Hello,

Fall is in full color blast here in central New York.   The shifting light bubbles that once filled my walking path have given way to a different colored carpet of yellows, golds orange and red leaves.   They come tillering down to dance in front of me down the walkways.   And my favorite sound fills my ears-  the crunch of my feet as I shuffle through the colors.    There is a wonderful magic in fall that I truly love.

Progress Report: Hollyhocks and Hummingbirds  This work is 37.5″ w X 48″ t.     I am quite happy with how I feel when I look at this work.    I finished and added the hummingbirds this week and I made a few bees to the work as well.    I hope to enter this piece in the SAQA Pollinators challenge.

 

 

 

 

Moring Meadow  This work is  19″ w X 12 t.   I read about using your sewing machine on soda cans and so I tried that.  The centers of the tall purple flowers are that experiment.  It works Okay- but the process  does really dull the needle.     I don’t really see any special use of this technique, but I will keep it in my mind for the future.

 

 

 

 

 

Lap 23-25   I came across this fabric painted cloth that my good friend Barbara V did years ago when she and I were playing in her class room while we were both teaching.   I though it would make a great center unit for a lap quilt and so I am working toward that end.

 

 

Handwork – Fish

 I felted the background a while ago.  When I cam across it again this week, I pulled it out and started this new piece.

 

 

Crystal Blocks   I started playing with this idea at the retreat a few weeks ago.   The block is based on  a high relief sculpture that I observed at the Rochester show  this summer. (below)

 

 

At the retreat I did a first draft of this block.    It was awful .    So I reworked the pattern.  This new rendition is  square and lays flat  so I am having fun playing with it now.

 

 

 

Spinning Out   I have started to attach the circles to the surface of this third work I started at the retreat.    It needs more build up I think.

 

New: shore line or tidepool     I am ready to begin and new one of these highly texturized pieces.   So I started with some punch needle parts this  week.

 

 

I got a little silly one day and stated making little witches.  the heads are paper clay with a stick in the center for the body to be built on.      I used pipe cleaners for the arms and legs .  They sure made mounting the little gals on brooms easy.

 

 

The brooms are made with a brown trim wrapped around a squire.       I had a good time making dolls again.

 

Keep your eyes open and Enjoy the changing season.

Happy Halloween

Carol