See you at the Muck!

On Sunday, October 11, I'll be at the artists' reception, 12-3 pm, at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center for its Contemporary Quilts exhibit. The address is 120l West Malvern Avenue, Fullerton 92833. Check it out at TheMuck.org. I will have two quilts in this exhibit, "All My Hexes" and "Slide Ahead."

what I've been up to lately

I've been busy doing a variety of things. I still have to finish the face of my summertime cat, seen in previous posts.  And I'm also working on something for an ornament exchange. Here it is so far. This is what I do in the evenings in front of the tube - handwork!

I'm putting beads on all the ornaments to look like sprinkles. I made Christmas tree cookie ornaments for my very first ornament exchange, just like the one on the stocking.

I also made some jam, of all things. It's my first experience, and I found out how much work it was! I made strawberry-rhubarb jam with homegrown strawberry guava juice. It only made six jars, and one of them didn't seal so we have to keep that one in the fridge and use it up. :-) Hmmm, I think it would taste good on cornbread. Maybe I'll make some for tomorrow night.

I'm also working on a jacket. Half of the squares are recycled from an ugly old peach-colored jacket. The jacket was silk - I dyed both the silk and the inner acetate lining, first with Koolaid and then with Jacquard silk paints. I also did some stamping on them. The color turned out better than the photos. I was amazed at how pretty the acetate lining colors turned out.

 The photos show the unfinished shell, and I'll add a red lining and a big arty button. I'm thinking of making a button from a rusty old flattened bottle cap! I'll put a cork backing on it, so it's not so thin. Notice I kept some details from the jacket, such as buttons from a cuff. Elsewhere there are buttonholes and a tag sewn into the lining fabric. I'm having fun with this project!

Two quilting events in Fullerton coming up!

Two events coming up: this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, is the Orange County Quilt Guild Show at Cal State Fullerton. I'll have two quilts there, one in the main exhibit and another in the "Best of the Best." I'm looking forward to it!

Then October 11 - December 31 is a Contemporary Quilts exhibit at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, also in Fullerton. The address is 1201 West Malvern Ave., Fullerton, CA 92833. Artists include Charlotte Bird, Loris Bogue, Joanell Connolly, Cindy Cooksey, Jamie Fingal, Sumi Foley, Melissa Frankel, Susan Hart Henegar, Carol Henke, Rose Hughes, Stacy Hurt, Jeannie Moore, Cindy Rinne, Julie Zaccone Stiller, Deborah Weir, and Susan Willen. There's an opening reception on Sunday, October 11, from 12-3.

ch-ch-ch-changes

Some of you may notice that my blog has a new look. Many thanks to Stacy and Jamie for lots of expert advice. I was in the old version of Blogger and needed to switch to the newer version, so that I could easily add gadgets, etc.

There are still things to do. The header is probably temporary - I want something that says "Cookseyville" on it. I have other additions to make. In the meantime, I hope you like what you see.

what I've been working on lately

Here are two work in progress photos for my "Summer" quilt. Still have to finish the binding, attach the facial features and give the bird some legs.

It's my cat, Olive. What's summery about it? The sun. Olive is an indoor cat, but if she were outside on a summer's day, I can imagine her murmuring to the birds, just like she does when she's inside.

She's a rather large cat, very fluffy, so I wanted her to take up most of the quilt. She's really quite beautiful and special, but very shy, so I've enjoyed making this quilt to honor her.
















Another thing I've been doing is decorating the ballot box for the clothing, doll, etc. exhibit at the Flying Geese Quilt Show in November. I'm in charge of this special little exhibit, and I'm excited that we got a lot of submissions. Plenty of variety. Craft is cool!

I've had this fuzzy fabric forever and thought I'd make a funky ballot box with it. Now my fingers are covered with dried glue and pink fuzz. Oh well, it was worth it.

Sold!

Hurray, my SAQA Foot Square Auction quilt sold this morning! Thanks, Leda Muro of Scottsdale, Arizona.

There are plenty more quilts left.

http://www.saqa.com/newsebulletins/Squares09_1.aspx

The auction continues on Thursday with more pages of quilts....

SAQA Auction on now!

Whoa! The SAQA Foot Square Auction has begun, and my quilt is in this segment! Click on the link to see the quilts. I'm on page 1B.

http://www.saqa.com/newsebulletins/Squares09_2.aspx