This is a week to catch you up on news. First, the 3-day workshop with
Pat Pauly finished. I sewed together a quilt top, but still have more pieces to add to it. Also, I think I have more slashing and burning to do, possibly. I really don't know what its future will be. I've put it away while I work on other things and I'll probably take it out this summer to work on it. Here's the photo of it as it stands now.
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| slash and burn piece |
I also finished my 12 x 12 SAQA auction donation piece. I based it on a portion of my quilt Rise.
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| New Growth |
It's made with my monoprinted and hand painted fabrics. It's actually only 11.5 x 11.5, though.
And now the big news. My quilt, Inner Peace 2, got juried into the SAQA show Balancing Act and will premier at the International Quilt Festival in Houston and then travel to Chicago and then to Quilt! Knit! Stitch! in Portland and then possibly on to other venues as well.
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| Inner Peace 2 |
Here's my artist statement for it: We're surrounded by chaos and struggle to deal with demands that are put on our shoulders. Throughout history women have faced this with amazing grace. We have the ability to take in the chaos, process it internally, and focus on what's necessary to keep an internal balance and maintain internal peace.
The fabric is digitally printed from photos of fabrics I painted on crinoline a few years ago and used up in other quilts and the female figure is free-motion quilted. This piece was a joy to make and just flowed.
I'm linking this to
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Congratulation on the SAQA show! Well deserved, it's a fantastic piece and your artists statement is perfect to go with it. Wonderful piece
ReplyDeleteThank you. I'm so happy to be in a SAQA show. They are so great for art quilters.
DeleteLove your Balancing Act piece, Regina. Phenomenal
ReplyDeleteThank you, Judy. This was one of those works that was meant to be. It just flowed once I started. So much fun to make.
Deletecongrats on being int the SaQA exhibit. Of all years, I'm not going to the show.
ReplyDeleteLEeAnna at not afraid of color
Thanks. I'm not sure if I'll get to any of the shows it will travel to or not. We'll see.
DeleteI love Inner Peace 2. I can't wait to see it in person. Congrats on getting in the SAQA show - this definitely fits the theme and looks so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Teresa. I'm glad you'll get to see it. I wasn't going to make anything for that call for entry at first, but then inspiration struck late in the game and I got motivated for it.
DeleteLove your piece and will get to see up clse and personal when it travels to Portland, I too have a piece in this show and will post it to my blog in a few days.
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