New Art Quilt Group

How can it have been April when I last posted? That's months ago. Life is good and busy.

So here's the news: There's a new art quilt group in town, Rag Tag Quilters, and we are going to have a small show in the local co-op gallery. In case the poster isn't quite legible, here are the details: August 5, 2011 opening during the First Friday Art Walk, 5-8 pm (or so). The show will be up until August 26, 2011. Location? Corner Gallery annex, State and Church Sts, Ukiah CA.

We sure hope to see you there.

23 April 2011
Have you wondered where I've been? Is anyone still reading my feeble little blog? I love to write, and when I started this venture I thought I would contribute much more than I have done. Life sometimes gets in the way.

Since my last post there have been some challenging changes in my life that have gotten in the way of my "being here". But I'm back. And still doing watercolors and trying to keep an illustrated journal (but I use more words than pictures still). But I have been concentrating more on art quilts. SMALL art quilts. The quilt in the picture accompanying this post is about 9" by 12", and is a sort of reverse applique. I put 5 layers of fabric together, stitched the design, then started cutting through the layers to reveal what was beneath--some hand-dyed (by ME) fabric, some commercial fabric. And then I framed it with dupioni silk. I love it. Hope you like it, too. I plan to do more of this, maybe even some a little bigger. Please feel free to leave a comment.

Visiting Germany

Yes, I am in Germany, Muenchen, (Munich) to be exact, staying with a friend for a bit. After a challenging summer and fall, I felt rewarding myself with this trip a good idea. Winter in Germany is a lot different that winter where I live, in Northern California. It is colder, although the first few days here were quite pleasant, almost spring-like. The snow returned, though, and yesterday we took a ride to Starnbergersee and strolled in the snow on the shores of the lake. Lovely. Snow on the ground, and light snow falling. Dressed for the weather, it was quite wonderful. I took pictures, but cannot upload from here. Later! I promise.