Even though it was a crummy night to drive down there, I am glad I went. The lecture was on Pennsylvania German ( Dutch ) quilt traditions, interspersed with bits of superstition and folk belief of the region. The quilts were beautiful. They asked that we not post pictures online in any way so I can't share them visually with you, but I can tell you about the Red work.
They had two stunning examples. I was sitting close enough to one of them that I did sketch out some of the motifs so I can reinterpret. A corner motif and a border element that are sort of welsh quilting designs. The other was a collection of nearly 250 farm related motifs on 4 1/2 inch pieces of feed sack. There were initials and a date in the four larger squares in the center, and they were all embellished at the seams with a fine herringbone.
The other thing I came home with was the great urge to catalog my growing collection of antique quilts and tops. I have been meaning to get to this for a long while, and the inspiration to actually do it has been trumped a few times by other tasks that bring in more immediate cash flow. Perhaps I can begin that this week.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
More Ideas than time
Yes, it's true, My wrist is still sore, its a dislocated bone in my wrist that needs to settle back in to its correct spot, so I can only do so much in a day. Creative time when I can't be creating has left me with LOTS of thinking time, and a whole bunch of new ideas that I would just love to be able to get going. I have tried to get enough done in my journal to be able to pick up again when time and physical restraints allow, but this is so frustrating.
I did get the guild challenge piece done by machine, not at all what I had planned, but it didn't turn out too bad. I'll post after guild. That meeting is tomorrow night, so you wont have to wait too long.
I did get the guild challenge piece done by machine, not at all what I had planned, but it didn't turn out too bad. I'll post after guild. That meeting is tomorrow night, so you wont have to wait too long.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Scary!!!
So today I have a brace on my stitching hand. I have been doing a great deal of hand embroidery lately to finish the hand work on Beautiful Valley, and unfortunately, with other stresses in life, it seems I have been aflicted with some kind of stiffness in my hand/wrist. I hope that some gentle support and rest will restore it. However, the prospect of not being able to stitch is scary. I can work at a machine, and typing does not seem to affect it, only when the tendons are stretching do I feel it. I hope it goes away soon.
Having said that, I guess I wont be doing the hand embroidery on the Art Challenge Piece for guild. Baste and machine quilt is going to be the thing. The theme is Positive and Negative. I used a paper punch to get a bunch of spider shapes, and holes the same shape, then used them to sun print on white fabric. Wasn't quite as clear as I had hoped, but I can work with it. I had wanted to use soem metallic threads to put in a web after the other work was done, but now I'll have to do it by machine. Wont have the same dimension, but I guess it will be ok. Have to have this done for Wednesday's meeting.
Having said that, I guess I wont be doing the hand embroidery on the Art Challenge Piece for guild. Baste and machine quilt is going to be the thing. The theme is Positive and Negative. I used a paper punch to get a bunch of spider shapes, and holes the same shape, then used them to sun print on white fabric. Wasn't quite as clear as I had hoped, but I can work with it. I had wanted to use soem metallic threads to put in a web after the other work was done, but now I'll have to do it by machine. Wont have the same dimension, but I guess it will be ok. Have to have this done for Wednesday's meeting.
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