On to something new

Well, its time to start something new. I have so many ideas in my head that I am throwing around. I wish I could make quilts faster so I could get some of these ideas from my imagination into fabric. I have a wonderful friend, who went to Africa for their anniversary the end of last year. They redid their vows on the African plain, she held wild flowers and the sun was setting. It was really lovely, and the pictures were fantastic. I am in the process of making her and her hubby a memory quilt. I am not using a pattern, I am just designing it as I go. I edited many of the photos she took and printed them on fabric. I also want to add some other elements such as, embroidered lettering, and leaves, I want to put some open areas for her to journal right on the quilt. Some of the pictures are so wonderful I am going to paint them too. The animals, the way they were able to capture a moment and a feeling was amazing. I will share some of the photos and my progress as I limp through designing the quilt.

IT WON!!!!

I can't believe it, after all the hassle with the shows and my new quilt "Transformation" won best pictorial quilt at Mid Atlantic. How exciting!!http://www.quiltfest.com/activities_detail.asp?id=79

More gourd pictures

Another Survivor has started!!

Yippie, I love Survivor night as you all know, martini's and El Pollo loco. Its great fun and off to another fun filled season. I am making a new gourd to collect our weekly 5$ payments. I am adding elements of each survivor episode to the gourd to personalize it for us. I have also added the islands and where everyones camp is, along with names and ages of the tribal members. We will start voting after the merge and then the winner takes home the pot on the last night!! Fun, Fun, here's a picture of the gourd.

A Final Note

Ok, this is the last I am going to say about the quilt show, I was told that if you are excepted into a IQA show you can not enter any of their other shows with that quilt wether it wins or not. The fact that it is accepted is it, so I will not be in any of their shows I guess with this quilt anyway. I am frustrated and a bit upset over this whole thing, I don't know what else to say except she told me I wasn't the only one this has happened too. So I guess others are confused too!

Thank God tonights "Survivor Night", that will make all things right again. I am making a new gourd for our money we collect and I am adding elements of each show onto the gourd. I will post a picture soon.

Another Glitch

Well, I received another email from the IQA today saying that they needed to correct an email that they had previously sent me encouraging me to enter the fall show since I couldn't send the quilt to this show. The new email said that since I was excepted into one show that I can not enter any more of their shows with that quilt. I sent them back an email that I thought you could enter more of their shows as long as you aren't a prize winner. I am waiting to hear back. Boy, this is a tough call. It will really make me think out who I submit quilts too. I would love to hear from others of you that have shown more, I am new at this and have already had a few hard blows. I want to do it right, and I havent figured out how to play their political game, I guess. Any comments would be much appreciated. I will post when I get the reply email from them.

A Challenge to my fellow fiber artists

I recently joined a webring for illustrators in which I have a blog just for my sketches and thoughts. It is similar to our ring but the people who look at the sketches actually leave comments. I was amazed at how many comments I got and I only have 3 posts in a few days! It made me realize how much I appreciate and love to hear what people are thinking when they see my stuff. It as though friends have stopped by to see what you are up to and comment on your progress. I love it and I have decided I am going to be better about leaving comments. I wanted to challenge my fellow quilters and fiber artists to take the time to stop and visit a bit. So if you catch me leaving comments during one of my visits with you, please feel free to stop by and chat with me for a spell. Feel free to check out my other blog at: http://www.myclothesline.blogspot.com

A new day

Its so beautiful today, its in the 80's and the wind is blowing. I love winters in Southern California, whats to complain about. But sometimes our dry, warm weather causes everyone a lot of grief. I feel so sorry for the firefighters that have been forced to fight a fire started by the forestry dept. How sad that we put them in this kind of harms way due to an oversight and mistake. As the sun sets on the hills the smoke rising from the fire it causes the sun to glow red and the sky to be filled with wildly shaped smokey rings.

My brother was forced to evacuate his home and they weren't allowed to return until the following day, thank God everything and everyone was safe. He stood on his balcony and took several photos of the flames and firefighters fighting it out on the ridge close to his home. This other picture is of the sun in the middle of the afternoon through the clouds of ash that have covered everything.

Oh my gosh!

Ok so I decided that I would send "Transformation" to Mid-Atlantic since I hadn't heard anything from "Celebrate Spring". So of Friday I shipped my quilt and Saturday guess what I received in the mail. A notification from the International Quilt Show that they had selected it to be hung at the Chicago international quilt show and that it was selected as one of only 53 finalist! Oh my gosh! I say it over and over as I walk the house in a daze. How did I get myself into such a mess. I guess I need to really be careful which and when I enter shows, I just never would of thought it would of been excepted to both. I don't know which show is better or anything since I have never gone to either one since they are so far from me. I think someone told me that the IQA was a harder show to win at but I have never won anything anyway. I am so sad, someone then suggested I make another, right, just hand paint some more fabric and sew it up by next week. AAAGGGHHH! I feel so stupid, like such an amateur, this is the part that I guess you learn from experience. I feel so bad, I sent them an email today, appologizing for not being able to send the quilt. I didn't know what else to do. I would be interested in hearing from people who have gone to both the Chicago show and Mid-Atlantic and hearing about the differences and both good and bad of both, what your thoughts are etc, whether you have shown there or not, just the feel of the shows. AAAGGGHHH.