what a treat to join such great artists

Just returned from Rochester NY where I joined Pat Pauly and her husband Rob for a weekend. Pat, a hostess ranked up there with the best of them, took me to the Eastman Home (as in Eastman Kodak), the Susan B. Anthony museum, a Women's rights museum and a comprehensive tour of the surrounding areas. The public market was loads fun and we found many wonderful treasures. We had a delicious dinner at a place called the Good Luck.
I was there for the Art=Quilts=Arts exhibit at the Schweinfurth Museum in Auburn. Beautiful work, a delightful assemblage of wonderful artists and a good crowd to boot. My two pieces, Going Viral and Connecting Fantasy to Reality Proved Difficult, looked great in the space. I was awarded the Machine Quilting Excellence award. It took me by surprise since I didn't even know there were awards. And, it paid my travel expenses too! Pat was awarded First Place for her gorgeous quilt "Stacked Mummy Bags"
What fun. I want to do that again.




It's all connected

Here's the latest quilt I have been working on. I sent an enlarged doodle to Spoonflower and had them print it onto Organic Cotton Canvas. Then I added nodes in a variety of colors using free motion quilting. The tedious part begins now. I have to tie off and bury all the threads on the back. I am also going to take a big risk with this one and throw it in the washer. I want to see what the puckering will do to the design. So here is a picture before (along with  a detail shot) and I will post the after shot when it is complete.
Holding my breath on that.

 

 

Ozge's version

Here's the same pattern below with a new twist on the color, compliments of Ozge. I was wrong when I said 4 colors. It is actually 5 colors (including the background black)
Enjoy!