Catching Up

I have a bit of catching up to do, it's been over two weeks since I've posted. Since we've been sheltering in place and all my normal weekday activities have ceased, I've been loosing track of what day it is. I missed doing my post on the 19th because I didn't realize it was Thursday and then once you skip one post it's easy to skip another. A blog friend emailed  today to check and make sure we were all right, I guess that was the subtle push I needed. (Thanks Norma)

I have finished my SAQA Benefit Auction donation, but probably won't be sending it in for a while.

I celebrated a birthday, very low keyed this year. But I gifted myself with an online printing class from Linda Germain. Every afternoon for two weeks I went out to Studio B and just played, it was a wonderful escape. The first photo is 90 of the prints I did.

This one is of the mess that I have on my table.

I pieced together a donation quit top from five inch squares that some friends pooled together.

2020 Weekly Leaf, Burr Oak Series
week 12, altered cyanotype

I think these nine will go together.

Week 13, solar fast on a commercial fabric

SAQA Next 100 days

I've sewn the first fifty days together.

These are the ones I've done since then.

SAQA Auction

The SAQA Benefit Auction has been going on for the past few weeks and the piece I donated is still available. You can see it and all the others still available here.

2019 Weekly Leaf #40
gelli print on cotton

2019 Daily Stitching #4 days 36-42
I've started some layering.

SAQA100 Days of Creativity days 89-95, only 5 days to go

I'll be linking up with "Off the Wall Friday" and"Slow Sunday Stitching"

SAQA Spotlight and Benefit Auction

Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) has two auctions a year, the Spotlight Auction is held during the annual conference and the Benefit Auction is held in September. I have both of the pieces I'm donating ready to go, I just have to go to the postoffice.

Oak Leaf

This will be mounted behind a mat with a 5 x 7 opening and is for the Spotlight Auction.

Pink and Grey Abstract

12 X12

This one is for the Benefit Auction.

72  days of Landscapes 

This weeks landscapes actually reflect what has been happening here. First snow, several inches, then melting snow and the last two are of the current grey skies rain and mud.

Day #39

hand dyed fabric and hand made paper

Day #40

A snowy day

cotton eyelet and hand made paper with botanicals

Day #41

White fabric, hand dyed tissue paper, dyed fabric and hand stitching

Day #42

hand made paper, one in blue the other with botanicals added

Day #43

dyed cheesecloth, handmade paper and hand stitching

Day#44

Hand dyed cotton and cheesecloth 

Day #45

Hand dyed fabrics and stamped trees.

2019 Weekly Leaf wk#7

A botanical print on a piece of vintage damask tablecloth

2019 Daily Stitching Days 39-45

I'll be linking up with "Off the Wall Friday" and "Slow Sunday Stitching".

SAQA Auction

I've been remiss in mentioning the annual SAQA Auction that has been going on for the past two and a half weeks. There are still several wonderful pieces available (including mine) in the third section.
This is the piece I donated.

Poplar leaves

I gathered a bunch of leaves again this past weekend and did a bit of printing. First were some gelli prints on muslin.

Second group is botanical prints on silk broadcloth, except for the 2 on the left which are on scraps of vintage linen tablecloth.

I love how the leaf outline printed on this one.

I also did some finishing work on a group of last years weekly pieces. These were done in groups of five called "Signs of Life: the five universal shapes"

Today I hung it in the Art Guilds display area at Weiser Classic Candies.

2018 Weekly Leaf  week #40

2018 Daily Stitching #3 days 9-15

I'll be linking up with "Off the Wall Friday" and "Slow Sunday Stitching".