Honebee Quilters are a lovely little group, surprisingly close to where I live. They also have a nice range of quilters from absolute beginners to really experienced. It was nice to see so many people actively sharing their skill and knowledge, this is what we need if quilting is to have a long and exciting future. They are also a very open minded group. They loved the idea of punk quilting, drag racing and collaborative projects with other areas. I've now got the source artwork for my first cross over piece, and after the shows I will be getting started on it. I think it is safe to say my first foray into this new area will be large and eye catching. Possibly also rather challenging, what a traditional artist can do fairly easily with a pencil will be very tricky to replicate with a longarm, but I do like a challenge.

On the subject of challenges, I am trying to complete a quilt top before I go to the Festival Of Quilts. I am going up Wednesday, and I will be out all day Monday. It is the block of the month that Patchwork Corner are running. I fell in love with it because I think it will be great to quilt. Oh boy! It has a lot of pieces and I am finding working form someone else's instructions, and in their way quite a change. Still I think I am over half way, and accelerating. I have month one finished. This is the corner triangles that go around the center block. The center block is about 3/4 done, I needed a change last night so I did month one to get a breather. I've also made several pieces of border, only some of them have made it up to the design wall though. I've decided that rather than make the pieces in month order I will work from the center of the quilt outward. This is partly

CONGRATULATIONS on getting your quilt accepted to the HOUSTON show!!!
ReplyDeleteYou so deserve it! I've enjoyed seeing your work on your blog and website for awhile.
Woo - hoo! Or should that be yee-hah given the subject? Big congratulations on getting Herd Mentality into the show.I still think it should be called Apocalypse Cow :)
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that cross over piece will be a big hit as well!
I was just thinking about Punk Quilting and, you know, it is not as a big a gap as it first sounds - there is a lot of creativity goes into handmaking a lot of punk kit, isn't there? And it's not such a problem if you forget to take out any pins :)
Glad it all went well - keep the world guessing, it's what you're best at.
Looking forward to our first quilt show next weekend.
Sweet, I am very happy for you!! Loved the quilt when you posted it, I'm sure it will look right at home in Houston. What more appropriate subject for a show in Houston than cows???
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