Fibre Art Award

I am thrilled to say my work "Three Spoons" was chosen for the Fibre Art Award in the 35th Annual Insights Juried Exhibition, a presentation by the

Elora Arts Council. They received 390 entries and the work on display is terrific. The show is on now till August 31st, 2014 at the Wellington County Museum and Archives, Fergus, ON. Great day trip: visit the gallery and linger in Elora for lunch and a little shopping!

Grandmothers group fibre show

What a wonderful exhibit-organized by the Waterloo Omas Siskona (Grandmothers of Steven Lewis foundation) The show titled Creating Futures-Threads of Hope for African Grandmothers is a real beauty.
The City of Waterloo Museum staff did a fantastic installation job. The show is on now till Sept.28th and than will tour till May 2015.

my work titled We See You

printing on organza sheets.
thanks to Margo who gave me fabric from Uganda.

course with Susan Carlson

I took a fun class with Susan Carlson organized by the York Heritage Quilts Guild. Susan is the author of Serendipity Quilts and has a wonderful sense of tonal colours and shading. She offers some wonderful retreats at her home studio-looks like a lot of fun.

Susan's work.

one of the many patterns Susan gave us to work with.

Susan's book.

my piece

detail of my work.

Goose out of water?

As I drove thru an old parking lot- I came upon this interesting fellow.

Right in the middle of curbs and concrete- Do you ever feel like a "goose" out of water? I do when I have to pretend I know how to "art talk." I recently read a review that described the artist work as deskilled. Work that is meant to confuse and disgust the viewer. Wow-that sounds like bad art to me! but I don't know "artese." Wonder if you can take a course on that one?

QR Quilt

Happy Good Friday. Little bit of sewing, little bit of cooking, tiny bit of housework. Finished my QR Cambridge quilt. It reads- try it!

Lorraine Roy, Dundas, Ontario

I took a collage course from Lorraine Roy last weekend- it was great.
Lot of fun working with fabrics - even the ugly ones. 
www.lroytextileart.com 
Here's the start of my three projects and a couple of my classmates work.
I'll post a picture of my work when I am done. 

my classmates work

my classmates work

It all started with a bag of wool scraps. First I made wrist cuffs and than I used the scraps in a piece of work. Adds a nice dimension, easy to hand stitch. Called Density.

Dorothy Caldwell work

Had a chance to view the Dorothy Caldwell exhibition-mesmerizing! Ends June 1, 2014, Peterborough Art Gallery.

QR Quilt- every time I see a QR code, it reminds me of a pieced quilt - so I decided to try making a QR quilt - AND it reads! So fun. I started by enlarging the code (in a word doc.) so each square is approximately 1/4". Converting each 1/4" to 1" squares - the rest is easy. (Fused dark onto a white ground.) I have yet to quilt it, will post a pic of the finished piece. Questions, just ask. 

This is my black and white printer copy, the yellow marks are my why of keeping track of which squares I completed.

Here it is yet to be quilted or edged.

Glass vases in the garden!

Look at these great glass garden totems. Saw them in an antique shop window Neustadt, Ontario, while visiting studios in the Saugeen Studio tour weekend. Many wonderful creative people.