I recently attended the opening reception of the 34th Annual All-Florida Juried Show in Stuart, FL. It was CROWDED, but the energy was high! I have two pieces in the show. Here I am with Heat Wave. And that’s Happy Family WAY up high. (My equally short friend and I had quite a chuckle as she took this photo.)…
You know how some quilts go together almost effortlessly and others make you really work for it? Before Christmas I had a quilt that fell into the struggle category. As a matter of fact, I put it away for a while. Needing and “emotional cleanser” type of quilt, I decided to make an improvisationally pieced…
I recently had the great good fortune of seeing StitchPUNK, which is a SAQA global exhibit. To say that these artists are creative is a huge understatement! The exhibit statement (best read with a Rod Sterling/Twilight Zone accent) says “Imagine, if you will, an existence where you pull one string and reality unravels. Travel to…
In my last dyeing session I printed these two fabrics. I loved them and couldn’t wait to use them together! But, what to do with them? In my usual fashion I pulled out every fabric that I thought MIGHT work with them. I tried adding some peach, as a transition color. Then, I removed some…
As I was winding down on my recent dye session, I tried a very random exercise. I loosely pleated a piece of fabric and scraped on a variety of different colors, as well as some clear paste. It was a gooey mess when I finished! But, when I washed it out I found out that…
Ghost printing yields pale, delicate results. Like this. All you do is run clear printing paste through a dirty stencil. The paste picks up the color remaining in the crevices and dilutes it to a lovely pastel. Isn’t it pretty? Deconstructed screen printing (DSP) is quite different. Thickened print past, usually colored, is drawn onto…
I sure do have fun dying and printing fabric! As you can see, I make no attempt at keeping my clothing clean. (Usually around this point my stomach begins to look quite colorful, as well.) It all starts by soaking my fabrics in a soda ash solution. Once they’re line dried they’re ready to react…
My latest piece, Heat Wave, is now complete. I’m quite happy with it! The design was dictated, in part, by the triangular orange scraps I had on hand. I like the sharp points. At 35 x 35, this piece is available for $1200. See more photos. I used ALL of my orange and navy hand dyed fabrics…
In Florence, we enjoyed visiting the church of Santa Maria Novella. It didn’t have the opulence of some churches we saw in Italy, but it also had NO CROWDS! A big plus, which gave us the opportunity to explore at our leisure. Even a “simple” church like this had beautiful arches and high ceilings. And…
As part of my spotlight on Creative Whimsy, I was asked to show several completed quilts. Crotons served as an example of my earlier quilting style. This piece is one of my all time favorites! Then, I showed some of my more recent abstract pieces, along with these words about my transition to this style. My…