Strong Limbs

 There is that strong shape that anchors the array of magnolia flowers. This tree was planted in the late 1800s and is part of a half-mile stretch of magnolias here in Rochester. Sometime you have to find the inspiration and nail it to your blog post.

Off It Goes

 

I put up over a dozen new yards on my web site, only hoping that I really could keep them all for myself. This one has so much going for it, I wasn't surprised to see it go, but I wish it hadn't! <sigh>

Exhibit is Still a Thing

Isn't every phrase we say now prefaced with "It's been so long"? What I said over and over when I stopped to visit the Flower City Arts Center for a quick look-round. A photogravure exhibit was a delight, many new ideas, and images that took on the glow of the delicate printing process. 
 

Pillows Printed and Plumped

 Off they go to RIT Shop 1 for the spring collection of art and high craft on the RIT campus. I've got a few on my web site, but now more here for real squeezing. The bench stays home with me.

The Pink Moon

Perhaps tonight's pink moon is happy to be the sprig of leaf circling the earth. That way the moon won't be bothered with earth's climate crisis, pandemic, and oh so many woes. Besides, the moon's not been a part of the earth for eons. 

 

Line, Shape, Setting

This untraditional traditional looking Bow Ties quilt has all those bits of line, shape and setting that I'll cover in my July 20-21 class of that name. Of course, we look to made ours more abstract, but this appealing format works, too. Sign up if you've got the notion at www.patpauly.com/virtualclasses 

 

Pillow Girl

We've all heard of "My Pillow" so there's mine. These are heading out to Shop One 2 at RIT in a week or so in time for this summer's Jazz Festival. I've laid in the textures for now, and will add more layers. Printing fun, yes.
 

Busman's Holiday

While my car was in the shop for work, I went a few stores down and found a wallpaper store. One of my favorite sources for inspiration, and not just the graphics, the color and combinations of tones, are the designs that caught my eye. I could be talked into  getting some.
 

Studio Shots

I think this is the era of "looking at yourself". Asked by a magazine to supply an image of me in my studio, it took me days to get the courage, another day to get set up, and more time than I'd like to admit to get a printable shot. I've dozens now, all with that same mug. This is an out-take.
 

Printing Again

Back in the studio printing. I'm eager to get some prints made to replenish what has been purchased from my website. Of course, I want to keep all that I make, so I have to just love them for a while, then send them off. These will be in the "to go" set.
 

My Yard Before the Snow

The snow is about to fall, and this snap is the before. Before nature descends on nature. Today was a bit of reunion with Take Twoers and I'll talk to another bunch tomorrow. At least nature can't snow on our design walls, that is a constant. Those designs emerge, and we let them grow without interference.