A close up of the quilting shows that I often fill in a missing shape with quilting. I also like to use thread color to match the color of the fabric. I switched around now and again, but used the light blue gray and deep blue more most of this piece. My machine is an old Gamill, I may be the fourth owner.
Pieces and Resistance
Contemporary Art Quilter Pat Pauly's random thoughts and excursions made public.
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Hudson River Valley Workshops
If you are hankering to print whole cloth designs, join me June at the Hudson River Valley Workshops in Greenville, New York. This is one whole yard I printed in Santa Fe, hanging out at my studio. Can you imagine getting this without piecing? https://www.artworkshops.com/workshop/go-big-go-bold-prints-galore-with-pat-pauly/
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
I Need a Ladder
The facing is sewn, the sleeve added, and I brought this to the studio to photograph. Measuring 8' x 8' it makes it to the top of my design wall. There's little to give you a sense of scale, but let's say I don't have a wall tall enough to hang this in my home. That's all right, I've two shows this summer with tall walls.
Monday, March 25, 2024
Sew Light Today
After some gray after gray days, the sun came in strong. Thought I'd set myself up for some facing, sewing away as the sun moved across the back of the quilt. It's a big one, almost 8' square, so that's about 48 feet of hand sewing, if you count attaching the sleeve. Good thing it's now hand quilting!
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Full Moon for March
This is the best I could do with my meager camera in my attempt to catch the glowing orange full moon rising over the expressway concrete barrier. Although the vines remind me of my morning finish of the large quilt I'm working on. Tonight was binding, yes, by the light of the moon.
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Longarm Ahead
I've got a couple of days into machine quilting this large piece, but as I reach the last few inches I find my longarm won't move. So, I'll sleep on it, check it tomorrow, and then figure out what to do next. Between this and filing taxes, not my favorite mood.
Friday, March 22, 2024
AKG and Stanley Whitney
Big, bold, colorful, sectioned, repetitive, abstract, high-chroma -- what else can be said? The retrospective of Stanley Whitney's work took up the entire third floor of the new Albright-Knox Art Gallery, now known as AKG, and connected his early sketches to these later paintings. Did I want to piece these? You bet.
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Flatterer or Imposter?
Today was a trip to the Albright Knox Art Gallery (the AKG now) has Frida Kahlo's self-portrait, and across the street, at the Burchfield Penney Art Gallery, is John Copoulos' Self-Portrait as Frida Kahlo from 1989. What fun to see both, and to ponder imitation, admiration, or just fun being someone else.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Slime Trail Wash Out
Sometimes there's a residue of shiny print paste still there after washing out printed fabric. You can see the lines in the edge of the yellow scrape. The only way I'm able to get it out is with a hot water wash, and synthropol and a quart of my mixed soda ash solution added to the wash. Good rinse and it's gone.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Back to the Studio
Most of my working day was spent compiling taxes, but I broke away to find a few hours in the studio. I left drafts of the next works on the design wall, which I found comforting and surprising. I gave me a place to start, and of course, I saw them with refreshed eyes.
Monday, March 18, 2024
This Year's Live Printing Classes
There are two places to print with me in the lower 48 states this year, one is east, one west. I love both the Hudson River (peaceful, great food, work at your leisure night and day) and Lake Tahoe (lots of friends around, fabulous space, other classes for inspiration) for printing. You might too!
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