Breaking Traditions 2010

Opens today at The American Sewing Expo, Novi, Michigan

Everybody's Talking at Me and detail

Failure to Communicate and detail

Opens today at The American Sewing Expo, Novi, Michigan.  Both pieces are 12 x 12 inches.  Theme was Autism:In My Own Words

Breaking Traditions at 212 Arts Center

My piece, Boris and Natasha, the Yin-Yang Kittens (upper right-hand corner) is on the show flyer.

Sneak Peek #2

This is not the same piece, but will also be going to Breaking Traditions.

Sneak Peek

Detail of Breaking Traditions 2010 piece.  The exhibit will debut at the American Sewing Expo in Novi, Michigan this fall.

Fiber at the Swamp: Off the Wall and Into the Swamp

Time for the annual fiber show at Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center in Baton Rouge, on exhibit now through Feb 7, 2010.

This year's theme:  Off the Wall.  Everything must have three dimensions.  My pieces:

knitted wire maple leaf

There are some random beads but they don't show very well on this background.

Autumn Leaf

painted muslin with paintstick rubbing

overlaid with leaf-printed organza

Reception: January 24 at BREC Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center, 10503 North Oak Hills Parkway, Baton Rouge
Free admission to reception.  All are welcome!

Breaking Traditions 2009

Debut of 2009 exhibition at the American Sewing Expo in Novi, Michigan, September 25 - 27.

Theme: Home

Entry fees benefit "A Place to Bark," a pet rescue program.

Here are closeups of my two pieces in the show:

http://splendiferousfiber.blogspot.com/2009_07_01_archive.html

Boris & Natasha is 7 th from left, up 3 from bottom.

Dancing in the Moonlight is bottom row, 2nd from left.

An online catalog will be up soon.

Subversive Stitcher: Who me?

My two little quilts are featured on Dawn Goldsmith's Subversive Stitchers blog today.

http://subversivestitch.blogspot.com/2009/08/breaking-traditions-art-quilt-exhibit.html

Guess that confirms that I'm subversive (at least stitching-wise), right?

New Work

Boris and Natasha, the Yin-Yang Kittens
Damcing in the Moonlight

These were made for the 2009 Breaking Traditions exhibit at the American Sewing Expo in Novi, Michigan. this year's theme is "Home," and the entry fee benefits "A Place to Bark." For more info on the show click on the logo in the right hand column. Both pieces measure 12 x 12 inches (and are actually square despite the wonky photos). For the full story of Boris and Natasha, see this link:

http://btaqe.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-beginnings-sunday.html

Larger quilt using the same techniques:

http://splendiferousfiber.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-quilts-metamorphosis-new-quilts.html