DeCampStudio: January 2013

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Bobbin holders

I use a donut bobbin holder for my L-size bobbins for my Janome sewing machine.

But I also have M-size bobbins for my longarm machine. They fit in the plastic-tube holder, but the threads constantly unwind from the bobbin.

I looked for a better M-size holder while at the Quilt Festival in Houston, but didn't find anything I liked. What I did get, though, was a great suggestion to use ponytail holders. No more unwinding threads!

Saturday, January 19, 2013

January meeting

Members of the Peeps group gathered to view and
discuss/critique newly completed work or work in progress.

Nancy did this piece that featured a leaf that she had preserved in glycerin.

Pat showed us some pieces that she did as sketches for new work.

Jeanne explained how she has used foamcore board to back and hang one of her pieces.

Anne had a quilt on the cutting table that she was pin basting for quilting. Here she's helping Carol get her quilt on the wall.

Pat recently finished this class sample that she made with her own shibori-dyed fabrics.

Bev finished the quilting on this piece that included her dyed and stamped fabrics.

Monday, January 14, 2013

AQS Lancaster

Two of my quilts have been selected to go to the American Quilter's Society quilt show in Lancaster, PA. It will be held March 13 - 16, 2013.

Appian Way will be in the Wall Quilts - Home Machine Quilted section.
(2011 48" X 48")

DoorMats #1 will be in the Wall Quilts - LongArm Quilted section.
(2010 49" X 67")

Sunday, January 13, 2013

De-install at Schweinfurth

Jet Trails #11 is taken off the wall as the Quilts=Art=Quilts exhibit at the Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, NY, is "de-installed."
I expect to collect it and bring it home this week.

Monday, January 7, 2013

Sewing day

Priscilla was at the studio for some sewing time, so of course, Suki had to join her.

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Machine Quilting

I found this quilt in my stash of tops. It came from a class a long time ago -- perfect for testing out the Innova longarm quilting machine.

I just did an over-all pattern on it, but tried out some different threads.

The next top is loaded on the frame and ready to go.

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Ludisia Discolor

Ludisia discolor, the black jewel orchid, is an orchid species native to Malaysia, Indonesia and Burma. It is a terrestrial orchid, which means it grows in soil and soil-like medium on the ground.

We bought this plant at an orchid show in Fairchild Gardens in Miami almost 15 years ago, and there were several years without any flowers.

In the last two or three years we've resisted repotting it since it's been producing so many flowers.

Each of the stalks has multiple blooms which look like individual tiny orchids.

Exhibitions

2017
...Quilts Unlimited, View Arts, Old Forge, NY
...Pacific Intl Quilt Festival XXVI, Santa Clara, CA
...Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XXIV
...AQS Quilt Show, Fall, Paducah, KY
..AQS Quilt Show, Grand Rapids, MI
...New Legacies Art Quilts, Fort Collins, CO
...AQS Quilt Show, Spring, Paducah, KY
..AQS Quilt Show, Lancaster, PA
...Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XXVIII, Hampton, VA
2016
...Quilts Unlimited, View Arts, Old Forge, NY
...Pacific Intl Quilt Festival XXV, Santa Clara, CA
...Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XXIII
...AQS Quilt Show, Syracuse, NY
...Hands All Around, IQF, Houston, TX
...New Legacies Art Quilts, Fort Collins, CO
...AQS Quilt Show, Paducah, KY
...AQS Quilt Show, Lancaster, PA
...Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XXVII, Hampton, VA
...Artist as Quiltmaker, FAVA, Oberlin, OH
...QuiltCon, Modern Quilt Guild, Pasadena, CA
2015
...Pacific Intl Quilt Festival XXIV, Santa Clara, CA
...LaConner Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival, LaConner, WA
...Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XXII
...Whistler House Museum, "Out of the Blue," Lowell, MA
...AQS Quilt Show, Syracuse, NY
...New Legacies Art Quilts, Fort Collins, CO
...Form, not Function, Quilt Art at the Carnegie
...AQS Quilt Show, Paducah, KY
...AQS Quilt Show, Lancaster, PA
...Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XXVI, Hampton, VA
2014 Pacific Intl Quilt Festival XXIII, Santa Clara, CA
...LaConner Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival, LaConner, WA
...Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XXI
...Evolutions, Rocky Mt Quilt Museum, Golden, CO
...Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY
...AQS Quilt Show, Paducah, KY
...Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XXV, Hampton, VA
...AQS Quilt Show, Lancaster, PA
2013 Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center
...Pacific Intl Quilt Festival XXII, Santa Clara, CA
...Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XX
...IQA Houston "Quilts: A World of Beauty"
...Images, Festival of Arts, Penn State University
...Form, not Function, Quilt Art at the Carnegie
...AQS Quilt Show, Paducah, KY
...Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XXIV, Hampton, VA
...AQS Quilt Show, Lancaster, PA
2012 Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center
...Pacific Intl Quilt Festival XXI, Santa Clara, CA
...Art Quilts XVII Chandler AZ, Center for Arts
...AQS Quilt Show, Grand Rapids, MI
...IQA Houston "Quilts: A World of Beauty"
...AQS Quilt Show, Des Moines, IA
...AQS Quilt Show, Paducah, KY
...Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY
...Art Quilt Elements, Wayne Arts Center, Wayne PA
...Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XXIII, Hampton, VA
...Form, not Function, Quilt Art at the Carnegie
2011 Art Quilts XVI, Chandler AZ, Center for Arts
...Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center
...Pacific Intl Quilt Festival XX, Santa Clara, CA
...Quilt Visions, "Interpretations", San Diego, CA
...IQA Houston "Quilts: A World of Beauty"
...AQS Quilt Show, Des Moines, IA
...SAQA's "Structures in Cloth" Colorado
...Images, Festival of Arts, Penn State University
...PAQA South "ARTQUILTSmovement" Durham NC
...Denver National Quilt Festival, Denver, CO
...AQS Quilt Show, Paducah, KY
...Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
...Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XXII, Hampton, VA
...AQS Quilt Show, Lancaster, PA

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