Headed to Houston

The Annual Teacher Donation Auction for  this Novembers IQA Festival....   a small sweet bird....

 Framed in sateen.

Very Fun MUG RUG

I'm not often enthralled with the Mug Rug Idea....    'but  here I saw a great THANK YOU opportunity for a welcome lady at our new 55+ HOA community. I know Joan is a coffee drinker and wanted to thank her for the hour+ she spent going over rules, regs,  and social connections for our Mountain View Community.   Painted, quilted, and bound in an hour and a half! Nice 'therapy' for me  and generally pretty sweet result.

A Beautiful Creation

Sometimes a quilter gets handed a gorgeous piece to quilt in a way that further enhances its beauty. I love this quilt by friend Kelly.  It was great fun to design quilting to support her appliquéd circles. I'm pretty happy with it but for having to return to her. Definitely worthy of an important position in the home. Click on photo for enlarged view.

Lovely Day at Raincross

What an absolutely fun day with friends ! These friends and so many others enjoyed a quilting showcase, tea sandwiches, desserts in the garden of Raincross Living in Riverside Ca.  Wanabe Quilters member Carol Brodie lives there so both she and her pastime became the focus of the day.   L-R Carol B, Patt Blair, Prudy Andrews, Janmarie Halliday, seated Hilary Field, Karon Cornell, Peggy Huerta, seated Loretta Beaumont. We missed those unable to join in the celebration. ;-(

I've captured but a very few of the  45 showcased quilts.... apologies.. I missed pics on so many gorgeous quilts.

Here below is muah with "Wanabe Dining"... one of the groups favorite things... our monthly gathering for fun and lunch at a members home.  This quilt is a silly representation of each member dining around a colorful table... our placemats?... the silver Nordstrom boxes  in which we often stored UFOs. 

When someone gets married ... we offer up a happy  quilt and a party... In this case for Laurie Lyon who missed the  quilt show day vacationing in Cabo San Lucas. Poor baby! 

This is Karon Cornell's Christmas gift to her first year secret pal... Laurie.  Spectacular!  Karon is rightfully proud of this piece.. and hint  to Laurie... please will it back to her.   ;-D 

I was moving too fast for a good photo  of "My Circle of Friends" but this is one of my favorite quilts made by Phyllis Reddish.  This Friendship group is 27 years old...    We won't quit !! ;-D 

 Two members, Carol Brodie and Carol Culbert  designed and made this mini quilt. The pattern was later enlarged for both wall and full  bed size and became the opportunity quilt for North Cities Quilt Guild in Placentia, Ca... NOT once... but twice over the years.. ( I bought $280.00 worth of tickets and didn't win.. argh!) A beautiful quilt, indeed

Phyllis Reddish is masterful and prolific.  This joyful Christmas appliqué is one of many spectacular holiday quilts. 

Such a great day... thank you Raincross and especially their staff lead Lauree who made everything happen! ( I spelled it right Lauree! yeah) 

My last upload... a quilt almost unknown to most of my friends.... "App'd to Paint" was part of a traveling exhibit which returned from France a few mos. back. The concept.. Create an App ( application) quilt 40" square  but for rounded corners. The App should represent who you are.  I'm a painter at heart so... why not paint the paint itself!   Happy Quilting!!!  

  

Student Work Extraordinaire

Three cheers for Gloria Muano  ( Southern California ) from my April 2018 Painted Quilt Art Retreat  in Temecula.  Next years  April 2019 class/retreat dates, info. appear at pattsretreats.blogspot.com.


  Here are some of Glorias stellar works from this year:

Top of the list...  one cute flaming red-haired grandson.  Sooo cute.  Looks real to me... Nice job Gloria.

Gloria spent much of her youth on Catalina Island, Ca.  This is her representation of tile work found on the island.  

Fun and simple graphics here... great quilting!  

I'm pretty lucky to find such fearless and fun students.  

Warrior at last

Ever had a year you had more stuff than hours in the day...    This has been one of those with little end in sight.   BUT.... I have one piece finally finished... started last summer...   A challenging floating on a sea of white Native American warrior... 'Tis a beautiful ink rendering on fabric  completed by a long time student and now friend.  Asked to quilt this for her, I was happy to help ... but the age old question for quilters... HOW to quilt it and show off and support the artwork without the quilting distracting.  Lots of fret over this magnificent warrior.

The easy part... the head dress of fur... where thread should not be seen thus monofilament used to create the 'puffs.' 

Parallel horizontal lines somewhat grounded the central image ....  a red satin stitched chevron keeps the viewers eye on the quilt top... ( Thank you Libby Lehman for being and showing how to do this ... years ago class now coming into play) ;-D 

 And lastly some Native American symbols top and bottom finish it off. A warm golden thread micro stipple shows off the symbols without drawing attention.   A peek in the upper right corner shows fabric that likely will become binding.  This is one of  the few times I know binding will add something to wall art piece.

That said... I am still moving from my Claremont studio to my new home.  The longarm move is complete.. yeah.  Now working on the " supplies "( art and fabric, etc) Moving is for the very young. Normalcy will come... but 'tis a few mos.  away.