Emerge Gallery show

The reception for my art quilt group at Emerge Gallery in Greenville, NC was last night. The show runs through Sept 29.
http://emergegallery.com/

I will post more photos on the group site later today.

http://artrageousfibreart.blogspot.com/

off the wall Friday

Check out what everyone is doing: http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2012/09/quilting-beauties-off-wall-friday.html

silk scarves

I have been dying silk scarves with Procion MX Dyes. There are several online classes. Marjie McWilliams teaches one [Silk Dyeing] at QuiltUniversity.com It is well done and very reasonably priced.

Here are some close ups:

Colorhue silk dyes are an easy way to dyes scarves. They set instantly. Less mess. Marlene Glickman sells these [http://silkdyes.com/supplies.html] as do several other vendors such as Dharma trading [http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/10503535-AA.shtml?lnav=dyes.html]

Which do I like better? They have advantages and disadvantages. I always have Procion MX dyes on hand. And for dyeing yardages of fabric, I would choose Procion. And I now feel comfortable using them on silk. Colorhue dyes are great. Quick. Less mess. Instant gratifcation. I have a little trouble creating deep saturated colors with the Colorhue dyes. I'll probably continue to use both!

OFF THE WALL FRIDAYS: 2 Gallon challenge part two

so I sewed strips together, then sliced and re-assembled... and now I am stuck. I have an idea of where I want to go, but keep coming up with new ways to get there, and none of them have been tempting enough to commit to. ..so I keep looking at this on the wall, for now. One thing I do really like, is the uneven edges. I think I will keep those in the finished piece.

Two gallon challenge: my bag

Sylvia asked if I had a photo of the bag I assembled. Yes, I do:

Washington Waterfront

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: a continuous quilt made of 16x 20 segments with the Pamilco River as common to each piece for the Pamilco River Quilters Guild show in Sept.

two gallon challenge: the start

My artquilt group challenge was to collect items in a two gallon bag. This bag was passed to the participant/victim to make an art quilt [16-40 inches on each side]. This was the bag I recieved. Truly a WIP! For the next step, I pulled more fabrics from my stash. Next week we'll see where I'm going!

my muse

He rearranged my tree branches/
Maybe I should have left the eyes red.

it's time again: IBOL!!

Do you have extra fabric? thread? needles?
Do you want to do something special?




http://ibol.wordpress.com/building-a-bundle/
http://ibol.wordpress.com/what-to-send/
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MAQF 2011

Mid_Atlantic QuiltFest was wonderful.
There were two thought provoking exhibitions: one on racism and one on homelessness.
No Place to Call Home can be seen here:
http://kathleenmccabecoronado.com/NoPlaceToCallHome/


My favorite quilt was by Sandy Curran: Paradise Lost:
"http://sandycurran.com/sandycurran.aspx"



I have also been working on a pelican/gulf diaster quilt...maybe next year!

and a close up:



For Sandy:



My firend, Robin Koehler with her quilt "Nouveau Poppy".
http://www.nestlingsbyrobin.blogspot.com/



My new friend, Patty Powers' quilt "the Oath":




On the way home: this flock of geese/swans(?):


I will try to post more photos later.