Yes, It Was That Much Fun

It was 5 days with 9 spunky women in 3 rooms and 8 colors (along with 20 lbs. of print paste) to make 100s of yards of printed fabric. In between all was fun, questioned looks, a few questionable lunches, and a mess of great printing. Thanks QBL class, may you print on!

 

Works in Progress

It goes without saying that printing is a layered process. One set of marks evokes a response from another, until that point is reached when the work says "I'm finished!". Only the maker knows. And if we could read behind that mask, we might have a good guess too.
 

Busman's Holiday

Quilting By The Lake is sponsored by the Schweinfurth Art Center. Our night out was a great dinner (off campus) and a tour of the Excellence in Fiber exhibition that was on view there. Ice cream for the way home. Go check it out, it'll fill your corners with fiber.
 

Tuesday's Progress

A lot of techniques are tried in the first two days of our week. Here is a grand monoprint embracing the repellant surface of the table's plastic. Each piece has pleasant surface design surprises, and we're only bound to find more.
 

Did You Say Color?

Robin Long is teaching a few doors away how to make a Mariner's Compass block quilt. She's got it all figured out for any size, and the finished work is pretty slick. Nice to visit her world here at Quilting By the Lake.
 

Hudson River Did You Say?

Although I've settled in at Quilting By the Lake, I'm looking ahead to my last eastern U.S. venue for this year. I've got a great class at Hudson River Valley Workshops set for August 7-13, 2022. It is delightful, and if you are looking for a class with  class, that's the spot. Printing, of course. I'll teach you all I know!
 

Aprons Away

It took way longer than I would have liked, but I did enjoy getting on the sewing machine to make this apron for the Quilting By the Lake Friday auction. Hard to see, but there are FOUR pockets, enough to make you look a lot for what you thought you had in your pocket. 
 

While I Was Busy

I spent most of yesterday hanging a new door on the studio. Why, don't ask. But I made a decided turn around the garden this morning to find this. I've edited out the weeds, and you see only the best of color. I'll take a cutting of some with me to Quilting By the Lake on Sunday, just as a reminder.
 

Scarves in the Queue

Silk scarves wait in line for me to finish them with a French seam and a bit of the iron. I've a few more to go, but I've put in a long day and am now crawling to bed. I'll sew tomorrow.
 

Available Light

There's a super super moon out tonight, but way too much cloud cover to see it. Which means you take what you are given. In this case, it is the residual energy collected from earlier and transferred to solar lights on my deck. I'll look for the moon tomorrow -- can't be that changed.
 

Before Packing

About midweek it comes time to get ready for next week at Quilting By the Lake. I want to take examples of printing for my workshop, as well as pieces to sell at Vendor Night. So, a bit of printing to do. I've made a few new soy wax screens and enjoy the variations I can make. Tuesday night the table will be full.