Colorful!

I've made 3 quilts recently, and none of them can be published on the web yet due to entry rules for various events.  Two of them WILL be published in a book next spring!  The book is tentatively titled Dare to Dance:  An Artist's Interpretation of Joy, and the author is Mary Kerr.

Pleinweave, made several years ago from fabric I spray-dyed especially for this quilt, and very carefully cut and pieced to keep the original color flow.  The pattern is a traditional basket lattice.

I made several smaller pieces from the leftover dyed fabrics, and more black, of course.

Update:  Look for two of my quilts at the International Quilt Festival in Houston this fall in the "Tactile Architecture" and "In the American Tradition" exhibits!  Big happy dance!
Second update:  Look for a third quilt in  the "Hands All Around" exhibit!  Holy cow!

Link to Bloggers' Quilt Festival.

A Walk in the Swamp

My piece, Acer Rubrum, and details.  Photos courtesy of John Hartgerink.  See all 25 pieces in the show here: http://cfalart.blogspot.com/2011/01/walk-in-swamp-2011_15.html

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!

Vote for Me!

http://www.handmadelouisiana.com/2009/11/vote-for-october-craft-long-winner-here.html

Vote at the above link for my scarf, Autumn Glory, pictured in the post directly below this one. this month's theme was Happy fall ya'll. Colorful leaves sunprinted in fall colors and overprinted in metallics are the epitome of autumn. This scarf also won a blue ribbon for miscellaneous handicraft at the Rapides Parish Fair.

Copper Leaves, Greens and Golds

Copper Leaves & details. Sunprinted with copper overprinting

Greens and Golds with details. Sunprinted, with pearl emerald overprinting and gold spatters.

More in the works.

Cascading Oak and Falling Leaves

Cascading Oak and detail. Printed so that the direction of the leaves changes in center back.

Falling Leaves and details. Sunprinted with gold overprinting.

Scarves to "Dye" For

Actually, they're done with textile paints. Forest Floor and details. Sunprinted, overprinted with pearl blue and turquoise, and spattered with metallic gold. Model: Half-Headed Hilda (brainless but hardworking).

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

what I've been up to - painting scarves

Scrunched or salted, painted and layered with metallic stamped images.

dragonflies
oak leaves

ferns on gauze SOLD!

spirals

geometry

turquoise butterflies

butterflies on gauze

spirals, resisted and stamped SOLD!

more oak leaves

trees SOLD!!

silver and gold spatters

golden fronds

bronze fronds