Clip Art 04-30-10

For several days I have been experimenting to find a way to move something from Publisher to Blogger and this is what I have been able to do. They aren't perfect - but they are here and I hope they don't just disappear. When I create the Surfside QGuild newsletter I am always looking for appropriate clips to use in those odd blank spaces, but I don't want to have to pay for them! The free clip art sites seemed to be arranged in strange ways. Below are a few of the images that are offered in the category "Spring".

Some I could figure out. Here is a guy exercising with equipment composted of coil springs. And maybe the school bus is Spring Break? I had to think a bit about the green onions - they are referred to as spring onions in some parts of the country.

I haven't a clue what this has to do with Spring. It appears to be someone tying together large bones in a cave. Spring bones? Nah.

The image on the left has lovely spring colors, but what does it mean? Is there a country that celebrates Spring with a lady on a stick whose hair resembles fire? And finally there is Spring with a flower - a snowdrop maybe? I was able to locate some images I could use. You can check them out in the Surfside QGuild newsletter post May 1, 2010.

http://sites.google.com/site/surfsidequiltersguild/Home/newsletters. or http://tinyurl.com/2c7eqel

PIQF #5 New Quilts of NCalifornia 10-19-09

New Quilts of Northern California is an annual exhibit of quilts from members of guilds that compose the Northern California Council of Quilt Guilds. It is a juried exhibit. Unfortunately, their labels don't give size, so if I forget to estimate at the time I take the photo I have to guess.

Be sure to click on the images to enlarge.

I estimate this quilt is about 22"W x 26"L

It is difficult to see against the black background, but the bottom edge forms a point.

Black glass leaves make a nice counterpoint to the flat cotton and add a bit of sparkle.


The word Hukilau immediately brings images of the movie "Dirty Dancing" to my mind. And I think this quilt does resembled the nets with their floats in the water.

I guess this quilt is about 48"W x 52"L.

14.25"W x 48"L

Somehow I missed a detail shot of this quilt - it is heavily hand embroidered with matching ? perle cotton?. The texture is wonderful. Perhaps it will show in the enlargement.

Wabi-sabi is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection and profundity in nature. "Characteristics of the wabi-sabi aesthetic include asymmetry, asperity, simplicity, modesty, intimacy, and the suggestion of natural processes." From Wikipedia. Also check out http://tinyurl.com/556dz2

What a marvelous collection of Japanese blue and white fabrics. This is the lower portion of the quilt, it is very long and lays out on the floor, so people can't get too close. .

Roberta has added many horizontal strips of (possibly) Japanese silk in mostly red values.

If you enlarge the picture by clicking on it you will be able to see that the flowing quilting lines are machine stitched in dark blue thread and hand stitched in red, white and dark blue perle cotton. This is a quilt in which you will discover something new each time you look at it.