MIGRATION

We're back to Mazatlan. Same amazing and beautiful place. Same wonderful people. AND there's a new quilt shop in town...just two blocks from my house. 

And my favorite "sewing ladies", who I've worked with for many years are running the shop!

Thank you Linda Hannawalt for making this dream come true for my friends!

DEPARTURE

I made these with my dye group this week. Fun!

I finished this piece yesterday. It's for the tell a story contest in Quilting Arts.

Finished!

Something has drastically changed on the blog site...must investigate!

FALL TO WINTER

It came early this year. In my limited experience of 7 years here in the valley, this year's "weather" has come early. Typically I've enjoyed beautiful autumns lasting till Thanksgiving. After that it seems to go to hell. But this year? Much earlier. 

We've had daily fires in the wood stove for a month now. Leaf raking is a frequent activity. I seem to be making stews and soups more...yum! And best of all, my studio is getting a good workout.

Just finished a top that was very spontaneous...I started it Monday night after our local SAQA meeting. Inspired by the election.

There's always good inspiration at our meetings. Here is a portrait from a photo by Deb Runnels. "Praying for Rain".

When possible, I try to make it to the Monday dye session at Cynthia's. There's been a leaf craze lately. Silk screened leaves. I love this photo!

Lots more going on in my fiber world. To be continued...

AUTUMN LEAVES

I'll be doing a couple of gelli plate printing demos this week so thought I'd do a dry run yesterday. It was the perfect stormy day to stay in and play.

I printed up some leaves on earthy colored remnants with acrylic paint then pieced them together for a table runner. What a fun and easy process!

Here are some of the individual remnants.

ANOTHER EAT YOUR GREENS

A few years back I was into an "eat your greens" placemat series. Now I am working on one for a SAQA poster exhibit. I used a 7 color collection dyed from lemon yellow and steele gray. Today I free-motioned the sun and some lettering. Next step is the greens. And on and on. With buttons!!!! Yeah!!! This is a fun one, and speaks well to my graphic skills.

SISTERS #2

We're home now from our great trip to the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. So much inspiration!

With a week full of classes held just prior to Saturday's show, there definitely was incredible talent present with all of the outstanding teachers on site. On show day, we really enjoyed the large tent just for displaying teachers' works. It was early morning and the sun was shining brightly behind one wall of quilts. Every seam allowance was shining through. We even could see some of the backing pop through on a few of the quilts. For me, it was an amazing display!

Yes most of the lines seen here are seam allowances, only seen because of the sunlight. Quirky but I loved it!

SISTERS OUTDOOR QUILT SHOW

It's the largest outdoor quilt show in the world they say.

We spent the weekend here in the local campground and enjoyed this amazing quilt event. We missed the classes but now know to sign up next year. By the end of the day we were energized by the creativity, and overwhelmed by all that was to be seen. Amazing!