social commentary, CFA, journalmaking

So much is happening!

Our California Fiber Artists group opened a new show in Folsom- "Text and Texture"it is worth your while to see- really nice range of a wide variety of work emphasizing word or surface. If you go to the Folsom quilt show on February 11 hopefully you can stop by our show as well and meet some of us there discussing the pieces.
Here's the announcement card
The word for this month's challenge in our textile abstractions group was sky. Although I was at first tempted to make a piece depicting one of our awesome sunsets, like this one last week shot by my house, I decided that I really couldn't improve on nature, so here it is as a photo.








The quilt  I did make wanted to be more of a social commentary, perhaps joining the one I did for last month's "blight" challenge on homelessness. It is called "No Sky Inside", and refers to the aspect of sky representing freedom. Putting people in my quilts seems to be important, and mpieces going to all the major shows are the people quilts. Several people quilts are on my in my head drawing board,I am showing this piece pinned in the middle of other current pieces in progress on my design board. It stops with the black "wall "                                                                                                                                                                              Finally, a few shots from my latest class, journal making.  I taught this one right in my studio.A dozen women, paper fabric, beads, ribbon and glue, and lots of good snacks+ FUN! Come join us next time!