Alice-in-Color

These are the cheerful coasters Alice gave me. She can eyeball and sew those straight lines without drawing them, apparently with her internal straight-edge. Edgy, modern color blocks. That's her style. And always, COLOR!

It Doesn't Take Much

A gift for a friend's birthday. Just a little something, but just what does a person need with an accumulation of stuff over eighty years? My friend Alice gave me a couple of hand-made coasters that I love and USE. I like useful gifts. So I made a couple little log cabin blocks, filled them with thermo-foil batting, and there you have it. I simple little gift, with a hand touch. With materials on hand.

And what? No wrapping paper? Muslin with a ribbon tie. I have what I need.

It Never Fails

The Quilting Assistant always knows just where to settle. It's as though he were channeling the quilt message.

Orange

I never liked orange very much, mostly because it was paired with black and stood for either Halloween or some school's athletic colors, neither of which I like. But orange with purple or gold or blue takes on a whole different energy, either in flower combinations or in dupioni silks. And orange with Tom's fur? Well. Viva l'Orange!

 

 

Big Step Forward: Sumittal to a Juried Exhibition

I can't tell you how many times I've printed out a Prospectus, Call for Entries list, or Submittal Requirements for a gallery, museum show, or quilt festival. All that wasted paper, reluctance, and self-doubt! I'm putting it out here, on my blog, mostly to make the commitment to myself: I'm going to enter a juried exhibition. There! Now to create a quilt in a week. It's been brewing...


TAP (Transfer Artist Paper) and an iron

 

Quilting Assistant eyes an iPhone.

 

Germinating Compassion

Quilting Assistant says he thinks the fruit is too dominant over the seeds and the sprouts, but maybe that's the point: donations bear fruit. I hope it generates some funds for Doctors without Borders.

Doctors without Borders Annual Fundraiser Donation

It's that time of year when 40 artists of all media create works for an auction benefitting Doctors without Borders. The theme "Transformation" inspired my fiber art donation "Germinating Compassion." Here are a few process images:

Zippers separate fallow soil, sprouting seeds, and fruit.

 

Patterns for fruit with seeds.

 

Fabric pairs for fruit.