Time for a Stretch

As I come off a fully scheduled fall, it is time to regroup, take that stretch, and go back to the design wall. I have some work promised, and need to return to the studio. So, put that car in park, and wind up some bobbins.

Time for a Winter Hat

Today was spent in the yard. The last thing to do was to dress up the head, and get her ready for the season. Now it can snow, and her head will be covered.

Judge's Comments

I finally unwrapped one of my works that went to Houston's show this year. One judge wrote after her comment, and this is a quote, "I know you'll find that comment aggravating." I never met her, but she assumes to know what I would find displeasing. Maybe I need her as my personal life coach.

Follow the Path

Even though this is a "just for fun" quilt, I pay attention to the quilted stitch. Not in the most precise way, but I love to follow the pattern of the graphic. And I love that mitosis thing. I will transfer that design again, for sure.

Graphics on the Rollers

One of my favorite fabric stores is Homespun in Ithaca, New York. I bought these three one-yard cuts to make a half-square triangle quilt (via the Pauly method) and now it is loaded and ready to quilt. Love the cold and the permission to stay inside.

Schweinfurth Trunk Show

Fiber Peeps was invited to speak at the Schweinfurth's trunk show series. Here Jeanne Simpson talks about her work. Bev Kondolf, on left, and Nancy Hicks, on right, due the honors. Priscilla Kibbee is just leaving my picture frame and Marcia DeCamp is off camera. I make the last of the bunch. Fans tell me to add a link for more info. http://auburnpub.com/news/local/fiber-peeps-show-their-stuff-at-schweinfurth/article_e4e435b2-7c9a-5496-93d3-28269b37ee21.html

I Can 'Splain This

 

Sunday's trunk show at the Schweinfurth Art Center has me and my friends, the "Fiber Peeps," on at 2:00. I will have this Exquisite Corpse piece with me and I will TELL ALL. (Well, not all, but enough.) See you at the talk!

Black Friday

Okay, I will admit that we did a bit of shopping today. But we closed the night by cutting apart our block of newly made soap. Time will tell if this green tea with mint soap is worthy of gifting.

Post Thanksgiving Posture

Great sunny day, great walk outside, great food, great friends, and over indulgence on just about everything. Now to digest it all. Tomorrow is another filled day. Happy Thanksgiving.

Soup to Soap

Not being the hostess, but rather the guest for tomorrow, we had fun making soap. (We also made some squash soup, but not in the same pot). Hope the soap is finished by Christmas. Want to guess what I will be giving out?

Blooms at Track Side

One of the Thanksgiving weekend rituals is getting someone from somewhere. Here the visit to the Amtrak station included still-blooming mums.

Fiber Peeps Talk Coming Up Sunday

 

My group of fiber artists (we call ourselves the "Fiber Peeps") is set to talk at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center this Sunday at 2:00 for a trunk show, in conjunction with the Quilts=Art=Quilts. We are Marcia DeCamp, Beverly Kondolf, Jeanne Simpson, Nancy P. Hicks, and Priscilla Kibbee. Linda Bachman is in sunny Florida, but her quilts will be shown. Join us, please.

Sun's Up

What with these shorter and shorter days, best to get the most out of the day light, if you can. Rise early, take naps in the sun, and enjoy sunsets before dinner.

Late Night

If only I had seen the popcorn sooner. But I had already brushed my teeth, and flossed, so there was no going back. But, it would have been nice -- even butter.

Funky Fabric Rules

Dawn used a gifted piece of really wild fabric, one of my shibori hand dyes, and one more (from someone in the class, I think) to make the quilt in my workshop Thursday. A totally different look, for sure, and one that will be stunning.

Workshop in Poughkeepsie

Donna and Dina, my hostesses from the First Dutchess Quilt Guild, look over Donna's design for her top. It was a full day, lots of fun, lots of work. And there were some great quilts that went home, albeit in pieces.

Apple Falling Near the Tree

A hard act to follow tonight for me. Here is Elaina (?) who is showing off her prize (from the NY State Fair) winning quilt at the First Dutchess Quilt Guild's meeting tonight. All looking on with great hope that she continues making quilts.

Water, Sticks, Reflections

What to do with those sticks that are about in the yard? Add them to the bridge for the birds. This is the view at Joshua Creek Heritage Center. Don't need vast body of water, just water.

Homework

Thought I would make another Shibori Half-Square Triangle quilt before the workshop in Poughkeepsie this week. Thursday is the class, and I have stacks of shibori to use. Crash the lecture? It's Wednesday with the First Dutchess Quilters.

Stick ('em in the ground) Figures

A couple of oars, with some other boat-thingie and wah-la! Little people. This seen on the grounds of the Joshua Creek Heritage Center. No need for sunscreen.

World of Threads

Bettina Matzkuhn's work "On the Nature's of things, was part of the exhibition in Oakville, Canada at the Joshua Creek Heritage Center. The work is covered in this fine line; this is just a detail. It is a show stopper, for sure.

Alice in Wonderland

Like falling down the rabbit hole (think Alice in Wonderland), today's visit to the Joshua Creek Heritage Site, in Oakville, Canada, led to a different universe. Sybil Rampen, here touring us around her fascinating collection, knows how to live. And for a brief part of today, it was joy, pleasure, and a wonderful land. Thank you, Sybil.

Mutual Admiration

My quilt club met today, and I was the "sale table". These two came to admire my work behind the scene. I am so grateful for friends who put up with my humor and antics. I had a great time goofing around.

Phone Home

 

Obsolete telephone earpieces dangle in an industrial building's stairwell, in Rochester's Village Gate. Now, just think of other discarded parts, say, those recalled hip replacements, hanging as a sculpture. Parts. Ha!

Got Out and Voted

Youngest of the clan voted for the first time. Glad, so glad, that we share the same politics, so that I could speak my mind and not fear offense. Now to wait for the morning's news. And, yes, I think of Susan B., hometown girl, and her fight on this momentous day.

Cleaning Clutter

In 1975 I took this roll of pepermunt from the desk of the King Hotel in Amsterdam. Saved it all this time (to remember to return to the King Hotel). I've returned, but forgot the hotel. A young Milliard Fillmore (our 13th pres) won't advise whether to hang on to it, or pitch it.

Open 24 Hours

A stop at Jay's diner in Brighton, NY, for breakfast (okay, I really needed the coffee) while the power was out this week. Retro 50's look, lots of stainless steel. But loved the gardens still putting out into November.

On Ice

Just when I got ice to keep food cool (from lack of power this week) the power was restored. So, reduce, reuse, recycle. Ice dyeing! Results are not in, they are still in the wash.

While the Iron is Hot

Power is back on, so that means I can iron the pile of shibori dyed fabric. Fun to see the results. And I have dozens more to do. In a couple of weeks I am headed to Poughkeepsie, and the Half-Square Triangle class, which can use this fabric for the base.

Ready for My Close-Up

George, that wayward boy, got his photo shoot Monday. We (and a few others) were at RIT to help a graphic arts student with a semester's end project. It was fun, and fairly painless.