Wednesday, July 26, 2006

I have had several requests to see the quilt that was accepted. I am sorry, I had not even thought to post it because I had done that sometime ago (I have no idea what post. So, I will repost it. In addition, I have gotten my father's piece up to the binding stage. Very proud of my first portrait quilt and I know that I would never have gotten there without the quilt university class by Marilyn Belford. Got to show that one too. And just want an old college roommate and best friend to know that I always think of her.

Monday, July 10, 2006

Came home to find a letter from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden, Colorado accepting my piece for an exhibit they are having (Orange you Glad) from August through October. This is a first for me - accepted into an exhibit - I am even going to show you the letter!!!! WHEEE

Sunday, July 09, 2006

Still working on the portrait of my father. It has been a surprising hard process and I am not sure why. While I have never done a human face, I have done lots of dog portraits. I think the emotional component has to be getting in the way. The original had him in a coat, white shirt and tie. I always think of him in his blue-grey shirts so I put him in one. I think it looks like pajamas but that seems appropriate as well. Anyhow, I have now fused it and it is ready for thread painting. This is the in-process work.

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

So it is the 4th of July. Always interested me that we reverse the day and month for this one - more military. Anyhow other than having more stitches put in my young dog Echo (when will she learn when it is time to stop annoying her grandmother Aspen), I have been working on my fathers portrait. I had a very hard time starting, my reluctance stopped me for days. I finally started on Sunday and decided it did not matter where it went, it just had to go somewhere. My first effort has him looking like he had his picture taken from jail after being a terrorist. Happily, the instructor has given me some advice and I can start to fix it up. Attaching the picture just so you can see. Also got back the brown "stack the deck" quilt from the machine quilter Karen Neimi. She added aspen leafs and it looks lovely. She would like me to finish the binding before mid-August so she can enter it in a show. I think that would be pretty neat.
So it is the 4th of July. Always interested me that we reverse the day and month for this one - more military. Anyhow other than having more stitches put in my young dog Echo (when will she learn when it is time to stop annoying her grandmother Aspen), I have been working on my fathers portrait. I had a very hard time starting, my reluctance stopped me for days. I finally started on Sunday and decided it did not matter where it went, it just had to go somewhere. My first effort has him looking like he had his picture taken from jail after being a terrorist. Happily, the instructor has given me some advice and I can start to fix it up. Attaching the picture just so you can see. Also got back the brown "stack the deck" quilt from the machine quilter Karen Neimi. She added aspen leafs and it looks lovely. She would like me to finish the binding before mid-August so she can enter it in a show. I think that would be pretty neat.