Rogue Art Quilters

Fabric of vision show

Here are some photos of our art quilt groups latest show in a beautiful fabric store called Fabric of Vision. Lots of great talent. The theme was candy, we all chose a candy bar and made our quilt from our vision of that candy. Some people were quite literal and other abstract. The whole show looked very cohesive and was very fun.

Once in a Blue Moon

Here is another quilt I made sort of recently. It was made for a challenge with our local Art Quilt Group, the theme was color, and I randomly picked the color blue, the quilt had to be made of all blue hues. This hung in the local bead shop for "First Friday Art Night" and then stayed along with the others from the group for a month. All the wonderful colors put together looked wonderful. Each quilt was the same size so it became a very cohesive show. And, best of all, this sold to someone who needed a present for their nephew's wedding, his name was Blue and he was getting married on a day with a blue moon. Guess it was made to happen.

Think like an artist

Things have been busy, lots of small quilts in the making and I am taking a class with Pamela Allen on line entitled Think Like an Artist, with weekly assignments. I will post week 1 assignment as well. I am mailing off my entry to Tactile Architecture" today, in plenty of time I think. You never know. I am also working on a few others for other entries. I would like to enter the Long Beach show since it is a premier show and I love the themes, being a Southern California gal many many years ago. My puppy had surgery last week, he swallowed a pin! I watched it happen and they don't exactly exit cleanly, especially in a 7 pound little one. So, the new thing is to teach him to stay completely out of my sewing room, I am sorta messy when creating and don't want that sort of thing to happen again. Quite the expensive surgery! Who would have guessed.

Hi, Its been so long since I have written in this blog, but, this is a new year, with new resolutions. There has been lots on the burner, with little down time, even to quilt. I have been working on one quilt for "Tactile Architecture" and I think I might actually get it done. This winter has been wet, cold, snowy and generally wonderful for us. We usually get constant fog the months of December and January, and with all the storm activity there has been little or no fog. We got to spend the holidays with family both here and in Mount Shasta City. The puppy is keeping us busy as well. I am trying also to finish about three other quilts for end of January deadlines, and since none of them have even been started, this might not be accomplished. But, today I actually mailed a couple of entries in to shows, so at least that is done. Once it is done it never seems so bad, but getting to it is always so hard and I procrastinate terribly. Every time I go to download photos and burn a cd for entry, I get befuddled and never quite remember how to do it. But, I usually figure it out and get it done....I will post a couple of random photos taken recently for everyone to enjoy.

Painted Changes

Hi,
I thought I would post the changes to my Hummer quilt after I got all the good advice from the quitart group. I ended up using copper iridescent paint and some gold iridescent on some of the feathers as they traveled up the right side of the quilt. The threadpainting just did not do it justice. I originally had this beautiful hand dyed piece that I could not bear to cut up so the bird emerged from the center. The quilt prior to painting with the copper and gold is shown under a previous post "Murphy Bed" and it is hanging behind the bed. What do you think of the changes? Does anybody have any suggestions for more improvement or change.
Other than that, this fall has been busy working, playing with the puppy, playing with the grandsons and attending their various sporting events, and some studio time, trying to figure out what to make next and looking at all the looming deadlines for entry and thinking that I might not get there this year.
I am also gearing up for my trip to Houston the end of the month where we are taking some classes and just having a general good time. If I am lucky enough maybe my Journal Quilt will actually be displayed there. That would be fun.

New York, New York

Well, what a summer....have had no time to post for a while, and no time to quilt either. After I got back from Sacred Threads I prepared for our trip to New England for my dh family reunion. We took two weeks and covered lots of fun places thanks to all the good advice from quiltart group! We spent time in the Amish country of Pennsylvania, all of the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York, then spent our time going down the coast from Portsmouth, NH all the way down to Grenwich, CT where the reunion was held. Lots of pretty country, lots of humidity that we Oregonians are not used to. We even spent a couple of days in NYC, quite the culture shock from rural Southern Oregon....lots of fun.

Then, on a sadder note, my father passed away (I got the notice while sitting in Central Park), so we came back home and I got on a plane to help my mother in Southern California. A very nice celebration of his life, and another family reunion of sorts was there. Lots of reflection, time sitting on the beach in San Clemente, and comfort for all.

Now, after about 6 weeks of go, go, go, I am home and getting settled again. Hopefully to post a little more often here. Here are a couple of photos of the trip to New England. The first is my dh and sons at Grand Central Terminal, and the other is Pennsylvania. Maybe someday some of the photos will turn into art quilts.