Hello,
Spring has come to central New York with a burst of color and warmth. This Bloodroot blossomed this week after several cold days when I could see the buds tightly furled. It is wonderful. I am rally enjoying my walks now. 
May day was the first Tuesday of the month and I had meetings. The QuEG’s meant and we had a good talk. Liz showed off her sketchbook where she had altered some of the pages that she printed at Regina’s last week. 
Linda wowed us with her wonderful jewelry. It is good to have her back in central NY.
Then I went off to the Diva meeting . Again I got lots of stimulation. Lliese did this work during the gray days of April. Tulips are always cheerful. It is painted silk. 
Noel is making baby quilts as her brood expands. This one is created from Liberty of London fabrics. 
Anne is also dealing with the transition from winter to spring with this work. The weather sure effects lots of us.
Cheri continues to develop her stencil/layers of painting style. I like what she is doing and know she is challenging herself.
She is also exploring uses of the wash away from our fall class. The Lavender in the center of this work is machine thread drawing.
Alice has this opening this week. I will not make it to the opening, but I will pay a visit some time this summer.
This is also a work by Alice. She does great work with crows as so many of us do who live here in central NY where they are abundant. 
Lori, Christen and Ruth all took a workshop on the use of fusibles and did some wonderful flower work. Lori is working on her embroidery on a woven background too.
Maureen showed off more of the work she did at the spring retreat.
She created this resist with a potato masher.
Sharon also shared some of her work with us. It was a lively meeting with lots wonderful ideas.
Yesterday was a FAB meeting and sense we had not gotten together sense March we had a lot to share too. This is a new piece by Judy and she is hand quilting it now. She also finished her the top
that she started at camp last fall. We too had a lively conversation. Judy was given a top that she passed on to Sharon who fell in love with it.
I am so fortunate to have so many great folks to support me.
Progress Report: Asters This work is 33” w X 33.5”l. It is all raw edge appliqued down. 
The center’s of the flowers are hand appliqued circles. Some of the leaves are hand painted fabrics. 
The vein’s of the leaves are all stitched down with two threads in the same needle on the sewing machine.
Collection 
This work is 17”w X 27”l. One of the little challenges that I put up for myself this year was to create a work that is based on a article from Quilting Arts. This is one from last month. 
I had a good time layering up the stacks of fabric and objects to create this work.
Black-capped Chickadee This work is 12” X 12” and stretched. I am working on backgrounds for the other birds too.
NEW
This is a new exploration using text as my starting point. The word is “NEW” and far too visible and poor in composition for this to be the final lay out – but it is a start.
Riotous Romp This is also a text based start. The word is New- done in a cursive curvy style. ( check last week for the shape) I have zig-zag appliqued down the letters and I have started to reflective quilt the central part of this work. It has a curvy cut background.
New
I built this background this week too. Again I have no direction as to what I want to do with this surface. I thought I could use the cut-ways from Riotous Romp as a start- but that idea was awful…..
Blue scarf I made another scarf from silk paper and yarns that I had in my stash. I love the textures
Card: Odyssey I am still making little cards and enjoying the collaging process. The moon is in constant change and watching the constant change of mankind’s history unfold too.
Keep Creating
Carol