Pat Pauly's Trunk Show

Our very talented friend, Pat Pauly, was the featured speaker for this Sunday's Trunk Show at the Schweinfurth Museum and Art Center in Auburn, NY. The trunk shows are part of the Quilts=Art=Quilts exhibit which runs through the beginning of January and includes two of Pat's quilts.


Pat gave us a wonderful PowerPoint presentation on the many phases of her work and then showed us some of her quilts that she brought with her.

Here are a few of those quilts:












Her "Pink Leaf" quilt is from the recent mola challenge that she organized.














"Beijng" was based on a photo taken during the Olympics.













"Plank and Feather" is based on two photographs.






This is one of Pat's quilts done in the early '80's.










Pat has been creating hand-dyed and shiboried fabrics (which she has available for sale) and made this quilt from 3 pieces of her fabrics.













Pat designed and organized the creation of the recent raffle quilt for Genesee Valley Quilt Club. This sample quilt features the center medallion that is the focus of the raffle quilts.














This quilt is based on a photograph of an outcropping of rocks in Jordan.

Compositional Conversation - Stage 15

Terry Jarrard-Dimond's project, Composition Conversation, is now back in her studio, after being worked on by 14 fellow artists.

Here is the project as she received it.

And the picture below shows the project in its final form. Be sure to see Terry's blog to read about her thoughts as she added her revisions.

http://www.studio24-7.blogspot.com/


She plans to add a final wrap-up about the project on her blog in the near future.

Trunk Show at Schweinfurth

As part of the Quilts=Art=Quilts exhibit at the Schweinfurth Museum, trunk shows are presented on Sundays.

Today Aafke Steenhuis shared her quilts with us. Aafke is from the Netherlands and has lived in the US for 30+ years. She resides in the Ithaca area and is a member of the Thompkins Cortland Quilt Guild.

We noticed her lovely orange jacket and her use of many orange fabrics in her quilts, and she pointed out that orange just happens to be a favorite color of hers. (I think we need to invite her to join the orange jacket challenge!)





She's made many quilts since she started quilting in 1998 -- some based on traditional patterns, along with several art quilts.

This red and white beauty has fabrics that Aafke brought from the Netherlands. Some of the fabric patterns are based on bed linens used on farms in her homeland.





This is a very recent quilt that grew from building out from small blocks.







This quilt is based on the design of a napkin from the Netherlands.

These are a couple of her more traditional quilts.

Aafke has had treatments and surgery for a giant cell tumor on her right wrist, and she showed us some of the many "giant cell" quilts she has created.

Impressionism at the Everson Museum

It was a gray day, but we had clear roads, for driving to Syracuse to the Everson Museum of Art. The building is known for its distinctive structural design by the noted architect I. M. Pei.






The special exhibit, "Turner to Cezanne", comprises 53 masterpieces from Renoir, Monet, van Gogh, Turner, Cezanne, Manet, Pissarro, Whistler, Daumier, Corot and more. These pieces are part of the Davies Collection, which is considered one of the National Museum of Wales' most remarkable treasures and one of the great British art collections of the 2oth century.

The exhibit is open until January 3rd. If you'd like more information, see http://www.everson.org/ .






A view out of one of the glass walkways.

Compositional Conversation - Stage 14

Our last guest artist has taken her turn with the project. Marina Kamenskaya added some new colors and interesting shapes to the composition.

It's now on its way home to Terry, and she will be putting the final touches on.

Check Terry's blog for the details on Marina's process and watch for Terry's update on the final composition.

http://www.studio24-7.blogspot.com/

Sewing Day continued

Priscilla also worked on some strips of flying geese that she had made in the past that were orginally intended for a jacket. Now that she's become a quilter, however, she re-assembled the strips for a quilt.






Nancy cut out and sewed together a new jacket. It came from a pattern she was trying for the first time. It turned out great, but I think she's ready to try making a kimono-style jacket next time.










The main fabric is a Lonni Rossi fabric.















Priscilla brought in one her Hmong story quilts that she buys from their makers in Vientiane, Laos. This one depicts the people fleeing the soldiers in China and Vietname and going to the refugee camps -- and from their moving to other countries. See Priscilla's blog for Nov 15 for more story quilts. www.PriscillaKibbee.blogspot.com

Sewing Day

Nancy Hicks, Priscilla Kibbee, and I decided to sneek in a little sewing before the Thanksgiving holiday.







Priscilla brought lots of work in process. She found this beautiful needlepoint parrot on ebay, and he's destined to be adorned with a few beads. A quilt is in the planning stages, and many lovely fabrics were auditioned, including some scrumptious silks.












This is Priscilla's Vegetable Man quilt, which features a beautiful hand embroidery that she found in Vietnam a few years ago. She's added interesting piecing and borders, highlighted by her signature seminole piecing along the side.













The Vegetable Man was inspired by a painting of Rudolph II, painted by Guiseppe Arcimboldo in 1591 and called "Vertumnus, God of the Seasons."

Pear Mincemeat

Our neighbors gave us extra pears they had from the tree in their yard. We don't make pear mincemeat every year, but decided this would be a good use for all this extra fruit.

First, the pears are peeled and quartered.
Then they are crushed in a food processor, along with lemons and raisins.


The mixture goes in the pot with sugar and spices, and is cooked until it thickens.

Then it's put in jars and put through a boiling water canning bath for 20 minutes.

We like to mix the mincemeat with apples for pies -- it's pretty yummy!!

If you're tempted, here's the recipe:
3 1/2 # ripe pears (about 1/2 peck)
or enough to make 8 Cups smashed pears
1 lemon
1 15 oz pkg raisins
3 - 3 1/2 C sugar
1/2 C white vinegar
1 1/2 tsp each cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger

Peel, quarter, and core pears. Wash and quarter lemon, removing seeds. Put pears, lemon, and raisins alternately through the food processor. Combine fruit mixture with sugar, vinegar, and spices in kettle. Bring it to a boil and simmer uncovered, stirring frequently, 40 minutes or until thick. Seal in sterilized jars or pack in freezer boxes. A double batch makes 6 quarts.

RAFA trunk show continued

One more artist who presented today was Nancy Hicks. Nancy (in the center) showed several of her "faces" quilts.













My high school friend, Mary Ann Cocola (in the center), and her friend, Liz (on the left), came for the show and were checking out Barb's quilts.







Genie Barnes came for the show and showed us her newly-completed butterfly vest. While she wasn't officially part of the "orange jacket" challenge, she managed to work in some orange strips which add wonderful highlights to her vest.

RAFA Trunk Show at Schweinfurth

Members of the Rochester Area Fiber Artists presented a trunk show at the Schweinfurth Art Center. Pat Pauly (in the center) organized the show and introduced the artists.

Jeanne Simpson (on the right) is showing her quilts to Julie Brandon.











Marcia Eygabroat (in the center) is showing her quilts to Liz Anderson (on the left). Marcia's mother, Sally Hershberg, came with her.

Notice Marcia's recent quilt in the foreground that features her mother and father.


Barb Seils (on the left) is talking with Carol Soderlund (center) and Sally Dutko (right). In addition to sharing several of her quilts, Barb showed us her silk scarf made in Carol's class.










Diane Miller, who is a machine knitter as well as a fabric dyer and quilter, wore one of her sweaters with dyed fabrics.