SAQA JURIED ARTIST MEMBER

Yup that’s me! After years of fun, I did it!

FLAT DYING WITH SILK

So fast! Just 2-5 minutes in the microwave.

Flat dying is so exciting because you get two different sides!  Here are two pieces of raw silk dyed together using air as a resist. This is the front 

Here is the front.

and here is the back. I do like the front best.

This is a back ground on raw silk also flat dyed without a resist
This is the front. Such rich texture on this silk.

and again the back side. What do you think?

Rescued from the medical waste dump!

I watched in horror as the doctor tossed my DH’s bandage changing leftovers into the garbage! Carefully fishing them out, I now have 18 square feet of beautiful white gauze to dye, two little plastic trays to dye them in and two 6 inch square pieces of Tyvek to paint!

A Happy Day at the Resale Shop!

I bought 7 yards of Silk for $4.99!1 yard of Sage and 4 of chocolate brown dupioni plus a gorgeous 2 yard scarf of chartreuse and magenta Indian weave! I’m not sure what they were thinking!

WHAT IS THIS?

Felted and sewn perhaps the sea floor minus the foot!

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YES!!

Judged, juried, critiqued and found worthy my art quilt “Suffer the Little Children” was accepted into the SAQA global exhibition Guns: Loaded Conversations. They also chose it as one of just 5 works in the ad banner! Nice way to end the year.

DO YOU THINK I HAVE ENOUGH?

Cleaning out my tool box …..

FREE SPOOL THREAD COVERS!

Did you know you can use the covers that come with Asian pears at the grocery stores for large spool thread tamers! 

WHAT IF?

What if while I was cleaning my glasses, I noticed a terrific stitching pattern on the micro-fiber cloth?

Hmmm…

IT’S BEEN AN EXCITING SPRING!

After receiving rejections all last year, so far two acceptances! Fantastic Fibers at the Yeiser Art Center and Spring AQS Quiltweek both in Paducah KY starting April 26th. Yippee Skippie! See you there!