I learned yesterday that "Encore" was accepted and will hang at the National Juried Show of the Canadian Quilters Association in St. Catharines, Ontario in June. In the mean time, it took a little detour today. I shipped it, and other work, as well as a lovely stack of hand-dyed fabrics, to the office of Quilting Arts Magazine in Massachusetts, whether they will be photographed for an upcoming feature article about me. Stay tuned! The expected publication date will be the June/July issue, but I will let you know when the date is definitivelyconfirmed! I am very happy to be showing "Encore" in Canada and in the US (in Quilting Arts Magazine) before it travels to Europe for the "Crossing Oceans" international group show.
Sunday I taught Part 5 of my Art Quilt Series here in Ottawa. A few students brought some of their design experiments. This exercise was about working with value (while also keeping other Elements and Principles of Design in mind).
Isn't Barb's blue dog just the coolest?
Monique's Chinese lanterns are so graceful.
Inez chose to depict a milkweed pod. Great choice of complementary colours.
You could walk right into Mary's forest scene.
Ruth's dynamic close-up of a portion of sunflower focuses on the green area below the flower. (I can't think of the technical name of that part of the plant right now?).
Monday I was off to Perth, Ontario, to teach "Liberated Radial Piecing" for the Lanark County Quilters Guild. It was great to spend time with this group again. What an innovative and relaxed group of quilters.
We had a wonderfully large and bright classroom. I actually got some exercise while moving around between students ;-)
Most students in the class had worked with free-form cutting and piecing methods before, so there was no one intimidated by trying this.
The process starts with making a series of strip sets, all cut and pieced without rulers.
After that, wedges are cut to form the radial design.
Bev brought her finished poppy quilt that she started in my workshop at the Ottawa Valley Quilters Guild about a month ago. She did a fantastic job with the values!
I know I've been quiet this month. We had a two-week trip to Spain to celebrate my husband's retirement. I will share some photos shortly.
Teaching travel is gearing up, and I'll be off to visit the Windsor Quilters Guild next week.
Congrats on both the CQA acceptance (were you ever in doubt?!) and on the QA magazine article. I'm a subscriber so I'll definitely keep my eyes open for that. :-)
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo! Congrats on both accomplishment, Elaine! Very well deserved!
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