GV Magazine article

An article entitled, "Another Kind of Communication" (pages 38-39) about my quilting has appeared in the Grand Valley Magazine (circulation 100,000) as well as a some close up shots as the background to the Winter 2013 issue's Table of Contents.  The issue is also available online for free viewing: http://issuu.com/gvsu/docs/winter2013_gvm_issuu?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Fcolor%2Flayout.xml&backgroundColor=1b1b1b&showFlipBtn=true&logo=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gvsu.edu%2Fimg%2Fgvsu-logo-greybg2.gif

The writer, Mary Pirkola, and photographer Elizabeth Lienau did a lovely job.  All I had to do was deliver the quilts and come back a couple hours later to find everything nicely arranged and well lit.

Fantastic Fibers 2013

This week I was delighted to find that my quilt Hawaiian Women's Petition of 1897 was juried into Fantastic Fibers 2013 and will be one of only 54 entiries sellected from a field of more than 700 to hang at the Yeiser Art Center in Paducah, KY April 6 - May 4, 2013.  Happily, that overlaps with the big AQS Paducah show which features the Beneath the Southern Sky exhibit which includes my quilt Kiwi's Nocturne. 

Back from the Nancy Crow Workshop

I had a blast at the Nancy Crow workshop recently offered in Muskegon.  5 days of concentrating on lines and shapes and circles without a ruler in sight.

Here's my line study which I'll tweak and then quilt.  I'm calling it Midnight at Reeds Lake.  I've purchased some black batting to see if I can get the white seamlines to show. 

In addition to seeing what I have to do to progress, I met some really wonderful quilters.  Some are even in my own local guild. 

Kiwi Really Goes Walkabout

It's no seceret that I was very excited to have my Kiwi's Nocturne art quilt accepted into the Beneath the Southern Sky Exhibit.  So many venues in three countries! Well, it recently got even better when we learned that our wonderful curator Brenda Gael Smith had added the UK and South Africa to the list.

Images of  the whole exhibit--mine is near the middle

West Michigan Quilters Guild Show 2012

My quilt Kieran's Compass was sporting two Special Award ribbons at last weekend's West Michigan Quilters Guild Show at the Deltaplex.  These are my first ribbons and therefore very exciting.  One was awarded by a judge who represents a local quilt shop and the other was the President of the Grand Rapids Public Museum.

The quilt is back on my son's bed now after its happy adventure in the world outside our house.

Most gorgeous dryer lint

I'm signed up for a Nancy Crow workshop to be held in Muskegon Dec. 10-14 so I'm acquiring and pre-washing many yards of fabric in a very wide range of solid colors.  It's fun to look at dry, it's fun to look at wet--and the related-color loads I'm putting through the dryer make the most wonderfully complex colors of dryer lint.  Ironing has been an on-going project--glad I made a good ironing station a while back.

I acquired several of Nancy's books and have been reading a lot about color lately.  Quite enjoyable and can't help but influence the work to come.

As for my recent experiments in lower contrast, last week was the opening of the Women's Center Art Show on the GVSU campus.  My piece was hung rather high which is an entirely different perspective on it.  People seem to like it, but it is hard to point out detail (up too high!).

Pinterest

Just discovered that my quilt in the Beneath the Southern Sky exhibition has shown up in at least a few spots on Pinterest. 
pinterest.com/erlindam/things-i-think-miss-ellen-would-like
pinterest.com/joyehawk/quilts-animal-art/
pinterest.com/ginihoward/design/
pinterest.com/erlindam/pins/

Fun!