March 2008

Another meeting and more pictures.

Christine Marcum - Road Rage

Dianna Callahan -Sharing

Lilly Kerns - Sunbonnet Su: Extreme Makeover

Lucy Silliman - Interweave

 Lucy Silliman - Lionfish

Maureen Ashlock - Summer Spendor

Add comment March 23rd, 2008

Lettie Blackburn’s Trees

Yesterday I was at the Driskill Gallery taking down my show, when Lettie Blackburn started to bring in her new work for her solo show that opens tonight. Her newest piece is very dense, covered in stitching, and I was interested in what Lettie had to say about this:

“I decided to write on it with the sewing machine…my personal thoughts and experiences with trees, starting with my grandfather’s saw mill, and my other grandfather’s love of carving.

I am writing on it with the machine in a spontaneous way…just writing what I am thinking of at the time…It is very hard to see because I am using variegated thread, so I have to stop every once in a while and write the words down on paper. It is a very personal writing, and will not really be visible to anyone else…but I do want to remember what I said. A very deep approach when compared to other work I have done…but very satisfying.”

Add comment February 15th, 2008

New Work for January

Lettie Blackburn showed a new piece with an unusual color scheme for trees. This piece is covered with multiple layers of quilting in variegated threads.

Trees And The Infinite Sky
Lettie Blackburn

Another intriguing work was shown by Carol Borman. Though difficult to see in the photo, this is a three-dimensional photo collage, embellished with machine embroidery.

Carol’s Life in the United States Along Route 66
Carol Bormann

And a new, huge multi-panel work by Susan Leslie Lumsden. Please, go to Susan’s blog site to see it in it’s entirety. It’s beautiful and it’s enormous.

Detail of Slip Stream
Susan Leslie Lumsden

Add comment January 20th, 2008

International Exhibition accepts Ice Storm-inspired work

Carol Bormann’s piece “Ice Storm: Broken Limbs and Hidden Beauty” has been accepted for the Wearable Expressions 2008 international exhibition at the Palos Verdes Art Center Beckstrand Gallery from February 22 though April 20, 2008, followed by “Off the Wall and On the Runway” on April 26. Congratulation, Carol!

3 comments January 4th, 2008

Sept. Meeting

A few pictures from the meeting,

Arleta Johnson with a twin size quilt made for a young man in college. On the back she has used his school colors and date of graduation.

Cathy Jeffery’s un-named “ORB” approx. 12″ x 18″

AEOLIAN approx 36″ x 48″ Merrilee Tieche

I hope she will post a detail of the eagle. The feathers are fantastic.

1 comment September 20th, 2007

Keely’s Quilt

Carol Bormann just sent me this photo of her granddaughter Keely, who also happens to be named for her “nana. ” Carol was inspired by the stripes and circles painted on the Keely’s bedroom walls and made the quilt for her using a combination of piecing and appliqué with machine embroidered butterflies. And this amazing photo was taken by Nick Bormann, hand-holding a camera above the scene using a wide-angle lens.

Sleeping on a quilt like this — we know Keely’s tiny head must be filled with happy dreams of color and art!

4 comments September 14th, 2007

August Meeting

Some photos from the Uncommon Threads’ August meeting: Carol Borman showed lots of stages of experimentation with a cropped photo from the summer retreat. This variation is made of cut out solid-colored fabrics fused to a black background.

Diana Callahan shared several framed pieces that she will be exhibiting at the Waverly House this fall.

This powerful eagle is a work-in-progress by Merrilee Tieche, inspired by a photo she took with abstracted trees in the background.

Another wowser by Diana Steffen — fuschia flowers. We made her turn it upside-down just for the heck of it and to satisfy the non-gardners in the group. But it wasn’t the same!

And Lucy Silliman show several new pieces where she’s been experimenting with the Line as a core element….inspired maybe by the upcoming 2008 show that will be hosted by Uncommon Threads called “ThreadLines.” More on that soon!!

Add comment August 30th, 2007