It’s not usual for me to step away from a large project the way I have with the sunflower scrap piece, but I certainly did. Time to refocus and move this project forward. Progress may continue in a slow manner, however, because I do have several small projects that are time sensitive and need to […]
Sunflower Scrap Series
Olive Hyde Gallery Exhibit
Seven of my pieces have been accepted for the 46th Annual Textile Exhibition at the Olive Hyde Gallery in Fremont, California. I’ve had my work at this gallery in the past, but not with so few artists — six artists have work in this exhibit. My five Sunflower Scrap pieces, Woodwardia Wonder and Oakleaf Hydrangea […]
Sunflower Scrap V Done
After making several of these foot-square sunflower quilts my sister shared a half yard of sunflower fabric with me. When I saw Christy last month, she handed me a scrap of another sunflower fabric. It came together. . . I shared the beginning of this piece here. The half yard of light-colored sunflower batik provided […]
Sunflower Scrap IV Fini
Done. And I’m rather happy with the nuanced differences in this one. I outline quilted the vines and leaves with the gold-orange thread and tried my hand with some new quilting designs. I used two colors of beads in the center. See the first three in this series here.
Creative Procrastination
My holiday cards arrived yesterday. But having just rescued my muse from captivity in Illinois (If this sounds confusing, become enlightened here.) I am more keenly aware of her bidding so I’m in the studio. Another scrap of sunflower fabric has presented itself for audition. I have appliqued it to a soft peachy fabric and […]
Art Reception
The reception for my solo show at Creative Framing & Gallery was Saturday, October 20 from 6 – 9 pm. People came and went almost as if they had a time-stamped ticket which meant that the gallery was never over crowded and I had an opportunity to talk with everyone who came — a real […]
