2013 year in Review

 It's been quite a year!

At the International Quilt Festival in November

Three silk banners were painted by the community for the cancer centers at Cabrini and Rapides Hospitals and Central Louisiana Arts and Healthcare.  I designed the banners, drew the designs with gutta resist, and supervised the painting sessions. (photos: Judy Ginsburgh)

 The project culminated in an exhibit at the mall:

19 Rabbis, most newly-ordained, will be wearing custom hand dyed tallitot and kippot, and will be storing them in coordinating dyed pouches, all dyed by me. Mazel Tov! (photo of finished tallitot courtesy of Judy Ginsburgh; photos of Rabbis courtesy of Billy & Zev)

Over 50 additional dyed or painted scarves/shawls found new homes, as well as quite a few note cards, dyed fabrics and sewn bags.

October: Azure was juried into Alexandria Museum of Art 26th September Competition, Sept-Nov.

Cornered! was in Raining Cats and Dogs, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Oct 30- Nov 3.

Sky is in Tactile Architecture, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Oct 30- Nov 3, and on tour in 2014.

Once in a Blue Monday at the Blue Note Cafe is in Hands All Around, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Oct 30- Nov 3, and on tour in 2014.

 Exuberance is in In The American Tradition, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Oct 30- Nov 3, and on tour in 2014.

Here's Looking at You! is in Eye of the Quilter, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Oct 30- Nov 3, and on tour in 2014.

Humble is in Eye of the Quilter, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Oct 30- Nov 3, and on tour in 2014. Total for the year: 7 out of 15 entries accepted.  Not bad!

Fabric Dyeing class, Aunt Nell's Quilt Shop, November, 2013 (no photos).

Does Your Camera Quilt in American Quilter Magazine, January 2014 (available in late November 2013).

SplendiferousFiber was at the Alexandria Museum of Art Second Saturday Art Market for 10 Saturdays, as well as the Leesville Quilt Show in May, the Patience Quilters' Show in September,  Pineville First Methodist Church in October, and the River Oaks Porch Sale in December.  Whew!
(above photos  at AMoA courtesy of Reverend Charley Photography)

You can also find my artisan items at Alexandria Museum of Art  and River Oaks gift shops (AMoA gift shop above.  Knit scarves by Judy Ginsburgh).

Tried my hand at shibori dyeing:

and coming in 2014...

Fabric Dyeing classes at Aunt Nell's, Jan 18, 2014 at 9 am, and in Lake Charles in early April.

Two quilts to be included in Dare to Dance, publication date: June, 2014