This time of year the hummingbirds become thick at the feeders. We have one at our kitchen window, one in the back yard and one in the front yard. All three are the hummingbird/oriole feeder because we have regular visits by the orioles as well. We’ve had enough traffic at the kitchen window that a […]
Archives for August 2012
Back to the O’Hanlon Exhibit
Fellow artist and on-line friend Sharon Benton has temporarily moved from the Seattle area to San Jose for a few months and we are getting to know each other in person — so fun! Sharon was a charter member of Postmark’d Art so we have been chatting on-line and swapping art since 2004. Last week […]
Broken Ginkgos IV Done
The final touches were completed this morning. I was successful in getting a variety of designs and design sizes in this small quilt so I’m pleased with the outcome. This series is quite fun! I have #5 ready to quilt and #6 is mentally being pulled together. And here’s the back Who knows when this […]
Broken Ginkgos IV
While I work out quilting designs for the sunflower scrap I’m working on the fourth broken ginkgo quilt. I have each piece of the pattern solidly stitched on the very edges and have begun the quilting. I tend to quilt very densely — some refer to this as quilting it to death — so keeping […]
Sunflower Scrap — Deux
I’m having a lot of fun creating a bouquet of sunflower scrap pieces. Here is the second piece well under way. I chose to use a square scrap for this one. Yes, those are a lot of pins. After stitching the pedals and seeds I was concerned about distortion so I blocked it. I used […]
O’Hanlon Gallery Visit
Heather Piazza joined me for a visit to the O’Hanlon Gallery to see their current exhibit Bay Area Women Artists. The art center is located in bucolic Mill Valley, just north of San Francisco. Of the 56 pieces Donna Seager selected for this exhibit only four are textiles. I continue to be impressed by the […]
Ginkgo Dust Up at the O’Hanlon Gallery
Ginkgo Dust Up has been accepted for Bay Area Women Artists, an exhibit that just opened at the O’Hanlon Center Gallery in Mill Valley. The O’Hanlon Center for the Arts provides programs, studio space and exhibits as part of its mission for fostering creativity and building community. Juror Donna Seager of Seager Gray Gallery in […]
Beads
I’m working on a written tour of my studio that Postmark’d Art will publish next month as part of it’s First Friday series. Check out Suzanna Bond’s tour for a taste of what this series is about. In preparation I snapped quite a few photos of my work digs. This one prompted a recent question: […]
Sunflower Scrap Done!
I purchased the only tube of blue beads that were the right shade and size. I hesitated with the purchase knowing that if I ran out of beads before I was done I was sunk. I decided to risk it. The beads are on and here is what I have left in the tube. Lucky […]
Back to the Sunflower Scrap
I recently shared the beginning of a new project using a scrap of printed sunflower fabric. I thought I had my direction well-defined and that this foot-square piece would be whipped out and on my wall in no time. Nope. That was not the way it was to be. I had some learning and stretching […]
IQF Long Beach
Last week I was in San Diego for a class reunion with Frankfurt American High School alum — it happened to be the same week that the International Quilt Festival was featured at the Long Beach Convention Center. Oh my! I hitched a ride with Kay Laboda and we spent a day at the festival. […]