High Squareness

Reaching for this to add to the little exhibit this week, but needed a name. I'll have to go with "Hens and Chickens" for this one. Though it's much more! And for what it's worth, there are only two yard fabrics used here.
 

Rare Sighting

This summer I was lucky to get to the Atlantic as well as Pacific coasts. This weekend was home base, almost, in the Adirondacks with family. I didn't think I'd get out to one of my favorite places, but on the last days of September, I did. 
 

Brilliance

A gift to the Burchfield-Penney Art Center included dozens of top notch glass sculptures. This one was mesmerizing. Sculpture has advantages over two dimensional work, and I find myself jealous at times. 
 

Early and Late

 

Top view is near the start of the piece, the bottom view just before I put it on the longar to quilt. It's about 24" wide and will go to the Schweinfirth for their silent auction during Quilts-Art-Quits. 

How It Shows Up

You've seen this piece at its start, in bits here and there, as it went through the formative process and is now finished. This is a view that shows scale, not the details or closeup showing the print quality. I like to show the way it fits in the room. And I wanted to live with it a few days before it hangs October away.

 

Textile Large Scale

Ann Clarke's exhibition 'Interior Landscapes' is at the Burchield-Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY. We made a field trip to see these breathtaking fulled (knited then felted) works today.Here's a person to guage that large size. A close up detail shows the color changes. Wonderful textile art. 
 

Hung Up

We've decided (my literary commity) that this will be name 'Slight of Hand' and I've added it to my design all after trimming but before facing it. It was a long longarm day yestereay, and at about 70" square, a bit of time to trim and face. Why are my days so short of time?
 

Back to Longarming

It was a marathon longarm sprint. I got it set up Friday, and finished Monday evening. Yes, I was gone a day for welcoming the fall, and pleased that this step is finished. Tomorrow I'll trim it and add facings and sleeve. My deadline approaches for installing in October. 
 

Busman't Holiday

A trip to a nearby town and lovely antique store on the weekend is where I found this early quilt. It's in good shape, is hand quilted, and has a simple patchwork pattern. but Most of all, I love the use of red and white throughout. A keeper to use.
 

Day Off

I love September. Not yet ready to turn on the heat, happy to let the garden go to seed, finding time to get small things taken care of, and happy to be back in the studio (before it becomes too cold to work in there). So, a day to find music, gather with family, enjoy this strange warm weather. You too, I hope.
 

Interim Stage

It seems like it's about finished but I want the columns to melt between each other. Although that may not occur. I like that there is a unifying color (yellow) that runs arcoss the whole piece, and that addition of pink that holds and brackets the piece. Not much blue!
 

New and Hungup

This gives you a sense of how a 30" square can look in scale with the room. I've not a lot of wall space, but I love to see what happens when these go from design wall to living wall. I've made this specific size to work with a same-sized painting for an October exhibit with my friend Judy Gohringer. 

Look Ma, No Pins

I use pins sparingly. Most of the time I handle the two pieces while sewing them by aligning them a few inches out from the needle, then hold them down with a thumb or finger, and travel along till I repeat the grab and place. Makes the work go fast, and I can get back to the design wall quicker. 
 

Harvest Supermoon with Surprise

A detail of fabric I have added this week to teh website store predicts tonight's Supermoon. Bonus -- there is also a partial luner eclipse. Can't say I'll be able to see it amid the city lights, but someone will get a kick. 
 

Next Set on theDesign Wall

As I move the stacks of fabric to find one to hand out each day I'm in the studio, a few jump to the design wall and make noise. I've started to work with this set, but I can tell you a few substitutes showed up as well, so don't get locked in to this.

Back to the Studio

You see a cropped look at the piece I'm aiming to make a 30" square. It'll be close call here as I wasn't keeping to my 3" rule --  make it oversized by 3" -- one for the quilting, one for the square, and one for the facing. This will take some fine trimming.  Why do I make this so difficult? 
 

Plein Air Day

It's becoming one of my favorite days of the year -- the Plein Air day in Clifton Springs, NY. This is the second time; I'm showing my 'rig' of kid's wagon, tubes of paint (any and all), and adjustible computer stand as easel. I have a ball. The Main Street Arts is generous, fun, and inventive. So lovely. I'll attach my submission below, which sold. (!!)

 

More to Come

I managed to finish more of the summer's half-printed pieces. I'll add them to the website store Saturday evening if I get the chance. This one I thing I'll keep because, well, just because. It is getting more difficult to not keep all of the yards, but then, there are sooooo many.
 

An Another to Pair

I've set out to make one specifically to a size and purpose. I've started with this group of discards because the shapes  appealls to me. It needs to finish at 30" square, so I' aiming to rough it to 32 - 33 before quilting, trimming and facing. I allow an inch for each one of those tasks. 
 

Such Small

I got a couple of hours in Studio 301 today and made progress on this little auction quilt. When I've another small work (for an upcoming show) I'll gang them and quilt on the longarm. This will go to Schweinfurth. 

The Start of Something Little

Rite of Spring was accepted in Quilts=Art=Quilts for this fall. The Schweinfurth asks for a small donated work, which I have made in the past to resemble the large work. Here's my start after searching for the odds and ends of the large piece. It was quite a hunt. The large is on the wall, small on the table.
 

Newest Yards, And It's About Time

Shy of a dozen, I've added more yards to my website store. It's getting harder to let these go, and lordy knows I've way more than I can use in my life time. But still, I pick out those that will hang around the studio and maybe make the 'cut'. Then I add a stack for selling. But I really want to keep those, too.
 

Crankies

Last night, at a folk festival here, there was the dearest workshop on crankies. I remembered that Paula Kovarik made a crankie a couple of years back, which is indicative of her bold approach to her work, always experimenting. For sport, find out about crankies, as well as Paula.

Recon Mission

Part of getting an exhibit planned is specifying the graphic, traffic, amount of work and what else is needed. So, I made a visit to the Little Cafe to see what we had to work with. For notes, I used the edit feature of my phone's camera to note size and height of this panel we'll use for the title and blurb.
 

First Friday Visitors

I have no idea who this is, or to whom he is talking. But it seemed that he could drop in from the hallway, see my work, and continue his chat all in the same sweep. He left still on his phone. That's OK, I was at the cutting table listening to jazz and slicing away.
 

Collection of Sorts

This set has been hanging in the wings a few weeks now. I moved them to the larger design wall and started to tackle the composition they demand. It's a good idea to select, then stick to that set. Makes it both difficult and easy. And I'll say again, the work is done in the printing, so I've elements to use.
 

References

Today was the final day for "No Time to Be Tame" exhibit in Clifton Springs, NY. The three person show was one of the nicest I've be involved with. Upstairs is a reading library with reference books chosen to compliment the current exhibit. I give you Ellsworth Kelly's image with my work on the wall.
 

Last Look

It was time to take the exhibit at The Dove Project in Geneva, New York down and give the gallery space over to the next month's artists. This photograph shows how large the work is, how it works with smaller works from the quartet of artists in the show. 
 

Binding the Joe Method

Joe Cunningham has a method for facings. He's put forth dozens of 'The Quilt Report' on YouTube about his work and methods. Always charming, and full of suggestions, he makes his binding better than mine, so here is a corner of my latest. Check on his version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV-yd2SHjaQ
 

Downtown Today

Out of town visitors suggested we see what the flea market at the center of town had to offer. My eyes were opened to what the crowd looked like (not me) and wanted -- old retro clothing. There were some refashioned fashions, colorful apparal, and a few food trucks to tempt. All news to me.