Day One of Thirty!

Day one is a bit of a fudge, but I did not read Traci's post until late. This is Xs and Os #3, the third in a series featuring red, black, Xs and Os. It was started at QSDS from a class with Fran Skiles. I stretched the canvas tonight, so that counts as art for the day, huh?

Fabric that I bought in the last month

Not all of these fabrics are from QSDS.

This first piece is one that I have had for over a year.
I plan to use this in my Egyptian Artifacts series.

I only bought a yard, and wish that I had bought

the entire bolt from the Gypsy Lady in Mountainair, NM

This gorgeous combination is a purchase from the Albuquerque

Fiber Arts Fiesta, painted in shimmery shades of copper and gold.

These fabrics are all ones that called my name at

QSDS! Can't resist those batiks!
I visited the St. Teresa Treasure Trove regularly,

and made my deposits there!





This a gorgeous hand dyed fabric

And another- not my usual color scheme, but it

not only spoke my name, it yelled BUY ME, BUY ME!

This is a unusual hand dyed piece that I bought from

Contemporary Cloth that should be able to be worked

into my Egyptian Artifacts series

Home for QSDS

Wow, time flies. I have been home since Saturday, and am just now uploading photos from QSDS.

I was not able to take as many photos as I wished, but thanks to Kevin W and Judy R for sharing their photos.

I attended Jane Dunnewold's Archetypes for Artistic Inspiration in Columbus Ohio. There were 18 of us in a very large classroom:

Everyone had a design wall and this is what mine looked like

I HATE to FLY

Flying used to be fun, but not anymore. Since September 11, it is just a pain in the patooty.
Every time I have to take my shoes off in the airport, I get p.o.ed. I can understand security, but that seems excessive to me.
I arrived in Columbus an hour late, due to storms between California and Chicago, and then realiezed that the name of my rental car company was not on the Priceline.com rental receipt that I had printed. By this time it was 11 CST, and I was annoyed again. Went to all of the rental car companies (Luckily there were only 7) and finally found my rental car.
Found the hotel without any problem, and crashed.
I got up the next morning, and hit the museum trail, even though I had a killer headache and my eyes were constantly watering. Guess that it was the pollen, as things certainly are greener than they are in Albuquerque!
I hit the Columbus Museum of Art and saw a great show called the Optic Nerve about OP art from the 60s. Great show, but it closes tomorrow. With my headache, some of the pieces throbbed! Not sure if that was intentional or not. Got a great quote from a 1964 show that I will share later. After having a great, inexpensive lunch at the museum, I went to the Franklin Park Conservatory. They had ikebana arrangers on site, and some great bonsai (one of which is supposed to be 350 years old!). They have lots of Dale Chiluly glass and drawings, plus butterflies, birds and some amazing plants.
Class started this morning, and Jane Dunnewold, as I knew she would be, is amazing. The work is tough, but I expected that also. I seem to be farther along than some & behind others. But that is to be expected, as it is a very large class, since it is a master class, you are expected to work self directed. No pictures as of yet, but by midweek we will be printing, so hopefully we will have some pictures.
We had a walkaround last night, and saw some amazing art. One of the most interesting was the Making Marks class. It was marks, drawings, holes punched in paper, but in the most awe inspiring manner ever. They are offering it again next year, and I am tempted to come back just to take that course.
The weather has been great, went for a walk this AM and plan on going again in the morning.

Monday Holidays in the summer are great!

Ashley, Amber, and their grandparents

(my sister and BIL) took off for

meteor crater this morning. We had a

leisurely breakfast, I packed them off,

and then I had a fantastic morning.

I always forget how much I

enjoy the mornings in the

spring/summer/fall.

I am usually not in hurry to get anywhere

(work, appointments, etc) and can just laze

around and enjoy a second cup of tea.

The birds are chirping, hot air balloons are

hovering on the horizon and the cats

(having come out of hiding from Ash and Amber all weekend)

are avidly watching the chirping, swooping birds.

Life is good, and now I am going to spend the day

working on my archetypes for my class with

Jane Dunnewold at

Quilt Surface Design Symposium