SOLD!!!!

Yesterday was the opening of the word challenge show at a local art museum. The exhibit is called What’s in a word?  My word was wonder.

My wonder bread piece sold! It’s 11 by 14 and is entitled “Warhol’s Lunch.” I had it priced at $155. It got a lot of notice at the opening of the show. So it’s the most expensive piece that I’ve sold. 

I’m still quilting away on the Boston quilt. It’s really a painful process and I just want it to be done.

I made a label for my daughter’s black cat quilt. I have to sew it on before I see her on Thursday. So I’ve been busy.

Thanks for reading.

Chris

Back to Boston

After a long hiatus I’m back to quilting my Boston collage quilt. This week I’ve been working on the long purple brownstone on the left side. This quilt is so heavy and stiff from all the fusible web that it’s nearly impossible to turn. I try to quilt in one direction without turning so that means lots of starts and stops. That’s not ideal, but easier than turning. 

You can see what I still have to do based on where the safety pins are. I started designing this quilt almost 4 years ago. I hate when quilts make you feel guilty for that long. Time to get it done. I will never make a building quilt that large again. Someone talked me into the size. I forget who that was! Maybe it was me…..

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Chris

Halloween cat quilt is done

I always hold my breath when I wash a new quilt especially one with dark colors. I soaked all the fabrics before making the quilt, but I still worry. I checked the quilt after it was washed and I did not see any fabrics that ran onto the white. I dried it rather than let it air dry because I’ve had fabric dye leach into others during that process. 

When it came out of the dryer there was some contact dye transfer. The black transferred a grayish color to the white. It happened in 2 places with the same black. One is barely noticeable. The other was worse. I used some blue Dawn on the one that was worse. It did help, but the dye is set at this point. At least it’s gray and the white fabric has gray in it. Thank goodness it wasn’t the orange or purple fabrics.   I don’t want to do too much more and make it worse. Most people would not even notice it unless it was pointed out. I used the fabric for 3 cats. One had no issues at all. 

I could soak the quilt again, but not sure that contact transfer would not occur in the future. I did soak that offending black fabric until it appeared no more dye was coming out. I think I should leave well enough alone at this point. I want to put the quilt back in the dryer to fluff it up where I used the Dawn. 

Here’s some photos of the quilt on our bed.

The block with the problem

The offending black cat!

First place!!!

I won first place in the recycle show at my local art alliance for my piece entitled “From the Inner Mind to the Outer Limits.” The prize is $150. I knew ahead of time that I had won something, but assumed it would be honorable mention. It was such a thrill to win first place!

Here’s the piece that’s made with plastic bags. The pieces are glued in place and then it’s quilted on a Pellon stabilizer and framed.

Here are 2 photos from the show. The show was well attended and my piece drew a lot of attention. 

Thanks for reading.

Chris