On the Line

Next week and the next after I'll be selling fabric I made in the last year at Quilting by the Lake at the quilt show held at the Onondaga Community College. These silk lengths will be hemmed and ready, maybe, made into scarves, in time for that show.

How Hot Does It Need to Be?

Reality check here. My dye studio is in my basement, which means I can drip, drop, and leave a mess. But does it need to be this hot? I'm just about finished printing work that I'll bring to QBL this weekend. Enough is enough.

Printing Again and Again

With time getting close, I'll be selling fabrics and stuff at Quilting by the Lake starting Sunday. So, it's time to finish silk scarves, pillows, and yardage to take with me to QBL. Anytime the quilt show at the Onondaga Community College is open, you'll find me there.

A Forever Home

At my opening of my work at the Little Theater Cafe, this work (behind me and the great friends who helped me today) found a new and caring home. I dedicated a portion of the sale price to Planned Parenthood. I'm happy to give when I'm able, and this made it possible.

Testing the Band Not

A look at the action a couple of nights ago had the place packed and the band in full swing. My reception for my show (on the walls) is here tomorrow afternoon, 2-4, and though there won't be a band in the corner, I'll have ME and some nibbles. Drinks are around, too. But they're on you.

Cleaning Up

With a quilt finished over a year ago, you'd think that I'd have cleaned up the threads and have it ready for show. But, no matter what, there's one or two I find. And I've had it hanging in my house and no bother. But, showing it to other quilters, well, gotta snip and tuck.

Reprive

I've spent the better part of last week in the dye studio printing cloth to sell at Quilting By the Lake (July 15-26). The week was oppressively hot, so today's rain signaled a break. Tomorrow is more dyeing, just cooler, and with less need to water the garden.

Flying Colors

Fireworks came out of my dryer and on to the ironing board. As I shuffled through the dozens to iron, this came up. So, Happy Independence Day to all those independently minded friends.

Have a Ball

Balled up and rung out, these will wait till tomorrow. Where there are flags flying for the fourth, my hanging will be on the clothesline. These yards of soda soaked cotton will definitely get colors, maybe red, white and blue.

In Your Face

A sneak peek at my installation for the Little Theater has this large Mummies Merged work at the entrance to the theater. At my house it takes up the wall, here is seems normal sized. It's all about the relationship, I guess. On view till the last Friday in July.

Monoprinting with Screened Image

With silkscreened images printed straight to the white plastic on the table, I can pull lines through the image, and after a bit of other additions of dye paste, I'll be ready to pull a monoprint directly to the fabric. What I did today to not think about the heat wave.