Creative Inspirations

The mini group that I've mentioned in previous posts has made some changes for the new year. Our trades will now be every 3 months and each piece will be 12"x12". The current theme is "Writing on the Walls". I decided to make a literal interpretation of the theme.

I stitched white thread on top of hand dyed brownish red fabric to create brick mortar. Then I spattered white and black acrylic paint to distress the "wall". Hand painted and commercial fabric was used for the various sayings that were fused then top stitched.

Norton Simon Museum

My friend, Madeleine, and I went to the Norton Simon Museum today. We enjoyed the Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California exhibit that is going on until April 2nd. It's part of Pacific Standard Time. The artwork above is "Untitled" 1967 by Louise Nevelson.

All of the artwork is so inspiring that it helped me to get over my artist block. Now I'm ready to finish my artwork for my mini group. I'll post a photo of that artwork soon.

ClothPaperScissors Reader's Challenge

ClothPaperScissors latest Reader's Challenge is a mixed media postcard. I finished my postcard this weekend and now it's in the mail. It's a bit odd to mail the postcard without any protective covering. I hope it holds up. It's a test of my sewing skills to see if the postcard makes it to the CPS office intact.

Noble Seasons Exhibit Schedule

Noble Seasons - FALL

Oklahoma Winter Quilt Show

Oklahoma City, OK

January 12 - 14, 2012

Noble Seasons - WINTER

Road to California Quilter’s Conference and Showcase

Ontario Convention Center, Ontario CA

January 19-22, 2012

ALL Noble Seasons

The Quilt Fest of New Jersey VIII

March 1 - 4, 2012

Somerset, New Jersey

ALL Noble Seasons

Denver National Quilt Festival VII

May 3 - 6, 2012

Denver, Colorado

Noble Seasons - WINTER

Western Sew, Quilt & Textile Expo
Reno, NV

June 21 - 23, 2012

ALL Noble Seasons

Pennsylvania National

Quilt Extravaganza XIX

September 13 - 16, 2012

Philadelphia Area, Pennsylvania

Noble Seasons - WINTER

Pacific International

Quilt Festival XXI

October 11 - 14, 2012

Santa Clara, California

Noble Seasons - WINTER

Soft Expressions

Anaheim, CA

November and December 2012

Noble Seasons Update

The invitational exhibit, Noble Seasons, will be traveling around the country with the Winter series. First stop is Road to California on January 19-22 then wrapping up with an exhibit of all 4 seasons. I will repost when the final exhibit location is announced.

The coordinator of the exhibit had ask me if I want to make quilts for Spring and Summer since I joined the group with Autumn. I thought it would be great to have a series of quilts so, I jumped at the chance. Last weekend, I worked on making Spring and Summer while having the NFL playoffs as background noise. Here are all the quilts representing all 4 of the Noble Seasons.

"Those Crazy Blooms" for Spring

"Carefree Days" for Summer

"Autumn Glow" for Fall

"Snow Blind" for Winter

HAPPY NEW YEAR