Everyone Loves Winning a Prize

Amber Eubank was the winner of Lady Bird, a quilt from my Quilt Like a Hipster exhibit.

Everyone loves a drawing and winning a prize. That is why I gave away one of my quilts from the Quilt Like A Hipster exhibit that ended August 1 at the Danville Community Arts Center. Amber Eubank of Salvisa, Ky  entered the contest by posting a photo from my exhibit on Instagram and using the hashtag #quiltlikeahipster. Thanks Amber for coming to my show and entering the contest. And thanks to everyone else that came to my exhibit. I was shocked to learn there were 402 people that came to the opening reception on June 6. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I am honored. I met so many nice people during the exhibit and really enjoyed teaching my methods of quilting during three different classes at the arts center. Now I'm off  to tackle my quilting "to do" list. I owe some family members wedding quilts and baby quilts. I'm sure they are feeling like the barefoot cobbler's children. I'll keep you posted. 

Student Art from my Workshop is an Inspiration

A student version of Wonky Stars. Thanks Carrie!

 

I love to teach because I learn so much from my students. I was fortunate to teach two classes last week at the Danville Community Arts Center. My quilts are hanging in exhibit on the walls at the center so it was fun to pull out tables, ironing boards, sewing machines and cutting mats in the midst of the quilts and teach classes. I taught two classes. One was Wonky Trees and the other was Wonky Stars. I had great students and I learned as much from them as they did from me. It is always fun to see what color combinations people are drawn to and what other elements they include that never crossed my mind. We has a great day in the bright, spacious hall. I wanted to share with you some of the student work from the workshops.
I still have one more workshop scheduled at the Community Arts Center. It is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, July 18. I will be teaching the design elements for my quilt called "Birmingham Blast." This quilt,  made as a baby quilt for my niece,  is quite dramatic but actually fairly simple to make.

Students added their own touches to Wonky Trees.

These trees have beading as an embellishment.





 

Here is a photo of Birmingham Blast under construction.



Quilt Design Shows up in Footwear

 

 

 

Flight Patterns in the design on hand-painted footwear.

My new daughter-in-law, Stephanie Morgan,  recently honored me and my quilt design. The quilt pattern used in my award winning quilt "Flight Patterns" was painted on a pair of  canvas shoes by  her friend Alyssa Kulik. Ms. Kulik gave the shoes to Stephanie as a gift for being a bridesmaid in her wedding. It was so fun for me to see my quilt pattern gracing footwear. Hmmmm...... could be a new direction for quilters!

If was fun to see my design repeated on Stephanie's shoes.

 

This is Flight Patterns hanging at the AQS show in Lancaster. The design was inspiration for Stephanie's hand painted shoes.

 

I have been busy quilting but I just haven't completed any projects lately. Currently I have four quilt projects going simultaneously. Sometimes I like to work in this fashion. That way when I get stuck with a design on one quilt I just move over to a different project until I am enlightened with an idea on how to move on. Hopefully I will have a completed project to share in the near future.

"Fireworks over Millennium Park" hanging at the Community Arts Center in Danville, Kentucky.

I also wanted to share a photo of me and my quilt "Fireworks over Millennium Park." This quilt was part of a quilt exhibit hosted by our local Community Arts Center in Danville, Kentucky. This small town arts center does a great job of promoting all types of art and has different exhibits each months. There is also a lecture series that happens each month and summer art camps for kids.   Lessons in all types of music, dance, painting, drawing are sponsored by the center as well as being the venue for the  occasional wedding reception. We are lucky to have such a great arts center is our town. I was so happy to have a quilt in the home town quilt exhibit.