The 12 x 12′s are all finished and mounted on 16 x 16 stretched artists canvases painted black. I know – they look gray but that is just reflected light. The black edge is shadow. I think they came out good and since the gallery deals mostly in framed artwork, I’m hoping that this presentation will elevate these little pieces to “art”. The remainder of the exhibit will be larger pieces hung in the traditional manner.

For Wrent

Captain

Iris

Marie’s House

Don’t forget– this exhibit runs from Sept 1-17 with the Artist of the Month reception the evening of the 3rd.

After having previewed over 150 cat quits The folks at Quilt Inspiration chose their 15 favorites and my KITTY CORNER CATS pattern was among them! You can see the quilts and the article here. Be sure to click on ‘older post’ to see the cats in the first two installments, or use the link below for the whole site.

I knew cats were popular with quilters, but who knew there were so many patterns available?! Quilt Inspirations is a cool place where I could spend way too much time!

One more little 12 x 12 finished, I met this cute little guy when I was in England.

Yesterday I finished the quilting on Wrented and hope to get it bound and photographed today. It’s my day to go to town and work at the gallery though so, we’ll see!

If you are in the area I hope you will drop by the Topeka Art Guild Gallery to see my work which will be on display from Sept 1-17. I will be there on the 1st and the 15th from 11-2 and of course during the Friday Art walk Reception from 5-8 pm on the 3rd.

I have been super busy the last few weeks producing four 12 x 12 pieces for my Artist of the Month show in September at The Topeka Art Guild Gallery. I wanted to do six, but I waited just too long! They are all finished except for the hand sewing on the back. Well, this one is all finished.

Inspired by the wren baby photo that I took earlier this summer, combined with one of the feeding parent.

During this time period I got word that the photo deadline for new pattern Market ads was Aug 27, so over the weekend I whipped out a larger version that will become a new picture piecing patten for fall. This will finish at about 24″square like the others in the series.

Yesterday I layered and basted it and got started on the quilting, there’s no time to waste!

Let’s see- it’s been so long, can I still remember how to do this? I thought you might like to see how the new living room is looking.  Griffin, on the sofa, is happy to have his place back!

I love the tile set in the “hopscotch”pattern and the crown molding is a nice finishing touch. I never would have chosen that wall color but the decorator suggested it and she was right, it brightened the room and goes great with the fireplace stones. She also suggested removing the curtains and using only Roman shades, which I like.  The new rug looks great.  The wall behind the chairs used to have four smaller framed counted cross stitch pictures – Jill suggested one large quilt art landscape, which could happen some time. Right now it is bare.  The space IS small, but with no change of floor surface between the rooms it seems larger and the porcelain tile is a dream to clean! The best part?  I have my studio back!

We are having a heat wave – it’ll get to 101 today with a heat index of 110!  The garden is suffering, especially the newer things.  The lilies in the background were beautiful last week but they didn’t last long.

If you want to get any work done out there it has to be early, when we found this spider web covered with dew or mist catching the early morning sun over the waterfall. 

The tile is done (?) and I love the color and the pattern!

I’m not happy with the clean-up – there is dried grout on the tile! You can see a bit of the new wall color. The new gas range was delivered Friday and the refrigerator is back in place. It’s great to have the kitchen back! We did move the dining room table and two chairs back but have to wait on the rest til after Tues when hopefully the trim guy will be done with the crown molding and baseboards.

I’ve been doing some sewing – quilting on the “Colorado Kids” and making some small pieces for my Artist of the Month exhibit at the Topeka Art Guild Gallery in September. I NEED to be thinking about a pattern or two for fall market. There is never enough time!!

Oh Rose- don’t envy me, it’s a real mess here! I’d much rather be going to Quilt Odyssey with you!

Yesterday I painted the bathroom; it took me as long to do that as it took the professionals to do three rooms and the hallway!

The painters came yesterday, painted the living room, dining room, kitchen and hallway and were gone in three hours!! It would have taken me at least two days. In my defense no one has ever moved all of the furniture out of MY way and removed the baseboards for ME! The color is Desert Tan which looks yellow to me, sort of a light golden shade which will lighten and brighten the space, I think. The rug and pad that I ordered arrived already and I can’t wait to unroll it and see how it will look, but must wait for the tiling to be done. That starts Monday morning. I cannot believe the amount of STUFF that we have moved, the house is in upheaval and we are living out of the studio with the refrigerator moved into the utility room and the range soon to be in the garage! The dogs are very confused. Me too.

In addition to the above spaces, we are also having the main bathroom floor tiled so today I am going to paint that room while the baseboards are out.

In between all of this, I have layered, pin basted and am in the process of quilting “Colorado Kids”. It’s coming along quite well.

Yesterday was the postmark deadline for PA National and I had nothing available to enter there this year except for “Longhorn Splashdown” which can’t go there because I have it pegged for Pacific Int this year. So there’s two shows where my work will not be on display this year, Houston, and PA. Bummer. Well actually, I will have work at Houston, just not in the contest.