spring silk

oh my, have I loved doing this so..

I want to wear them..in fact maybe I will! all hand dyed 100% silk ties.  I've been crazy with the silk lately, and have a few new art quilts to post here as well. I've also done a great deal of hand dyed silk yardage.. anyone think they need some? Check the Etsy store out for the goods..

Lord, it's beautiful weather. Love the Virginia spring time..

sheer color wonderful..

colors of spring

Color and poet's eye.. spring at last.. knitted items available in my etsy store, sorry, the daffodils stay put in my garden..

random acts of beauty

because today has been a trial, i need to see the beauty and the sublime in the world.

I have updated my etsy shop with new pieces for sale..take a look..

my shop

meadow views

Even though it doesn't look like the picture on the bottom, the art quilt was distilled from that view, just in a different season!

With hand dyed fabric (I'm really loving this process, and have lots of hand dyed silk stuff to show you)!

Not a whole lot of embellishment , an excercise in restraint.

The back garden in high summer.

ancient light

Another piece from the March member's gallery show, here in Fredericksburg, Va.

FCCA gallery

'ancient light'  32x37" hand and machine quilted, appliqued and embroidered..

for sale!!

a wonderful piece to work on, some just fall together, and some don't. this one definitely did.

the terracotta warriors are in DC

Since a trip to Xi'an is not in the forcast, my son and I took advantage of an exhibit in Washington DC's National Geographic Museum happening through March 31st.

It was awesome! Even for a 15 year old! This is a 'reading' exhibit, and it helps to do a little homework before you go..

My son and I!

More info here. 

March FCCA show

A great start to the show at Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts..

My fiber work with the wonderful Audrey Bruno's photography. We did not know each other, nor pick each other to show together, amazingly enough the show went together like peas and carrots.

We both had good sales, and there are still pieces available, so if you are interested, let me know!! Thanks to everyone who came out to support the F'burg local art scene. It was a very lovely night. The show hangs all of March.

FCCA site
Audrey's site

another little peek..

For this show, now 2 days away..

a musical interlude

how to get ready for a show

sew!

Sew some more!

sort through everything you've sewn!

Piles of it!

did I mention sew?

Be happy with what you did!

Hanging 'Fresh Fields' tomorrow (whew) pretty pleased with how it all came together, as far as quality/quantity.

Full show pictures here next day or two..keep working!

what i've been up to..

peace

In knowing that spring is there, under all the snow fall and ice

The green and yellow and blue of that season will come, no matter what.

knitting olympics!

Is a go!! I'm going to do it!

I'm shooting for this one!

more here!!

color + white

despite all the whiteness going on, I'm plowing on with an abundance of color..

this is a view of the Rappahannock river, the river being everything to the right of the pilons..

speaking of rivers.. another sneak peak of the March FCCA show..

River of Life  28" x 30"  fabric, paint, thread, hand and machine appliqued, stitched and quilted..

landscape

while the snow was covering every single thing in sight, really beautiful and amazing.




I managed a bit of stitching for the upcoming show in March. At the Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts.  Here's a link..   it's the member's gallery show.

March show preview

Been busy...

getting ready for March show here..if you are around central Va. in March, come see it!

this is 'fields of fire' 15x38"  fiber, hand and machine appliqued, embellished and quilted.. all work will be for sale.

oh yeah, it's snowing again..

the sea of tiberias (detail)

seaside quilt
Originally uploaded by Lorie McCown