Friday Feet - In the beginning 01-09-15

I started doing Friday Feet on 01-07-11.  I had seen it on someone's blog and decided I would do it myself.  These are two of the first images - my own feet.  

The city did eventually fix this pothole, it was an axle bender for months.

 

Wearing my house slipper Birks on the front walk. Gotta be January because in the middle of the winter the sun doesn't reach the walk and moss appears!  

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Showing quilts 01-08-15

My friend Liz went with me on Tuesday to San Diego to do a program for Seaside Quilters. What a nice group of ladies.  Although they mostly do traditional work, they seemed to truly appreciate the more contemporary work that I collect for the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection.  I'm so glad they invited me to speak to the group.  

We stopped at the outlets at Palomar Airport Road to check out the Marimekko fabric at Crate and Barrel. I had heard they were not going to carry it anymore, but the ladies at the store said they had not heard that rumor.  I purchased some to share with Ruth McDowell who no longer has easy access to one of her favorite fabrics.  They had quite a bit of linen fabric with prints suitable for water/trees/grasses/whatever.  If you are heading to (or from) San Diego it is worth a stop to see what they have in.  

It is amazing how much green the recent rain has brought out.  The hills on both sides of I-5 resemble the pictures of Ireland.  With more rain they may become even greener, but we know that eventually, summer will come and we will have the lovely California gold hillsides. I'll be going down again this weekend and maybe I will take some photos this time.  

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Wordless Wednesday 01-07-15

Weather Quilts by Del 01-04-15

For a change I thought I would show some of my own quilts on an occasional Sunday.  These three were made for a challenge by the now defunct Kansas Art Quilters.  They were shown in a group show in several venues in Kansas and Missouri.  

"Rain"  Del Thomas 2003   11"W x 27"L

 Night rain in Portland, OR. c.1956 

"Lightning"  Del Thomas  2003 10"W x 17"L

Lightning  on the prairie. c.1980

"Wind"  Del Thomas  2003 12.5"W x 17"L

Wind in Lake Havasu City,  c. 2000

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Friday Flower - on Saturday! And a correction 01-03-15

Sorry, I was mistaken about the catalog for "The Sky's The Limit" .  The only place to buy the catalog is on location at Visions Art Museum or on their website store  www.visionsartmuseum.org or you can call them at 619-546-4872  or send an e-mail to visions@visionsartmuseum.org   It is a wonderful catalog for one of the best Visions biennial exhibits. 

Amaryllis in kitchen window  December 2014

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A visit to Visions Art Museum 01-01-15

On Tuesday in a gentle on and off rain, I drove to San Diego with my friends, Carol and Teresa.  Time is getting short to see the fabulous "The Sky's The Limit", International juried exhibit.  It is worth your time, but you have to be there before it closes at 4pm on Sunday, Jan 4th.  

Teresa Malinowski, Carol Bednar and Del Thomas.

Quilt in the background is Emily Richardson's "Swiftly" (72"W x 54"L).

There are so many outstanding quilts with great techniques and lots of handwork - quilting, embroidery, edge finishes, ... you name it!  One of the quilts I admire for the fantastic machine quilting done on a home sewing machine is Sandra Ciolino's piece below.  The catalog shows a detail, but not quite close enough to get the impact of the quilting pattern.  

If you can't visit the exhibit you should buy the catalog, available from Amazon, and enjoy the quilts and the great photographs by Eric and Susanna Nancarrow.  If you use this link a percentage of your purchase will go to Visions Art Museum: 

Sorry, I was mistaken.  The only place to buy the catalog is at Visions Art Museum or on their website store www.visionsartmuseum.org or you can call them at 619-546-4872  or send an e-mail to visions@visionsartmuseum.org

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Wordless Wednesday 12-31-14

Wishing you all a happy, productive and prosperous 2015.