Hello,
We have reached the longest light day of the year. I enjoy setting out of doors in the evening at this time of year to witness the fading light. I will continue to pursue this even though I do really notice the time differences for quite a while. I just like how the color and crisp edges of the world fade as the light diminishes.
I also went to the Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute with a couple of friends this week. 
The show we went to see was the Kimono show of Itichiku Kubota’s work. It was a beautiful presentation of the rich Komona’s in five rooms. Many works were presented as a continuous flow of a scean or idea.
The Komona’s were all hand dye painted with great detail and many subtle color changes.
One room was full of works that move through the seasons in one continuous flow of landscape. I loved the single hair bush painted trees on one of the Kominas. Those trees were only about two inches tall. Some of the works took over a year to complete. He did lots of shibori in his work too.
There was a s room that had Mt Fuji as its theme and all the works related to that idea. The skies on some of those fascinated me.
One room was a creation story and it was so long that I could not capture it all it one shot. The color was amazing and there was a wealth of texture and pattern in the works.
I just could not look enough.
I did go to Liz’s this week and we mixed new dye to begin our summer dyeing. It has been too cold to begin before this point.
Progress Report: Persuasion
This work is 34.75” w X 74.5” l. It is another one of the Text series. I also did a wiggle cut background for this work.
I pebble quilted the words and reflective quilted the background.
I am done with the quilting on this work now and only need to do the facings. I like how flat it is.
Dad’s Barn I am doing the hand work on this piece now. I have added a bit of shadow to the barn. I also hand stitched in some more weeds to make it feel unified.
Ravens 
In doing some re evaluating I thought this work needed some additional quilting. So I am stitching in all the blocks and doing reflective quilting in the raven squares.
Collections 1 This work got a bit of a rework too. I am adding a ribbon edge to both of the collections pieces. It will make them look more finished I think.
Daily Practice IV I continue to add to this work with hand applique of ribbons and such.
Baby Quilt 
A friends daughter just had a child and I have done a sketch for the baby quilt. The fabric is pulled now to get it together.
New Work I am ready to begin a next Text piece and I am auditioning fabric there. This picture makes be realize there is not enough contrast at this point.
Label Cards: Under the Sun 
We live on the blue marble and as it is solstice it is a good time to celebrate the sun and our universe.
Card 2 This work is pure play. 
Sometimes one does’t need a reason to play.
Keep Creating
Carol