Unblocked

I have had an interesting week.

I started out with the intention of commencing my first exhibition quilt. I had the inspiration, the colours, the theme, the style. Everything except the design! I played and played and cursed and fretted. Maybe I can't do this, maybe it will all be a disaster , maybe I am a failure..........

So I  sought the advice of a good friend whose opinion and advice I value (aren't I lucky to have Jenny Bowker as a friend?). She told me to stop thinking about it and do something else. What! I thought - my studio is full of stuff and good intentions and more stuff - there must be something I can do!

So I grabbed a pile of fabrics that I found by accident in one of my multitude of drawers and discovered an interesting collection of painted and stamped fabrics. Actually I found two sets but the one above grabbed my attention first.


I then realised that with the addition of some recent bits and pieces including some of my new wools and metallic painted fabrics and other goodies I had the makings of something interesting.

So for two days I cut and slashed and sewed and quilted and have come up with this!

I quilted it with Wonderfil Spaghetti  which I bought a while ago as I loved the colour range. They are 12 weight and can be stitched from the top - needed the 110/16 topstitch needle. 

I really like it and it has given me a whole lot of ideas for other projects including using the other pile of discovered fabrics.

 

But it does need a few beads I think....

Quilt Comes Home Too

About two years ago I submitted a quilt to be included in the inaugural Exhibition at the Ricky Timms Gallery in La Veta CO. Amazingly it was accepted and off it went. Very little was ever mentioned about the gallery again and the travelling exhibitions so I expected that it was sitting in a storeroom somewhere in the wilds of Colorado.

One day out of the blue I received an email telling me that the quilt was hanging in the final venue and would be sent home at the end of July.

Well - it arrived home today and I was pleased to get it. It was one of my first beaded works and a favourite so I am thrilled to see it again. For those of you new to my blog I will show it to you now.

It is called Beneath the Surface and is now for sale if you are interested.