Two weeks since my last
post. It's taken that long to get most of my photos from the trip
edited, and to get my head wrapped around being back at work. Then last
weekend we took off and spent a couple of days with a friend in Moab,
always a welcome trip.
And,
I went to a second meeting with the art quilt group I've found in Utah
county. I am really liking this group of women, they are energetic and
creative. One of the members, Sue, has a blog and took some pictures at
the meeting- they are posted here. She also makes the most gorgeous jewelry, and has an Etsy shop. I've drooled over the pieces she's worn to the meetings.
Some
of the group got together Saturday afternoon to dye and paint fabric. I
wanted to get more greens in my stash, and got 3 different value
gradations done.
I
wanted toned greens, so each of these gradations has a different amount
of red in it. I also used two different sets of primary colors. I
knew I wouldn't do solids, so I did these LWI with lots of squishing and
massaging to smooth out the texture. Some still have a lot of
mottling, but I'm pleased with how they turned out.
Of
course I was so focused on the gradations, I forgot to take pictures of
what everyone else was doing. Bonnie and Liza Ann were playing with
Setacolors and trying to sunprint, but the sun wasn't cooperating.
Kathleen did a hue gradation that looked very interesting, and was still
dyeing when I left. Kathleen helped Denise and Pat get some colors dyed
for projects they were planning, and I helped Denise with a small
parfait. All in all, it was a fun afternoon.
I
also did a parfait, just to give Denise and Pat and idea of what it
is. I did lemon yellow on the bottom, strongest red next, then cobalt
blue and finally cerulean. Oh, and I added a dab of red to both the
blues. This is what I got.
The bottom one, the yellow, was glorious. Take a look at this!
I'm keeping this one up on the design wall for awhile, just so I can look at all those glorious greens and yellows.
I
have been working on my Tangled Textiles challenge piece- it is pieced,
sandwiched, and I have been auditioning quilting designs. I think I
know where I'm headed, and will finish it next weekend (just before the
reveal!!)
I'll
leave you with a couple of pictures from my camping trip with my son
Ian and his fiance Corey- we went to Ludington State Park in northwest
Michigan. It was a very last minute decision to go there- we changed
our plans the morning we left, mostly hoping to find warmer weather in
Michigan than in northern Wisconsin where we'd originally decided to
go. The park had wonderful acomodations (real bathrooms and showers, no
less!!), and a plethora of biking and hiking trails, all accessible
from the campground. It is the 'sense of place' that inspired my TT
piece, and probably more after that one.
For someone who has spent most of her life in the desert west, the lushness of the woods was breathtaking. I couldn't get enough of all those greens!!
