New Work-hurrah!

Its so great to be back in the studio and creating....it almost doesn't matter what! I got into the wet room and worked on some fabrics I had already dyed and played with my thermofax screens and some new fabric paints. I had ordered some new Jacquard Screen Printing paints. They are luscious and creamy, quite a treat to use and highly pigmented. They change the hand of the fabrics a bit, but not as much as I expected.
This week I'll be working on some new screen designs, I've sketched out the designs and just need to print them off, hurrah!
Here's some of the fabrics I created, three fat quarters and then some of my imagery packs that have one fat quarter and six 6" squares of cotton, linen and silks.
They'll be going up on Etsy over the next couple of days. Check them out at
http://www.etsy.com/shop/susanpm





These are my Imagery Packs:

Class in Edmonton

I taught at Lori's Country Cottage last Monday and had a great time with a lecture in the morning and then two classes combined in the afternoon. Some students worked on a project from my Simple Stained Glass book and other worked on my Shattered Angles design adapted from my Fat Quarter Frenzy Two book. They worked very hard and had stunning results, we were all thrilled!

This is a display in the store with the quilt underneath some lovely goodies!



Lori, the owner of the store, took time to work on her Shattered Angles quilt. Another student is working hard too!





Lori has an ingenious method for supplying power to her sewing table, from the ceiling! they retract when not in use!

Alberta Autumn

Some pictures of the views from my time in Alberta at the retreat. Everyone siad the colours weren't as good this year due to a cold snap at the beginning of October. but I found the views to be wonderful looking across the lake.
The gold band of trees are Tamarack, a species of needled tree thatdrops the needles each winter, a little bit like a cross between a deciduous and an evergreen.




I like the patterning of the leaves on a cement walkway, with a sprinkling of snow in the corner...not too much snow, just a little taste!

Catching Up!

I've been away most of the last three weeks, first to Ottawa and Toronto, then to my Art and Design programme at Gail Harkers Creative Studies Centre www.gailcreativestudiescenter.com http://gailcreativestudies.com/ and then to Edmonton for my Fibre Art Network Annual Retreat and AGM http://fibreartnetwork.com/
I also had a chance to teach at Lori's Country Cottage in Sherwood Park http://loriscountrycottage.com/
Each experience was wonderful and unique, so much learned, new and old friends to meet and visit!
Here are some pictures of work that I made during my Art and Design programme.



These a a couple of colour studies with painted papers, just a little play with some studies that I am considering.





These are texture exercises that I made working with fine point pens on some stamped images that I made. These are about creating value over colour. As I work through more designs I'll be posting them on my blog.

One Word Wednesday

Knobbly

Shattered Angles Class

Have you ever tried on-line learning? I teach at http://quiltuniversity.com/ where many very talented teachers from around the world offer over 120 different classes! That's a "lot of learning"!
Registration is open for my Shattered Angles class that begins on Oct. 30th, its a chance to learn in the comfort of your home, even in your pyjamas!
The class will run for four weeks and is made up of three lessons. The project is a variation of a "stack, slash, shuffle and sew" method that I developed. Its a great way to use fat quarters, some of your stash of scraps or even a collection of themed fabrics. Perfect for hand dyed or painted fabrics as well.
I hope you'll consider joining me and having a lot of fun. Here are some pictures to tempt you:

One Word Wednesday

Journey

Teaching in Toronto

I got back yesterday from a great teaching time at the Creative Festival in Toronto. I taught Shattered Angles and my Simple Stained Glass quilt. I was there teaching for Country Concessions and Darlene put my names in lights! this is about as close to a marquee on Broadway as I'll ever get!

Mother and daughter team of Cynthia and Linda had fun in my class, Linda chose to work in greens and came back to see me the following day, having bought another 20 or so green fat quarters. I think she's planning on a king size quilt! Hurrah!



Sylvia chose to work in bright crayon colours and I know her quilt is going to sparkle!


Many thanks to everyone who made my visit such fun!

I also ran into Heather McArthur with Quilters Connection magazine (sorry I don't have a picture). Heather has started Canada's first magazine devoted to quilting and I'm thrilled for her. Visit her website at:

http://www.quiltersconnection.ca/index.php
and sign up for her newsletter!

I also saw Tricia Sherman from http://www.greatcanadianshophop.com/
I had coffe and a quick visit with Jean Boyd with her booth, see her website: http://www.patternsbyjeanboyd.com/

Jean also has a blog where she posts a great new picture every day!
http://jeanboyduppercanadaquiltworks.blogspot.com/

What Is It?

Another try to identify a mystery picture...post your guesses in the comments and I'll announce the winner on Wednesday Oct. 21st.
I haven't altered the picture in any way!

One Word Wednesday

Fuzzy!