6th & ROYAL WIP

I must have been extremely bored today.  I actually got out an old painting and started working on it.

No, I don't think it was boredom, as much as wanting to pick up the paintbrush and paint something...anything. And this painting seemed to be the handiest and easiest.

It was already laid out and started.  I remember being very tired of painting freeways at the time I set it aside.  But, I must say, I really enjoyed myself today.  I think I took it in a different direction from where it was originally headed.  And I don't think its done yet.  But I had a great day.

How it looked before I started.

At the end of the day.

DINNER WITH MIKE AND ADAM

One of Darrell's old high school buddies was up from California.  We met up with Mike and his grown son, Adam, at Endolyne Joe's for dinner.  It was such a beautiful night, we ate outside.  The food was great, as usual, and we had a nice visit.   Mike likes to talk with his hands.
Afterwards, we came back to our house so Darrell could help Mike repair a vintage guitar he had recently acquired.

APWQ 2011 QUILT SHOW

At the Tacoma Convention Center

The Association of Pacific West Quilters had their semi-annual quilt show in Tacoma, Washington on August 26 - 28.

Being a member I had submitted one of my quilts for inclusion in a special showing of 'Star Quilts'.  It was accepted, and I mailed it off to them several weeks ago.

I took the day off work, Friday, to go see it and the show.

I got there rather early and was pleased that it was not crowded and I got a good look at the exhibits and the vendor booths before it started to fill up.  

As I entered - hardly anyone there yet.

It was starting to fill up with people

Some of the vendor booths

My quilt is the one of the far left - Mistletoe Mountain.

I was a little disappointed.  The space where the special exhibits were was very under-lighted.  And they spelled my name wrong on the placard next to my quilt, and they really got it wrong in the catalog.  I am now Terri Pearl.

But, it is nice to have the quilt out and about and hopefully being appreciated.  When it comes home, it goes back in it's box.  Unless, someone wants to buy it.

A COUPLE MORE HOURS

Still keeping track of hours on my Connecticut Winter Quilt ...

August 2 - 2 hours piecing
August 3 - .75 hours piecing

Total so far - 37.25 hours (but who's counting?)

NICE DAY

Kimberly is spending the weekend with us.  We started this beautiful morning by having breakfast at Luna Park Cafe outside in front.  Then we meandered around the Admiral District looking for cool things at garage sales, before we went to the first showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part II at Southcenter.

It is an excellent movie!  Go see it.

Afterwards, we went to Georgetown for a Teriyaki lunch then perused the Saturday Market there.  There are alot of weird and wonderful things to see in Georgetown.  Darrell bought some Wenatchee apricots (I haven't heard the verdict on them yet).  I bought an interesting little wooden pose-able woman stick-figure for $7.  I thought about buying some beads and an African mask that the man wanted too much for.  We had some great ice cream bars from Whidbey Ice Cream Company.

We came home for a little while.  Kimberly and I went up to the studio and painted a little.  She got her hands really dirty playing with my pastels.  Then we took Lucy with us and went to the very crowded Waterfront for a fish and chips dinner. We found a parking place right off the bat.  

It was a very nice day.

SCOOTER GIRL- WIP

A couple months ago, I started on this painting and hated it.  The face was horrible.  I kept reworking it and reworking it.  Children are definitely different and I don't know how to paint them.

I let it sit, covered up.  Yesterday I pulled it out and went about it at a different angle.  I don't think it's quite done yet... but it's definitely on the right road.

POSTER FOR WHITE CENTER

Recently I was commissioned to paint an image for the White Center Community Development Association's (WC CDA) promotional poster.

I worked with Kathi Wheeler of Noise Without Sound, who is helping the CDA develop a logo and who designed the poster.

It relates back to the Basket Sculpture at the center of White Center.  The idea being of weaving a diverse population into a "global village".   Hence, the multi-colored reeds in the basket in my painting.

