Fall back this week end.

Small quilts

I have a whole day to spend in the studio.

A rare event.

I have to admit my muse had left me this year.

I need to fine it again.

 Hopefully it is down in the studio waiting for me

today.

EYES

Sorry for the long time not posting.

I had laser cataract surgery.

A month later I finally am getting back to normal.

Wow the clarity of my vision is awesome.

Except for close up. 

will need readers.

 My Wi-Fi was down all of last week.

Plus the glare from the computer bother my eyes.

So I just chilled out for awhile.

Now to get back in the swing of things.

I have a solo show at the Chesterton Art Gallery.

Opening reception is Sunday 2 to 4.

Thursday I deliver all of my current pieces

plus paintings and pottery.

Looking forward to creating with greater clarity.

Leaves and birds

 I found this pic and remembered how neat it was

making leaves. Funny how fall leads to leaves.

Than I found some bird pics and need to get

going on my 2 pieces for the NICHES show.

I am doing them both with birds.

Marks pet scan had a good report yesterday.

 Now on to the surgery.

It was a beautiful day and today looks good also.

Now off to the studio to get something done. 

Sun Shine

 I am so thankful for the sunshine.

It makes my photographs glow from the inside

out and I love it.

I took another walk around the yard yesterday

 afternoon the sun make the leaves glow.

I have so many ideas for art quilts I will

 not live long enough to do them all.

Don't you love the red leaves. I had not

noticed this maple tree until yesterday so

I almost missed the most glorious red.

Than the hydrangea bush was special.

Leaves with holes. Yum.

Well I am sorting 5 baskets of junk in

hopes that I find my I-Pod nano which I

haven't seen since we got home form

Minnesota the end of June.

Hopefully I find it. It holds all my Christmas music.

Newest art quilt

Studio all ready to dye on Friday.

I made 2 art quilts today.

This one with the chickadee is my favorite.

I just may keep this one.

Soft and subtle colors.

It went together so smoothly.

Now I just need to make another 18 or so.

Central Park

 Central Park finished.

6 hours of sewing and fusing.

5 hours of thread stitching to accent the quilt.

Ready to debut at the show in Lafayette.

 Some close up of the details.

Trees reflected in the water.

Off to the hardware store this morning.

I am going to use the hanging method Jane Dunnewold

showed me last week.

Much neater that a sleeve.

Rigid strip of metal at the top with holes in each end.

Either use mono filament or nails to hang.

Attached with Velcro to quilt.

Easy to remove.

It is what this irregular top quilt needs.

Today I finish Northern Lights.

Wordless Wednesday

Up close and personal

 Love the leaves and fall colors.

I have decorated my home in the colors of nature.

Winter's are a joy inside  the glow of green and gold.

I almost don't miss the sun on cloudy days.

 I put out a request for dog photographs yesterday

and got lots of beautiful new friends.

Love their dog faces.

They pose so nicely for their owners.

Starting today I will be in the studio daily.

The Holiday shows are coming and I need to create.

Fall in its glory.

It was so pretty this morning I  took off in the car

to take some photos.

250 shots later  returned home.

Remembered that I was low on gas last night.

I am so fortunate I did not run out of gas

I always take off in the mornings in my PJs.

Learned a new lesson. 

Wordless Wednesday

Tuesday's mornings golden glow.

Sunlight through the trees

The glow of Fall.

 Fall grasses highlighted  by the sun.

The sumac glows red against the woods.

The old wind mill spins in the gentle breeze.

Fall is a special time of the year.

Have a great day.

The road home.

                Finally finished the new art quilt.
                Fall in its most glowing colors.
                It is my favorite time of the year.
                Next art quilt will be more abstract.
                4 weeks of stitching in my spare time.
                The hand dyed threads from Artfabrik
                really make the finishing touch.

Back from vacation.

            Just back from a week of recharging my spirit in Wisconsin.
            Lots of rain and clouds but on the last day sunshine came
            back in Door County Wisconsin.  The trees were glowing

               red and gold. The skies were blue - a perfect end to the week.
               Found lost of galleries to look at art. Very good fine arts.
               As always I get some new ideas.  This would make a great
               quilt. Good food and good times now back to the studio.

Back in the studio.

                        Can you see the piles of fall leaves .
                        Last night it occurred to me that the
                        pinking wheel would make cuts like
                        edges of leaves. Love the colors.

                          Spent the afternoon with a tweezers applying
                          leaves and ironing them in place. Now to
                          add  the leaves on the ground under the trees
                       . Than I will be  ready to add the hand stitching
                         with the hand dyed threads  that came in the mail
                          from Artfabrik today. Lovely colors of fall.

Fresh fall air.

                   It was a day to ramble around the yard today.
                   Been so busy this week it felt good to enjoy
                   the crisp cool weather. Found a tree trunk
                   that was interesting and last years leaves.
                   Enjoy a quiet week-end and be ready for
                   a new week. Keep safe and smile.

Start of The Woods Road art quilt.

Yesterday was busy.

I laid out the background and

started quilting the sky.

My new art quilt will be a road

disappearing into the woods.

Lots of trees and leaves. 

                                   I made another 6 quarts of tomato juice.
                                   This is the last of the melons from the garden.
                                   We will savor this one.
                                   Next week on to the watermelons.

 

I am glad to be back in the studio again.

The pantry will be full for the winter.

I will be happy as a clam in the studio.

Watching the snow blow past the windows.

I am probably the only person who likes winter.

Enjoy your day.

Back after a busy week.

What has been keeping me busy for the past 3 months.

Last nights opening.

happily lots of red dots.

To fund another few months in art experimentation.

A view of the gallery as you enter the show. 

 One of my art quilts , the Kankakee River Marsh painting
and a few sunsets taken at Cedar Ridge .

 More small art quilts.

This grouping of fall features paintings

small art quilts and a art quilt of a painting. 

The pond as depicted in a art quilt painting.

The Kankakee River Marsh on a Jasper red gesso background.

Note the glow of red through the water.

Check out Caroline Jasper on line.

A great artist. 

Jasper red gesso is named after her.

A small grouping of winter.

Art quilt, watercolor, acrylic painting and small quilted dreamscapes 

My sculptures of Adam and Eve.

I rolled a slab then went outside for a Canadian Hemlock branch.

I love how the branch wraps around Eve at the waist.

No one would ever know I love the woods, trees, water and birds.

Starting 2 new quilts.

The painting that inspires the quilt

The beginning of the process.
Fusing the batiks to the thermolon base.
Doing the base quilting for texture.
Now on to the detail and embellishment with thread.
I am using Artfabrik's thread #12 burnt marshmallow
It makes the best tree trunks.

The inspiration for the second art quilt.

Combining quilting and paint  makes for a good start.
I just love this scene. Looking forward to seeing it completed.
I ordered a some new colors form Artfabrik for this quilt.

I hope to finished these this week.
Than I will go back to the silk quilt dreamscapes.
That is between glazing and firing the kiln.
I will fire Tuesday & Wednesday.