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Bounty of Show Work

September 14, 2018 admin

Hello,

It is fall and the season of quilt shows. I always submit lots of entries and this year I really did well. I have two works in the Associated Artists at the Manlius Public Library. That show opened on the 8th of Sept and will go until the 29th. The reception is Sat. Oct 8 from 2:00 to 4:00 at the Library in Manlius NY. My works Black Capped Chickadee and Birch Trees are a part of that exhibit.

I am also a part of the Interwoven Journeys in Fiber Arts show at the Broad Street Gallery in Hamilton, NY. This show opens on Sat Sept . 15, with the reception from 5 to 7. Indian Pipe is one of the 14 pieces that I submitted to this show.

This is one of the four works that will be in the Quilts Unlimited show in Old Forge at the View from Oct 5 to Nov 5. The first weekend on Sat is the opening with a lunchen and awards. The other three works show are Quartered Glyph, Asters and Calling Crows.

Generational Whispers was the work that is in the judged “It’s All Relative” show by Experience Fiber Arts in the Whiler Building, 1 E. Main St in Rochester NY. The opening is Oct 6, 2:00 to 5:00. This show runs until Oct 26.

I was also accepted in the international Schweinfurth Quilts= Art= Quilts show Judged Show. My Label quilt was the entry for that show. It opens Oct 27 and runs until Jan 6, 2019 . 205 Genesee St. I also will be a part of the Members show at the Schweinfurth during the same time. My piece Deep Jellys will be a part of that show. I am flying high with all this work coming and going and it is requiring a bit of juggling on my part too.

I have also spent a little time with my friend Tanya this week. She is exploring dyeing silk with procion dye. I really like her use of color on this experimental piece.

Progress Report: JIG This quilt is 40″ w X 39″ t. I enjoyed working on this piece. It really was finished last week, but I wanted to fray the edges of the letters so it was in the washer last Thur.

I dyed the orange and red fabric behind these letters. One of my personal challenges for this year was to use my hand dyed in all my works this year and this is it for this piece

FOX

I have cut all the words for this piece and pinned them in place. I am now in the process of stitching the words down before I satin stitch around the out sides. The light green and the rust words use my own hand dyed work.

Forest Fire The base for this piece is a yard of Judy Roberts fabric. I have added Angelina to represent the light in the burning sky. The fur trees are fuzed down and I will build on top to create the feeling of fire burning them.

Scrap Happy I continue to add together strips and bits of fabric from the Ethel box to create squares for the new Scrap Happy quilt.

Daily Process The red orange in the background is some of my hand dyed on the fabric. I am now adding the hand stitching to this work as well.

Collection IV I am working on the hand stitching on this project now. I call it Friends because I am using lots of items that my friends have given me. The flower applique is from Tanya.

Label Cards : Life is Art For all of us the creation of our individual self is an ongoing process. doing it artfully is the big challenge.

Enduring Some images are just universal and speak to all of us. They last the test of time.

All American The Grand Canyon and a native American chief- both are items that are a part of our culture and no other country.

Keep Creating

Carol

3 Witches, Collage, Glyph IV with Beads, Hand work, Indian Pipe, Indian Pipe, Label Cards, Medusa, Radial Joy, Spring Forest, Winter Apples

Spring Approaches?

March 1, 2018 admin

Hello,

March in its typical approach can not seem to decide if it is ready for spring or if winter should still dominate. I saw these Snow Drops on my walk yesterday and I did hear a Robin’s song this morning. But there is also snow in the air and in the forecast for this evening and tomorrow. Mother Nature is a bit fickle.

Progress Report: Indian Pipe This work is 16” t X 20” w. The background is felted and it is based on a photo of a rock cut along a road in Washington state. I selected the Indian Pipes as my subject from one of my mother’s slides. The steams are made from organza that is wrapped around a pipe cleaner and the heads are satin ribbon.

Winter Apples This work is 27.5” t X 29.5” l. It is based on a photo I took of a crabapple tree at Thanksgiving when we visited the Turning Stone Cession for our family dinner. The crystalline snow is made up of silk with a lacy ribbon on top.

