Two-Color Quilt Exhibit

The Denton Quilt Guild is exhibiting two-color quilts made by it's members at the Center for the Visual Arts in Denton.

My quilt, "Attack of the Ragweed" is in the show.

The Center for the Visual Arts

Meadows Gallery

400 East Hickory 

September 11 - October 30, 2011

Gallery Hours: 1-5 p.m.   

Tuesday - Sunday

Free and open to the public

Black Tangled Tennies

My son asked me to make a black version of the white Zentangled shoes I made last month. 

This time I used a silver sharpie. 

I had to draw bigger designs because the point is bigger.

I don't know how they will wear but I like the look.

The Next Chapter

This was my first pictorial quilt. I made it in 1999 from a photo of my son when he was three-years-old. He moved away to college last weekend. I'm still adjusting. He called me to help with a problem two days ago and I haven't heard from him since. He's either lost his phone or he's ignoring me. A friend advised that "no news is good news." I'm trying to accept that advice and be patient.

"Arabesque"

I have coffee with friends three days a week. I like to have some handwork with me during these hour-long visits. Sometimes it's the only sewing I have time for during the week. I decided to add some embroidery stitches to this piece of cotton printed with a deconstructed silk screen. (See photos from dye retreat.)

"Arabesque" 16x22"

I added sequins, beads, and silk borders and quilted it with rayon thread.

Tangled Tennies

I took a Zentangle class from Susan Thillen earlier this month. 

I thought I would try some of the things I learned on a pair of white canvas slip-ons for my son.

I used Sharpie Fine Point and Ultra Fine Point pens.

I tested spray fixative and ScotchGuard on a piece of canvas with some Sharpie drawings. The fixative faded the black and the ScotchGuard made it bleed.

I decided to leave them as is and let them age at will.

Accepted!

My "Wine and Dine the Mind" quilt will be at International Quilt Festival in Houston this fall. 

Wine and Dine the Mind

Two old favorites will also be in the 

"Texas Quilts Today: Selections from the Book Lone Stars III" special exhibit.

 Jon's Big Adventure

Libellua Saturata

Happy Dance!

Happy Dance started life as a collection of fancy fabrics for a jacket years ago. I realized the jacket was never going to happen and grabbed the stack to take to a retreat in April 2010. I randomly pieced rayon, silk, cotton, antique kimono scraps, and satin on squares of paper backing with no plan in mind. Here are some of the block I made and several purses.

I stitched more together randomly and made this top.

"Happy Dance" 43 x 43"

My son is going off to college in six weeks. We've been collecting the things he will need for his on-campus apartment. I think I'm distracted by the planning and graphic design work. I'm having trouble starting my next project. I know the six weeks will go by fast.