Well, here I am in Columbus, Ohio attending the Quilt Surface Design Symposium (QSDS). I am taking a master class with Elizabeth Busch, and am loving it! I will have another 6 days of class, starting pretty soon, so here is a really quick post....
The class I am taking is a master class, where we bring our own pieces to work on as well as learn new techniques and get input on our work from the teacher and classmates. Last year, I was able to come because of a scholarship that I received. One way of funding these scholarships is auctioning off small quilts that have been donated by students and faculty. Yesterday, I finally finished my little quilt for donation.... "Mountain Laurel on the Rocks" uses "rocky bits" from a chunk I constructed last year in my class with Rosalie Dace. I added Painted canvas that I did during my Elizabeth Busch class at QBL last year, and photos of the Mountain Laurel growing along Water road. Last year just before coming to Columbus, I discovered them blooming and took my first photos of this PA native. That may have had something to do with the rocks surfacing in my work, so I thought combining all these elements would be very appropriate for me to donate, because without my scholarship I would never have found myself working with new colors and more textures.
Here is a closeup shot showing some of the beading I did in the rocky sections and the tiny ruby beads added to the flowers.
I look forward to more play with fabric, paint and more as the week progresses. The best part of all of this is that the mni van got me here safely without dying on the way!! More progress photos may show up here during the week, depending on how much sleep I can do without :) Time to get off to class again!
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