At a recent CDA Meeting the poster was revealed and all of the members attending received a free poster, to hang in their stores or whatever.  They asked me to stay a while after the meeting and sign the poster.

I had talked Darrell into making a frame for the painting and presented the framed original to the CDA at the meeting.

There was a reporter there from the West Seattle Herald, he took pictures and wrote an article.  You can see that here.   Once you open it, you need to click on the picture to see the slide show.

Here's a bad picture of the poster.  I need to get it framed.

A QUILT FOR AMELIA

I had originally had a very dark brown as one of the bricks, but it was too dark.  So, I cut it up and stripe-pieced some fabrics together and then cut that into bricks.  I like it a lot better now.

Here's the label:

I actually dyed some flannel for this quilt.  I actually sewed the flannel - that's a first.  I don't like flannel.

When I showed my sister Julie this picture - she reminded me that she had told me the baby's colors were pink and chocolate.  I had only remembered the pink.

So, I made another trip to the store, bought more flannel and dyed some browns and a really interesting pink tie-dyed.  I bought some browns and a printed brown to hurry things along, which was good, because my dark brown looked too much like 'camouflage' and I didn't use it.  I even started over with a different focus fabric that ended up on the back.

It all worked out.  

And now I have an extra baby quilt  - do you know anyone that needs it?

This is the Welcome Quilt:

SKETCHBOOK PROJECT IN SEATTLE

The Sketchbook Project was in town for a few days at the Form/Space Gallery downtown Seattle.

Somewhere in all this is my Sketchbook:

Just to give you an idea:

Here's a YouTube link that someone made about going to one of the exhibits.

Here's another one - this one in Seattle...

BIRTHDAY BOUQUET SCARFS

My husband gave me a dozen red roses for my birthday, and after I enjoyed them for a few days, I smashed them into a scarf:

Petals before going thru Press

Petals after going thru Press

The finished 12-Rose scarf

I also got a mixed bouquet.  I wish I had taken a picture, but I didn't.  The bouquet consisted of purple daisies (I think they were dyed - that is the brilliant pinks at the ends of the scarf),pink carnations, white chrysanthemums, and a yellow rose.

I arranged them, and then smashed them!

Birthday Bouquet Scarf

Now I can have my birthday flowers forever!

Detail of Birthday Bouquet Scarf

A BABY QUILT

MORE HOURS

Still keeping track of my Connecticut Winter Quilt hours - 


May 10 - 1.5 hours 
May 11 - .75 hours

Total hours to date - 34.50 hours

PROCESS PHOTOS OF WEAVER

CAMP HUSTON RETREAT

I packed up all my sewing stuff - my machine and tools, packed up the stuff for my Snitzels and my Connecticut Winter Quilt and headed north to spend a few days with the Snitzel gals at Camp Huston.

There's a large room where everyone set up their 'stuff' and set about working on Snitzels, quilts and whatever, long into the night (and in my case, early in the morning).

I mostly worked on my quilt - put a lot of hours in.

Everyone spread out their stuff and got busy working

There were even demos

My space over by the window

I couldn't sit and sew all day, so I went out for walks in the beautiful surrounding woods (rain forest).

April 27 - piecing 1 hour


April 28 - piecing 2.5 hours
April 28 - piecing 2.25 hours
April 28 - piecing 2  hours


April 29 - piecing 1 hour
April 29 - piecing 6.5 hours
April 29 - piecing 1 hour

Oh, my aching butt...


Total hours, so far - 32.25 hours (still making lots of little blocks)

KEEPING TRACK OF HOURS

Cutting fabric and sewing on my Connecticut Winter Quilt and keeping track of the hours...

April 16 - cutting 5.5 hours

April 22 - sewing 1 hour

April 25 - sorting and cutting 1.5 hours

April 26 - piecing 1.5 hours

Total all together so far - 16 hours

CUTTING MORE FABRIC

I cut the rest of the fabric up.  The next step is to sew some of it together.  Then I'll re-cut the blocks.

Time today - 1.5 hours

Total hours - 12 hours