Rainy Sunday in Kingston - is this the tail end of Gustav or a touch of Hannah??? Well - one way or the other, it was a great day for a little SETACOLOR Transparent painting, and I love creating fabric, no matter what the weather. Not a good day for sunprinting, but the backgrounds I painted were wonderful and I can always use some beautiful pastels. I painted two book covers as well. One of the great things I have discovered since purchasing my JANOME 6600 is the many pieces I have been working up to practice using the new machine for free motion quilting are just wonderful painted AFTER the stitching! So much fun to add the layers of colour and see the raised surfaces accept the paints. Wetting the fabrics first makes the paint a bit more pastel, and painting the surfaces DRY mean deeper and more saturated colour. Try this technique with some of your free motion quilting samples. Most of us have a closet full from great workshops with teachers like Elaine Quehl.
Speaking of Elaine, she will be just one of the great teachers at QUILTFEST which is sponsored by The Perfect Stitch, The Quilters Choice, Wilton Creek Fabrics and Garden Thymes the weekend of Sept 19-21st. The festivities and classes will be held at the French High School on Dalton Ave beginning with a Friday evening, September 19th Lecture at 7 pm with JOEN WOLFROM, renowned American Colour Expert and Designer of Quilts. Classes are still registering, so check with your favorite Quilt Shop and see if there is still room for you in one or more of the classes.
Dale took me for a ride to Gananoque yesterday, one of the little treats associated with having four days off after working the Labour Day Holiday. The traveling show of the Ontario Network of Needleworkers, THREADWORKS, which was originally shown at the Wellington County Museum in May of 2007 has finally come for it's two month long stay at the Arthur Child Heritage Museum of the Thousand Islands. The Show opened on August 28th and will be at the Museum until the end of October. It was wonderful to walk through the sharing of some of the best Art Quilts, Framed Embroideries, soft sculpture, wearables and more created by members of the Ontario Network of Needleworkers... and 15 of the pieces are from members of the Kingston Fibre Artists Group, so very special to see those again. TINA BARNES wonderful Labyrinth piece has been sold since it arrived in Gananoque...a beautiful piece in Tina's series of Labyrinth works.
There is also a great exhibit of local Gananoque heritage textiles including a terrific collection of ladies undergarments, very interesting multiples of generations of dresses, quilts, tapestry, men's garments, baby clothes and more. The entry to the Museum is $5 and you are free to visit the THREADWORKS exhibit and all of the three floors of the Museum as well - a good investment. And be sure to think about making time for a cruise on the Gananoque Boat Lines - this is a perfect time of year to tour the St. Lawrence River and see the beautiful gardens still in bloom and the Bolt Castle which is now nearing completion of it's latest renovation phases.
For those of you who haven't registered for the classes I mentioned in my August 5th post...you might consider one last look online at SL.ON.CA - the website of the St. Lawrence College. Check for Part Time Studies, Kingston Campus, Creative/Fine Arts, Textile Design Program. I am offering a one time, $100 scholarship to the one student who's name is drawn on the first night of the Textile Design Course if we can get the course numbers needed to run the class... there were only four students as of Friday, August 5th. The magic number is 10 students for the course to be a "go", so for those who might read this and register tonight, August 7th online or tomorrow, August 8th and help us get this class off the ground (contact the college, 613-544-5400, ext. 60) for the three students who need the course to graduate, I will draw one name from the registrants today or tomorrow and that person will receive $100 of her $198.16 tuition back in cash from me... a good incentive to join us - but above all, the opportunity to come along and take the class which is design focused with a group of friends is the best incentive. be sure to email me at garner@kingtson.net if you register tomorrow so I include your name in the draw.
Thanks for checking in and do come back often.
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