DeCampStudio: January 2016

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Yard work

Picking up branches is a usual job during a January thaw. This year has produced no freeze, but windy days have dropped refuse from our larger trees.

The large bucket on the tractor is very helpful on many tasks around our property. The rotary mower is still attached in the rear to the three-point hitch. Maybe we shall cut grass before we plow in this El Nino year!!

A full load is ready for transport to the burn pile at the junction of our gardens and the "back forty."

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Winter flowers

Our "Christmas" cactus has just started blooming. The cactus decides when its Christmas blooms should appear. It certainly seems appropriate as the spirit embodied in the occasion should pertain any time of the year.

Jewel orchids: These plants display stalks of white miniature orchids reaching skywards. New branches appear for a long period of time.

This display heightens the reach of the floral display. The flower is particularly visible in contrast to the dark green leaves.

This has been a very hardy specimen, lasting for more than 15 years since we carried it home from Fairchild Gardens in Miami, FL.

Friday, January 15, 2016

Peeps Meeting

Only one picture from the monthly meeting of the Art Quilt People (Peeps).... We're checking out a new quilt that Mary made for a local exhibit next month.

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

AQM at FAVA

Doormats #2 (50h X 73w)

This recently completed quilt has been juried into the Artist as Quiltmaker exhibit at the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts in Oberlin, OH, and will be on display from May 15 through July 31. I'm honored that it is one of the 34 quilts selected for the exhibit.

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Modern Quilt Club meeting

The Modern Quilt Club in Marcellus invited me to present a trunk show at their meeting at the Patchwork Plus Quilt Shop.

Getting ready the day before involves taking the quilts off their rolls and organizing them in five big boxes in the order I want to present them.

My hostess, May Arnett, took this picture of me with my "Seaweed" quilt.

I enjoyed spending the afternoon with the Club members and guests - a very warm and friendly group!

After my presentation, I left my quilts on the front ables for people to look at more closely.

The meeting then included the members' Show and Tell. This is Ron Stefanak, who is a quilter and pattern designer. The quilt on the wall behind him is one of his that he offers a class on at the quilt shop.

May Arnett, on the right, showed this quilt that she made for her grandson. He picked out the fabrics and helped plan the block sizes.

Here are some views of the inside of the store. Doesn't this spot by the fireplace look cozy?

Friday, January 8, 2016

Suki update

Suki is at rest on one of her many perches.

She likes the warmth of the MacBook under her and the Ott light above. Her bloodwork returned to normal levels, and she has returned to her normal, demanding position as ruling director. Now, if only those outside cats would go away, life would be perfect!

Monday, January 4, 2016

QuiltCon 2016

My "RoundAbout" quilt has been selected for QuiltCon 2016 in Pasadena, CA, February 18 - 21. This is the international modern quilt show held each year by the Modern Quilt Guild.

RoundAbout is one of the 350 quilts selected from over 1800 entries.

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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