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There is good news to report!! My life seems to be returning to normal, but I am still making major screw-ups, but I am chalking it up to my two lost months!! The above quilt, Wall of Hopes and Fears, was accepted into Art Quilts XIV: Significant Stitching at the Chandler Center for the Arts in Chandler, AZ, Nov. 20 – Jan 2. I only entered the one quilt. It had a very good story which I think was helpful. It is based on graffiti that I saw on the security wall in Israel.
The Spooner Lake Aspen Quilt that I donated to Art Now for Autism sold on the first day of the reverse auction. There is still some great art – the price goes down to $60 tomorrow.
I had a great first Columbia FiberArts Guild board meeting yesterday. We have new and energetic members. I think it will be a great year. Tonight a few of us went to a meeting at the Pacific Northwest College of Art which now runs the Museum of Contemporary Craft. Only members of the 9 affiliate guilds were invited. We talked about how the guilds might interface with the museum and school. There were metal workers, beaders, woodworkers, glass artists and others . We also got to have a Q and A with Matt Stinchcomb, co-founder of Etsy. It was fun to hear from him how they built Etsy. He was so darn cute, that I wanted to run right home and open and Etsy shop.
My major screw-up involves double booking myself for the 24th of October. I am hosting the Oregon Critique group – I lined up the guest critiquer. I also am supposed to teach the Arashi Shibori Scarf class that day at Trinity. Argh! I have to stop keeping stuff in my head. The class will have to be changed.
The other screw-up was with my black hole piece. I tried doing some foiling on it today, and it is now a mess. I am going to start again. It is fun and I am learning a lot about painting on fabric.
Scooter went in for his grooming last Friday. I love how he looks when he gets his grooming so slim and handsome.
Oh what a handsome dude that Scooter is! Barker just got home from the beauty parlor too. It’s been so wet and muddy here that he was almost as dark as Scooter!
Congrats on your acceptance piece.
Double booking is just another sign that you are living life in the fast lane……..and don’t ever stop! Like you said: you can reschedule the class!
xo
Congratulations on the graffiti quilt’s acceptance. It is such a meaningful piece. Scooter is looks elegant.
Congrats, Gerrie…dong great!
Congratulations on Significant Stitches!
I haven’t heard from them yet, so I’ll assume I didn’t get in.
Add me to the double booking in October list — I scheduled my daughter’s birthday party on the same day I had planned to rescue Natalya from a Loooooong layover at the airport.
I’m glad to hear that the black hole piece is fun even if it’s requiring a do-over.
Sorry to hear about the Black Hole but happy you’re climbing out of yours. I often think I need to have post-it notes attached to me…all over since I can’t seem to remember anything lately.
Scooter looks handsome.
Let me tell you about double booking… It must be something about October. Last year I committed to–and paid for–two quilt retreats scheduled for the same weekend in October 2008. How’s that for dumb?? Major mixup on dates–ugh, ugh. I’ve learned through bitter and expensive experience to double and triple check my dates.
lol, Scooter looks like he doesn’t think he’s handsome.
Your energy amazes me!
I love my spooner lake aspen quilt, I have it hanging at my desk at work. I escape threw the woods at work quite often. Not surprised at all the other one sold.