In the middle of quilting my latest artwork, my sewing machine told me in no uncertain terms that it was past due for its standard maintenance. That's means I've been without my machine for a few days while it's in the shop. That's fine, because I'm catching up on other, more low priority work, like cleaning toilets and filing paperwork.
Recently, I received notice that Melted was accepted into the SAQA: Up in Stitches exhibit at the Yeiser Art Center in Paducah, Kentucky. It will be there from March 8 - May 3. I hope they know that they need to arrange it first or hoo boy, are they in for a shock.
Last weekend, I got a call from Shin-Hee Chin, who is an art professor and talented fiber artist. I was in a four-person exhibit with her last year at The Fiber Studio. Shin-Hee is curating an invitational fiber art exhibit for September to be held at the renovated Opera House in McPherson, Kansas, a one-hour drive north of Wichita. She asked if I would display two or three pieces in this show. This happens to be at the same time as my solo show at the Steckline Gallery, which made me worry a little about having enough work to go around. However, I want to restrict my Wichita show to artworks that have never been seen here before, so I told Shin-Hee that I would be glad to show my work in McPherson. I'll just use work that has been previously exhibited in Wichita, making it available for this show.
Just in case I have any artwork left during that time, I would also like to enter a juried show that is being organized by my friend, Pam RuBert, which will be exhibited in Springfield, Missouri in September. I think I need to make some new work pretty quickly in order to replenish my stores! This picture of Pam was taken at the opening reception for Quilt National last May.
Speaking of new work, I've started a new project and will award prizes to people who can guess correctly about it. The details for the contest will be in my next blog entry, so stay tuned!
