Shipment to Baker City Art gallery

April Art Gallery Displays

   The Temporary Art Gallery in Baker City, Oregon will be opening for the season soon.  I am mailing a vintage 1920's quilt to them to display and sell.  I think the pattern is called "Caged Star".  There are no prints, just solid cotton fabric in dark royal blue, light peach, and a mint green.  the back of the quilt is unusual as it features a print fabric in a border.   I purchased this quilt at Portland Expo, Parlmer Wirfs Antiques Show in Feb. 2012.  It came from the Joseph, Oregon area and was originally purchased in an estate sale there.  The vendor had only had it for several months so it was the first time she offered it for sale.  It is in excellent condition and must have been kept in a linen closet all these years as it does not even look like it has been washed.  It is hand and machine pieced and hand quilted by a very fine hand.  Whoever made this quilt was an expert quilter.  The scalloped and pointed binding is beautifully done.

Oct 12-21, 2012

On display at Old Aurora Colony Museum 40th Annual Quilt Show

"Seeing Red"

www.AuroraColony.org

Also going to the art gallery in Baker City is "Road Trip".  It can be displayed hanging on the wall or standing along a shelf on on a small display stand.

Road Trip sold while on display at The Baker City Art Gallery and is now in a private collection, hanging on the wall of a refurbished Air Stream.  



Sold Two Quilt Tops

 Today I mailed two quilt tops to MO.  They were made by Mary, my good friend from Oregon, who loves to machine piece tops but hates to quilt them.  So I sell them on eBay for her.  I have a kept a few that I have quilted.  She is an awsome piecer.  I envy her crisp corners and sense of style.  Her tops are always perfectly flat with no puckers. She tells me she has one whole room filled with fabric she has purchased over the years and she will be making tops to sell for a long time just to use up her stash.

Visit my eBay store, Powder River Threadworks.  You might be lucky and get a chance to bid on one of her tops.  I get one listed about every two months.

Hunter's Star

Hunter's Star block

Flower Power

Flower Power Block.

"Milky Way"

Mary mailed a new top to me last week.  It is huge--king size.  It has a wild-goose chase border running along the two sides.  One of her best... in blues and creams.  It is on it's way to Baker City, Oregon to be custom quilted.  Should be finished and ready to sell by July 4, 2012.  I plan to show it at Short Term Gallery in Baker City when it is finished and if I still have it in October 2012 I will display it in the Aroura Quilt Show.

Finished Sept. 1, 2012

This quilt was finished Sept. 1, 2012.  It was beautifully machine quilted by Tracy Lovisone of Baker City, OR.  It is currently on display at The Short Term Gallery in Baker City, OR.  It will be displayed in future quilt shows of 2013.

March 10, 2012
"Cream?"
Notan

Deadline coming up on taking a notan (study in dark and light) and sewing it into a quilt.  Must be ready March 18, so all time goes into this.  I had no idea what a notan was so I Goggled it and was delighted with the images I found of notans.  Wikipedia clarified the word for me as only Wikipedia can and that was all very interesting.  My version on a notan is a creamy, white-on-white print appliqued to a coffee ground.

(Scroll down to watch the progress and the finished quilt is the last picture.)

March 10th

This is the layout I finally chose.  Nothing is stitched.  The word says "Cream?"  Theme is coffee time.  Today I have it pieced and have started layering and quilting.   More pictures to come.

By the way, I don't like coffee.  Strange, don't you think, for someone raised in a society with a Starbucks on every corner, but no stickum for coffee or cigarettes.  My parents loved coffee, my Mom especially.  And I tried, don't ya know!  First in high school, later in college, and finally in a last ditch effort, as a young adult.  But fortunately a few bad habits did stick.  Namely chocolate, sex, and Maker's Mark on the rocks.  

 

Here's what I accomplished today as I enjoyed a cold glass of iced tea with lemon.  Took time out for some belly-warming won-ton soup on a lunch date with my favorite, Walt.

March 11th

Everything is stitched, sandwiched, and basted.  I am ready to start adding layers.  I even got some quilting done.  It was a good day to sew and a good day for coffee (probably) and won-ton soup.  Very stormy, wet, cold, and windy here on the Sound.  If this weather sticks, I have a good chance of finishing this project on time.

March 27, 2011.... Almost done...

 I did not finish it on March 18, but it was well along and could be shared at the Ruby Street Art Quilter's Group.  There were several that were finished and were very nice.  Many of the quiltiers at the meeting did not do the assignment, but had other cool projects to show.  The meeting is always a great modivator for me to stick to my goals of finishing things and to generate new ideas to follow up on.


Finished August 2012

I made some changes in order to finish this quilt.  I felt it needed more interest .  The changes allowed me to finally complete the project and frame it.  Currently it is on display at the Short-Term gallery in Baker City, Oregon.  I almost gave up on it, but was happy I stayed on it as it has received great feedback since it has been displayed.  It appeals particularly to coffee lovers.  You never know when a project you don't particularly like may be another person's cup of tea (or coffee--as the case may be).

Sept. 2012

This piece was shown at Rogue Gallery and Art Center, Medford, OR

Art Presence Art Center Gallery, Jacksonville, OR

Aurora Colony Quilt Show, Aurora, OR

It is currently in a priviate collection.