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Archive for June, 2012

Cloudy with a Touch of Warm Sunshine

Sunday, June 24th, 2012

It was a nice week-end. I felt much better. The rain stopped by 3 in the afternoon and the sun came out and so we were able to have appetizers and drinks on the deck last evening. Then we fit 12 people around the dining room table and had a great meal together.

I bought new napkins at Crate and Barrel that are really cool colors of the rainbow.

I have just about finished my mythology piece. I am channeling Jamie Fingal and Terry Grant and using only black thread for the quilting with batik fabrics.

And here is today’s 3 x 3.

I’m Not Crazy?

Friday, June 22nd, 2012

I got the fat e-mail today telling me that this piece, Alternate Universe, was juried into the SAQA show, I’m Not Crazy. It was juried by Sue Reno and curated by Kathy Nida, both very talented fiber artists. I am very honored.

I started this piece over a year ago when the psycho politics of this country was driving me crazy, and I felt as if I had awakened in an alternate universe. It has lots of hand stitching. The design was discharged using a design drawn on freezer paper with the circles creating one side and the holes used for the other side. I tried to show another universe which was in reverse and upside down. I spent a lot of time on this and never really thought of entering it in a show until this theme came up.

I am feeling a bit better tonight. I didn’t get much done today, but Mr C is home to keep me company and so I am feeling much better. We have 11 people for dinner tomorrow night – have to feel better.

Here is today’s 3 x 3:

Blah!

Thursday, June 21st, 2012

This was the week when I was going to hit the studio running and start on some pieces for deadlines coming up next month. Mr C has been in Corvallis since Tuesday so I was looking forward to non-cooking and other partner time. Then, I started to feel blah yesterday and it was worse today.

I did get a drawing done for the mythology theme for the next Twelve reveal. I want to do it in batiks and pulled some from my stash, but I didn’t have just the right mix. This morning, I dragged myself to Fabric Depot and found a 20% off sale on batiks, and I also found the perfect fabrics for my design.

Here is the array of new and old batiks.

And here is a sneak peek. I actually got some fusing done and did some cutting.

And before I crash for the night, here is my 3 x 3 for today.

 

 

Wordless Wednesday

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

Put a Face On It

Tuesday, June 19th, 2012

On the second day of our Deconstructed Screen workshop, Kerr paired us off with another member of the class and we were give 2 minutes each to share some things about  ourselves. Then, we were told to do a portrait of the other person, actual or metaphorical.

Above, is the portrait done by Kathy of me. I quite like it!!

Kerr had demonstrated using a syringe with thickened dye to draw on fabric and screens. For our portraits, she wanted us to draw on a screen. Oops! I missed that instruction, and I drew directly on the hanky that Kerr gave us.

So, I pulled out one of my deconstructed screens and drew the portrait again. I did 2 prints. The first was printed on a teal shibori fabric.

I thought this was a bit muddled so I printed it again on white fabric.

I am wondering how they looked when they were washed out. Hope I get to see them. Needless to say, Kathy is the only one who got 3 portraits!!

I have had a busy day, still catching up on things on my to do list. Mr C is in Corvallis for the week so Scooter and I are keeping each other company. Here is my hand stitched 3 X 3 for the day:

Now, I am going to stitch a sleeve on my Mr C and Scooter quilt so that I can send it to SoCal for the Dinner at Eight exhibit at IQF Long Beach.