SAQA Meeting at the Schweinfurth

Donna Lamb, director at the Schweinfurth, is here with Marilyn Belford. Studio Art Quilt Associates met at the art center today for a lunch and meeting and open-to-the-public show and tell. Total fun for sure. If you could have seen all the talent in the room, it would have blown you away. Thank you Schweinfurth.

Seeing Clearly

This totally out-of-focus shot of Shelley Brenner Baird does not show fairly  her fascinating work now on view at the Focus: Fiber 2011-2012 show. But it was great to meet up with her and chat. Santa, upgrade my camera!

Canton, Ohio and Focus: Fiber

"Mummy Bags Influenced" is on the left at the opening last night of the Focus: Fiber 2011-12 show. Very fun, great to see other participating artists, and lovely gallery. If you go, you will not be disappointed with this world of fiber art.

On View in Canton "Focus Fiber"

I am off to see "Mummy Bags / Influenced" now on view in Canton, Ohio in the Focus: Fiber 2011 exhibition. It is on until March 4, 2012. So, there is lots of time for you to see it as well.

Sense of Scale

The University Gallery is so vast, the light so even, that people swear they are looking at paintings. You have to put your nose to the fiber to see reality.

Reception at Rochester Institute of Technology

Wonderful to visit with my great supporters and friends, especially the peeps. I would be nowhere if I did not have them. This is the reception for my show "Design in Fiber / Pat Pauly" currently up at the University Gallery at RIT until January 13.

Adding Velcro

Such a mudane topic, but I am here adding velcro as a hanging device on a two-part piece that will replace "Pink Leaf 4 (Yellow)" in the RIT show. Proper Met version technique is to put velcro to twill tape, and sew tape to work. Never put velcro staight to work.

Aging Gracefully

If you put me in a lovely oak barrel I might just age gracefully and take on that "medium plus toast" quality like this wine that is waiting at Casa Larga. We took a wine tour this evening. I love the high tech way to label  the contents. I only hope that some saboteur does not remove that label, as all would be lost.

Next in the Queue

Working on this, hoping to have it done for Schweinfurth's trunk show for SAQA in December 11. Yes, you can see a little "bling" with the gold foil. And yes, I will bury those dangling threads. Geesh.

Parallel Lives

This lovely book is now mine. Written and designed by Paula Kavorik and Jean Holmgren it is the story of the collaboration between the two on work and an exhibition. I got it from Blurb. You can get one for yourself, I would think, on PaulaKovarik.com.

Pickin' and a Grinnin'

I spent some of my "sewing" time removing a bad group of quilt stitches. Like the tool? It is kind of a scalpel my friend gave me. Good for digging out.