So, when I got back from lunch this afternoon,  I was expecting a callback from the vet's office so when I saw there was a message, I   I expected to hear Dr. Munn's assistant, but instead, it was a call from Quilts Inc. and they were all, "Where is your quilt?" and so that's how I found out that :


was accepted into INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL!!!!!!!
Apparently, they had notified me back in March, but for some reason I didn't get the notification, and "Hiraeth" is supposed to be there right now! (oops!)

So then I had to ask some questions, like, was it okay that it was in another show (yes) and was it okay that it's been mounted on stretchers ('cuz I just did that yesterday as I didn't like the way it was hanging) and they said yes, and have I mentioned that it's going to be in INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL?  lol

It's the first fiber art show I entered, so to be juried in -  and into such a big show, is like...wowzers. I was literally shaking and crying when I got the news. 
You know that phrase, "Over the moon"?

Wheeeeeeee!




P.S. It's going to be in the travelling show as well, so you can see it in Chicago and Long Beach. :) :) :) :)

Year of the Snake? Pish tosh! I'm calling it - it's Year of The Feather!

Okay, seriously, this is about my sketchbook and about my next piece.



So, some people have sketchbooks that are works of art in themselves (see also "journals").

It's not my way.  When I "see" the piece in my mind's eye, all I need are my notes to guide me to its completion. I have 8 x 10 notebooks in which I scribble those notes, with my rough (very rough sketches). Sometimes I'll colour them, most often not.

The piece I'm working on right now has had many incarnations - this was extremely unusual and troubling development for me.