Checking on My Garden

The Schweinfurth's Quilts=Art=Quilts exhibit continues and I see it afresh each time I visit. My work -- the blue garden thing -- is in great company. And the discussion continues: we want to know why, how they did it, what was the inspiration, what did the juror see. Endless possibilities.

Staying Home

My plan was to bring "Blue Garden" with me to Australia next month. But this will travel to Auburn, New York for the Quilts=Art=Quilts exhibit at the Schweinfurth Art Center. I'll pack up another, and those who will be with me for the Geelong Fibre Forum will settle for a substitute.

Word Has It

Today's mail had word that this work was not accepted in the Sapphire Celebration Contest for the International Quilt Festival. Although I'm a bit taken aback (who wouldn't want this?) I'm happy to have it hang around with me and not travelling for three years. Lesson learned -- don't enter contests against traditional quilts. Cause this ain't one.

Live With It

This ain't the first time I've said, implored really, that you should live with your art. If nothing else, hang it up and enjoy it in the different light the room has, catch it from different angles while you walk past, and decide whether you need to change your entire decor to make it happy.

Finished and Hung

I could not wait to see how his looked on the wall, so spent the weekend on the facing and sleeve. It is a square 77", which surprised  me. The trim was fairly random, and I hadn't planned on square. I must be making too many "Take Two" pieces -- that square thing is getting  hard wired.

Quilting Reward

Squaring up is tedious. But I do it. Cleaning and oiling is not a picnic, but I do that too. Finally quilting, ah, the quilting. That is the reward for all the goofy little stuff you have to do ahead of the quilting.

Make Hay While the Snow Flies

I'm near the piecing end of this garden. It took all the tricks I knew to get the parts together, and in hindsight, could have used a full scale drawing and freezer paper templates. But, then it wouldn't have changed around. Tomorrow to finish and then get it quilted. Another snow day for work.

Working Working Working

I've gotten most of this fleshed out, but till making changes. You can see the finished areas, but I'm not sold on them all. Winter storm will have me nose to nose with this design wall. Fine with me.

Right Hand Side

I never know what I'll add. I'll think it is all finished and decided, and then some odd bit will make its way in the composition. This piecing is definitely a reaction to the recently finished pieces where there were few joins, few small pieces.

Doing the Splits

To add the round things I've drawn their shape on freezer paper, cut the hole and the shape, then sewed together. Now I've split the section into parts to add some lines. Keep in mind, I've limited myself to using just blues.

Up in the Air

A couple of days into this and I've got some parts made, with some places for a few shapes. I've grabbed the freezer paper to make that plant shape on the lower left. Guess that's commitment!

Reboot

I'm glad I lived at the beginning of the computer access age. I know what reboot means. Here's the beginning of a blue composition. Here it is about 7' x 7'. I was to be at jury duty, but they don't need  me. Feel I've got extra time to live.