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This and That

Monday, September 14th, 2009

I am feeling so much better after a rejuvenating sleep last night. This morning, my iPhone alarm went off to remind me that I had a teeth cleaning appointment at 10 am. I got there to find out it was at 2 pm! So, I decided to visit a couple of art stores in my quest to find mica chips for my green flash. The two I visited in the morning did not have what I wanted. After my 2 pm appointment, I stopped at two more stores. The first was having a side walk sale so I picked up some pencils, erasers and small journals, but no mica chips. I did get the green screen printing ink and some Golden black mica flakes.

Off to Art Media. I bought some pearl mica chips which I am going to tint with one of the greens that I bought. I also bought some spring green pearlescent powder. Laura uses pallet knives to stain fabric with paint so I bought a couple of those.

Speaking of supplies – Got Glue? I do. This was leftover from the workshop so I bought it.

Can you tell that I am excited to get back to work in the studio?

I also bought some handmade paper as a possible background for one of the fusion pieces I did in the workshop. I had an aspen screen print on organza that I had used as the bottom layer.

I liked both sides of the fusion piece so I decided to slice it up and alternate the sides. Needs some work.

We had co-presidents of the guild last year and each of them made the board members lovely gifts. Karen, a weaver, gave us these bookmarks which she purchased in Sweden.

And Carla, a quilter, made each of us a quilted heart. I love the fabrics in this.

Tomorrow, Jayme arrives to participate in the celebration preparations. Can’t wait to have her here with us. I feel so blessed to have her as my son’s life partner and a member of our family.

I leave you with a photo of a pooped puppy. Mark and he went over to Reed college and found another puppy to play with.

Posted in fabric fusion, Family, painting fabric, Quilting Friends, Scooter, Stuff I Buy, This and that | 5 Comments »

Fun With Laura

Friday, September 11th, 2009

I am having such a good time hanging with Laura Cater-Woods – the very talented and generous Laura. Here she is setting up for the lecture yesterday at the guild meeting. Most members of the guild did not want her lecture to end, they were enjoying it so much. We had a long, chatty lunch with Terry Grant and then Laura and I went to the Coldwater Creek Spa for our massages – ahhhh!

This morning, after a nice breakfast, we arrived at the Mill Ends Store for the first of a two-day workshop, titled:A Sampler of Techniques and Off the Wall/Onto the Page.

Today we did fusion fabric/paper, using roving, stuff, fabric, threads with soapy water and white glue and water.

Here are my pieces wet. I forgot to take photos after they were dry.

We had a layer of plastic wrap, piece of tulle which is big enough to wrap over the fusion, then you make 3 layers using paper, silk hankies, plain roving, fabric, or paper on the bottom and top and dyed roving, ribbon, paper bits, Angelina fibers, whatever – as the middle layer. The tulle comes over the top and soapy water is brushed on both sides to help with the fusing. Then white school glue, watered down, is brushed on both sides. Set it out to dry.

Voila, you have textured fusion fabric or paper. I really love how mine look. I will take photos tomorrow. I promise.

Tonight, I am enjoying the company of Karen Miller who is taking the workshop and can’t drive because she recently had back surgery. Her husband brought her up and will come back and retrieve her tomorrow.

I am sort of living life in the fast lane and don’t think it will stop soon. My son arrives tomorrow. His partner, Jayme, will arrive on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the whole fam-damily starts showing up for the 3 days of festivities which start on Thursday.

Posted in fabric fusion, Inspiration, Quilting Friends, Surface Design Techniques, workshop | 3 Comments »

RIP Miss Maggie

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

I took this photo of Maggie just before we drove her to the vet’s office. They were so kind and ushered us into a room and took care of all the details so that we could leave without a to do when it was over. I awoke at 5 this morning and knew that I had to be there when she went to sleep. If I could make this decision, then I needed to be there. Mr C and I held her as she went limp in our hands. I felt such a sense of relief as Maggie’s spirit was liberated from her deteriorating body.

It has been a quiet and solemn day. Even Scooter is subdued today. At the end, Maggie had developed strange behaviors like constant pacing, licking the floor and licking her body. I didn’t realize how quiet and calm it would be when I didn’t have the constant worry about her. It was a good thing that we did today.

On a happier note, I picked up Laura Cater-Woods yesterday and we had a wonderful evening with her. I made this tomato tart with tomatoes and basil from my garden. We ate every last crumb. It was so good. She was off teaching the first set of workshops today.

Today, I have done a little more work on the green flash piece. Here is a sneak peek. I am liking the way these fabrics are working together.

Posted in Cooking and Recipes, Maggie, My creations, Quilting Friends | 13 Comments »

We Have Winners!

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

I had 80 commenters who would like to be in the running for some gericon art. I used the random number generator and here are the winners:

First pick: Cindy Strine, who said that she has been reading my blog since the very first post so I think that is fitting that she won this. Cindy will receive the Spooner Lake Aspen quilt that I do not send to Art for Autism. I haven’t decided yet.

Here is a detail of the piece above:

This is the second piece:

Here is a detail:

The second place person is Pippa Moore, a textile artist from Vancouver Island, Canada. She was my roommate one year at Art Quilt Tahoe. She gets her choice of the smaller Spooner Lake Aspens study or one of my indigo dyed scarfs.

And, tada, the third place person, who receives what Pippa does not choose is another great Canadian friend, Dale Ann Potter.

Here is the original photo that I took at Spooner Lake in the Tahoe area of Northern California.

I have been riveted by the Ted Kennedy events so I have been a little slow getting this all together. So if the three of you will e-mail me your adresses and choices, I will get all of these in the post next week.

Don’t forget to send a bundle for the Iraqui Bundle of Love project, the brain child of my friend, Kristin’s, hubby. Click on the logo to find out more information.

Posted in Just for Fun, Quilting Friends | 6 Comments »

Fabric Audition

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

I am in the process of auditioning fabrics for another Aspen landscape. One of the best parts of being a fiber artist is auditioning fabric for a piece. I get so excited when I make a discovery in my stash of art cloth such as this dye painted organza. I realized that if I cut it in strips, it would make perfect Aspens or Birches.

I went to High Fiber Diet tonight, my art quilt group. I met Terry at the Mexican restaurant next door for dinner. I had a fabulous Pozole soup. We talked about our Line Dancing show and possible venues and our next show which will be View from the Top. I hope we change the name to View from Above.

For a little levity, here is my silly Scooter hanging out in the studio with me. He is always on the move when he is not prone so the photo is sort of blurry. He is such a good boy, learning new commands every day. He loves to play fetch, and I think he sometimes wishes he had younger humans.

Posted in Art Cloth, Just for Fun, Quilting Friends, Scooter | 5 Comments »

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