Friday Feet 04-22-16

Sue Benner wore a different pair of tights every day. 

 I wish I had taken pictures of all of them.

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Not much happening this week 04-21-16

Keeping up with KoKo, the Yorkie, and working on the Surfside Quilters Guild newsletter is about  all I can manage.  It is a big job for May because we have a change of officers, so all the officers pictures and contact info must be updated.  I do enjoy doing the newsletter, some months more than others, because the completed issue is so satisfying in a life filled with UFOs. 

 

Meanwhile I am dreaming of a road trip this summer.  Hopefully without tornadoes! 

 But I will see:

Cliffs and Rock Formations

Clouds that look like letters of the alphabet.

 

Road construction and rain up ahead.

All kinds of cows.

Thousands of big rigs.

And a lot of flat countryside - with and without crops.

I do love a Road Trip.

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Wordless Wednesday 04-20-16

 

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KoKo visits Auntie Del 04-19-16

I attended the combined board meeting for Surfside QGuild today, followed by a delicious friendship salad and croissants.   And, of course, dessert!  There were about thirty ladies present - quite a crowd even though some officers/committee chairs will continue in their old jobs, there were a number of newcomers.  Always nice to have some younger, newer members get involved in running the guild. 

 

Afterward I picked up KoKo to stay with me a for a few days.  He has just been groomed and doesn't look so much like a puppy now.  He is two years old this month.

 

On Sunday I went to a panel discussion at Visions Art Museum.  There were three artists who have served on the juries for the Visions biennial over the years  - Liz Axford, Sue Benner, and Judith Content. 

They talked a bit about their own work and then discussed the process of jurying, at Visions and other exhibits around the country.  I found it very interesting and was sorry more artists weren't there to educate themselves about something so important. 

In the picture above the quilts are by Patty Hawkins.  The current exhibit "The Jury is In" features the current work of seven former jurors: Liz Axford, Sue Benner, Judith Content, Patty Hawkins, Patricia Malarcher, Jan Myers-Newbury and Kent Williams. Also on display are works by Cas Holmes (England), Gay Lasher and "Geometrics", a Visions Member Challenge. These exhibits all run through July 3rd.

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Final pictures from Sue Benner class 04-18-16

Cyndy Rymer's Cranberry Bog - I am repeating this  because I failed to show the original image before..

Here is the original image and Cyndy's fabric sketch.

Nancy Bourns work.  The original image is at top right, and below it is the sketch with quadrant lines for keeping track of where the pieces go on the large project.

Noreen Nance's coastal scene - I didn't take a picture of her original image.

Sue Baker has the foreground and background done in her autumn tree scene.

And here is Sue's original image showing how she will lay in the autumn trees.

Bonnie Tomsheck is working on this scene looking from the red rock cliffs into the valley below. Her original image is at top left.

Melissa Parsons did this fabulous view of meadow and mountains.

Here is Melissa's original image. 

 

Kim Juran's great image of a rowboat - I don't have a picture of the original image.

The boat was done separately on release paper and transferred to the background.

 

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