Summer Fibrations Art Show

This weekend was the opening of the Summer Fibrations Art Show by the Out of the Box (OOTB) Artists Group. What a wonderful exhibit. It's at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in Almonte Ontario and will run until July 6, 2019.

Summer Fibrations

Summer Fibrations Show Panel

Do you remember this fall and winter when I was making art minis that needed to read like these paint chip colours?











Well the waiting is over. Here are some of the colours and the art that was made by the OOTB artists.

Green

Here is a group of darker green

This is a group of lighter green

Clover at Dusk wasn't made for the
colour groupings but it fit right in.

Green Garden Gate Mini

This is my friend's green entry - Happy Frog!

Happy Frog by Kathy Lajeunesse

Red

Here`s one of the red groupings

Another collection of Red

Peek-A-Boo Red Mini

Yellow

Here`s a light yellow collection

A grouping of brighter yellow

Mellow Yellow Mini

There was also a section of pieces that were made last summer with the theme Connected by a Thread. Somehow I didn't get a picture of the entries except for my piece - Connections and Intersections.

Connections and Intersections

Independent Pieces

Here are a some of the Independent pieces that were in the show.

Kathy Lajeunesse's Magellans Clouds

Finally, here is the piece that I've been working on for the last few months - Gaïa's Garden

Gaïa's Garden

I'll be writing a post about the finishing of Gaïa's Garden - there was a whole lot of learning going on the weekend before and after Quilt Canada. I did get it done in time for the show. Yeah!!!

What I learned

• Getting art pieces ready for a show is not always easy. For me the labels and the dowels are usually the tricky parts. After finishing my last piece it was all about getting everything ready to take to the show. 
• I really need to attach a label and get my pieces ready to hang as soon as I finish them. I've trained myself to get the hanging sleeve done at the same time as finishing a quilt, so now it's to get into the habit of making and attaching a label at the same time! 
• Since it was the opening and vernissage of the show yesterday, I didn't spend as much time as I would have liked to see the show. It looks like I'll have to go back!
• I didn't take pictures of my White History of Art piece as well as my blue mini - Blue Moon but they are in the show 😊

Related links

• Summer Fibrations Art Show
• Out of the Box Art (OOTB) Artists Group
• Mississippi Valley Textile Museum
• Posts related to the pieces I made for the show
• Clover at dusk art quilt
• Clover at dusk art quilt, July 31, 2018
• Connections and Intersections
• Blogger's Quilt Festival - Fall 2018, September 23, 2018
• Another OMG art quilt, September 7, 2018
• June beginnings, June 5, 2018
• Mini art quilts
• Green Garden Gate mini art quilt, February 18, 2019
• Slow stitching - embroidery and a red mini art quilt, January 28, 2019
• Mini art quilts and slow stitching, January 14, 2019
• A few mini quilts to make, January 5, 2019
• Gaïa's Garden
• Gaïa's Garden is coming along, June 2, 2019
• Making Gaia's Garden, May 20, 2019
• FMQ practice and planning, April 20, 2019

Linking parties

I will be linking this post to many amazing linking parties. Why not see what`s going on in blog land? Off the Wall Fridays, Friday Foto Fun,  Finished or Not Friday, Can I Get A Whoop Whoop?, Moving It Forward, Monday Making, What I Made Monday, Tuesday Colour Linky Party. Let's Bee Social, Midweek Makers, Wondering Camera, 

Free Motion Mavericks and an art quilt in the making

Welcome to Free Motion Mavericks (week 226).

Since I didn't get a chance to do any free motion quilting (FMQ) in the last couple of days, I'm going to just share my last practice piece from the weekend. You can read about it in my last post (see Related links below)

Practicing my FMQ

Progress on the art quilt 

This piece is due in less than a month. It will be part of an Out of the Box Fibre Artists exhibition, Summer Fibrations, at the Mississippi Mills Textile Museum this summer. On the weekend I was auditioning fabrics. The main fabric that I'm using is Gradients by Moda. It's just absolutely beautiful.

On Tuesday I went through my stash to find other fabrics that I will be fussy cutting from. As I was playing with them this morning, I realised that I will have to keep going through my stash for more.

This is just the beginning but I think that the layout will probably stay. I'm sure that the flowers and details will get revised many times.

The start of the piece

Working on my design board from my ironing board

As I mentioned in my last post, I took the week off and will spend most of it working on this baby.

Unfortunately it hasn't been as peaceful as I would have liked. Below is the view from my window, which is why I'm working on the ironing board instead of my desk. I think that the bulldozing is finished so at least the ground should stop shaking!

I've also joined Amy's challenge on Instagram, #onethingwithamy
We set a goal for the week on Monday and report our progress on Friday. This is perfect for the next couple of weeks since I'll actually get things done during the week instead of being in a vegetative state when I get home. 😊

If you want to read more about this project, see the Related links below. That's also where you'll find "What I learned" so far on this project.

Related links

• FMQ practice and planning, April 20, 2019
• Summer Fibrations at the Mississippi Mills Textile Museum in Almonte, Ontario
• Gradients by Moda Fabrics
• #onethingwithamy with Amy Ellis of Amy's Creative Side

Linking parties

I will be linking up this post to many great link-ups. Let's see what's happening! Design Wall Monday, Moving It Forward, What I Made Monday, To-Do Tuesday, Tuesday Colour Linky Party, Midweek Makers, Needle & Thread Thursday, Off the Wall Friday, Finished or Not Friday, Friday Foto Fun, Can I Get A Whoop Whoop?,  

Free Motion Mavericks

Thank you to everyone who linked up two weeks ago. As always there was some lovely projects linked up. This week's highlight is Gretchen's Wiggly Whimsy Quilt with its 'organic wavy line' quilting. Don't you love her glamour shot? If you didn't see it, check it out.

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