Radiating Joy I am to the quilting step with my work on this piece. I did reflective quilting in the rainbow letters and I am doing strait line quilting in the dark areas.

Frozen I continue to move very slowly on this piece. I am just about ready to cut the wholes in the ice where the rocks stick through.

Glyph IV I am happy with the progress on this piece as the top of the O is now complete and I am working down the right side.

Spring Forest I am done with the quilting on this pieces as well and have moved onto the beading of the trees. I had help selecting the beads that I am using.

Afghan This work is now done. I like the colors and it is worm.

Daily PracticeThe daily hand work is moving along. All of the parts are at least tacked down with stitches now. I look forward to playing with decorative stitches on the rest of the surface.

New Work I pulled greens out of the stash to begin a new piece based on an image of asters.

Star Gazers This is collage #9 and is called Star Gazers.

Card- Medusa I always saw Medusa as a very tragic figure. All that constant noise and motion around her head all the time. Must have been tiring.

3 Witches These three women from a clothing add made me think of the 3 witches from Macbeth. They seem to conjuring trouble to me.

Keep being creative

Carol

Collage, Diva Meetings, Double Joy, Glyph IV with Beads, Indian Pipe, Indian Pipe, JOY II, Orange Essence, Quilt Exploration Group (QuEGs), Scrap Happy Quilts, Spirit, Ths Sun

Snow days

February 8, 2018 admin

Hello

We continue to get snow here in New York. The wind is not blowing however as the snow laden windmill shows. Its just the light fluffy wet lake effect stuff. The snow is piling up however. It was much nicer earlier this week and I went to the QuEGs and Diva meetings. At QuEGs there were only three of us so we meant at Liz’s home and did a bit of Gelly Plate printing. Liz says she will use some of hers to make Valentines. As a part of the season Judy Sent me a cheerful water color Valentine to celebrate too.

The Diva group meeting had lots of folks with lots to share. Mary did this delightful piece of her grandson.

Regina shared her new work where she used some of her hand dyed fabric. ( the orange) I am glad she too is doing that with her stash.

Alice is getting ready for her show at the Women’s Museum and this is her most recent work.

Noel made this pillow using her fabric form her Mothers old clothing.

Progress Report: Joy II This work is 34.5” w X 39.5” t. I am so fortunate to have a group of folks to bounce ideas off of. I took this work to the QuEG’s meeting and they gave me some valuable suggestions. I went home and applied them and then took the work to the Diva meeting that eve. The gals in that group pounced it completed. This close up shows where I did some of the altering. Before I reworked this area the orange in the letters and the orange in the background where too close to the same color. I used a colored pencil to darken the background. The high contrast is what it needed.

Double Joy This work is 28” w X 40.5”t. I used the cutaways from Joy II to create this work. I like the vertical movement of this piece. I feel the color gets a bit washed out in the full photo.

New Work I seem to be in a rework mode at the moment so I redesigned the Joy to use as a radial design for the next piece in this series.

New ZAP This word also a rework and I am playing again with. This is a close up of the word. The letters are cut from some hand dyed fabric I did at a QuEGs play day a few years ago.

Glyph IV I keep beading away on this project. This side of the O is almost complete.

Indian Pipe This felted project is at the build stage. I am struggling along with the integration of the plants into the setting. I think I have just about completed the bracken on the forest floor. Now to work on the pipes themselves.

Frozen This work is also proving to be a bit of a challenge at the moment. The organza ice is on now and I need to decide where to let the stones poke through so I can build the flow patterns around them. I am just unsure about how to start.

Daily Practice-Orange Essence I have decide this daily practice work is done. I do not know how I want to finish the series so I am setting this work aside for now . I will begin the next one this week.

Daily Practice This is the second work in the series, it is base before any stitching has been applied. Again I will try to limit the number of stitches I use on this work.

Scarp Happy When I do not know what I want to do next I keep myself in the working mood by doing a project that requires little or no thinking on my part. I am doing that with this project as I have done many of these scrap happys. I pulled out the box of left over blocks from previous Scrap Happys and started a new project. I know I can always find a home for these quilts.

Collage This is collage #5. I am please I have kept up this series and feel I have a routine now. I know this summy work is in response to the snow and cold too. The environment really does affect my work.