces and add bodies before I complete the batch.
I hope that my readers are stay safe and enjoying the season.
Keep Creating
Carol