Off to Johnstown for the Seaway Autumn Studio Tour

This weekend I'm off to Pat Lemare's Purplepatch Studio where I will be participating in the Seaway Autumn Studio Tour. It promises to be an exciting event. besides showing my latest work we are also participating in a fun challenge.

Mike Laking a photographer has challenged us to interpret his gerber daisy photo below.

This is my version with silk and lots of free motion.

And a detail.

All of the entries will be diplayed at Cup After Cup coffee spot on King Street in Prescott.

Just start at any location where maps will be available. Also if you collect all of the stickers you will be eligible for a great prize.

SEE YOU THERE!!!

Fun Class

This week a group of fabulous ladies came to my studio to master the double needle tree. One of the bunch,I won't mention her name was a free motion virgin. We soon fixed that, after a little private tutoring she was on her way and doing a great job of it as well.

Here Helena is cutting out her tree.

Dyane's tree pinned and ready to free motion.

Trudy and Dyane hard at work.

All five of us getting into the groove.Lois joined us from Ottawa and Diane was the other student from Brockville. It was a great day and we laughed so much that my husband wanted to join us.

Thanks all, what a great day!

Work Out

F and M:Fabric and Metal #4

This summer I was asked to put an exhibit of my work in the Studio Theatre in Perth. I was pleased and challenged at the same time. How could I pull some work together that would make sense. Then I got it. M and M, modern and medieval , or holy and holey so to speak.

Pairing my metal washer work with the pieces that were inspired by medieval art was a totally fun concept. Here is one of the pairings.

Red Madonna

You can see the exhibit during the Oct.13,14 and 25th run of An Evening of One Act Plays.

Studio Theatre,63 Gore Street East, Perth

for more info call 1-800-518-2729

It's almost retreat time

Here are the projects that we "THE LOOSE THREADS " will be demonstrating at our weekend retreat in Chaffey's locks. Felted roses,making a felted sheep, embellishing,stamping,using wash away stabilizers, tailoring techniques, bag construction and free form knitting will be covered.

Teachers are available the whole weekend for one on one help and there will be studio time with show and share, teachers and delegates alike.

It promises to be a fun weekend with lots of inspiration for everyone. You can as much or as little as you want. If you are more interested in watching rather than doing you are certainly welcome to do so. There will be worksheets given out for each project demonstrated.If you would like to do one of the projects you can sign up to purchase a kit from the teachers. Or if you would like to work on your own stuff , that's fine too.Mr Simkins will be there to give workshops on taking care of your machine and has offered a special rate to have your machine serviced.

We will be at the the Opinicon Resort Hotel, where we will be staying in log cabins and enjoying the fabulous food in their dining room.

Come and join us from Oct.23rd-25th. A little getaway just after the busy Thanksgiving season.

For more info contact me at catelaw@ripnet.com

I must be crazy

Piecing has never been something that I have done well so what was I thinking when deciding to piece 1 1/2 inch squares and 1 in x 1 1/2 in rectangles? It was a call to entry that made me do this.

Art to the Rescue Animal Fund Raiser at Galarie Ouest

When we first moved to Perth a little white stray appeared at our doorstep. He was beautiful with great big lime green eyes, he played in my studio and slept on my husband's belly after supper. I was very sad to let him go to a new home but my allergies wouldn't let me keep him.I did however get some great pics. He was a perfect candidate for this show.

First to find a background in my stash. I wanted to represent a garden and the Kaffe Fassett fabrics in my stash were the perfect medium to use.The garden had to be constructed from small colourfull bits, hence the piecing. I made each row but vowed that I would not match all the corners ,I let chance make the decisions here. A dark green print grounded the whole thing.
After the drawing was made, and the pattern was established , I checked it out to see if it would work, it was fine.
Pic and the first stage of the cat on pellon made from hand painted fabrics and pencil crayoned eyes.
Lots of stitching, about 50 hours in time and here he is in all his mischievous glory.

Mischievous Cat