February--OLLI Exhibit

The exhibit of Linda's and my quilts and fiber art is at the OLLI building (3601 Pearl Street, Hattiesburg, MS) and we hope people attending classes are enjoying seeing them. The exhibit will hang through April, with a Reception on Friday, February 21 from 1-2:30.  

We have five pieces using Katie Pasquini Masopust's Artful Log Cabin technique (ALC), with the photo inspiration for the quilts. Katie's book is entitled Artful Log Cabin Quilts; she also teaches online classes through American Quilter's Society.

Interleave Symphony, 34" x 31", Red-Green Interleave, 14" x 15"

Hector's Flower Pot, 12" x 24"

Flying Geese Over Lake Michigan, 9" x 12"
Horses on Parade, 8" x 10"
Marta Boldo, 16" x 24"
Yellow Fish, 21" x 16"
Green Fish, 20" x 19"

Finding My Way, 64" x 65"

In the Beginning, 36" x 44"

 

Artful Kitten, 22" x 26" and photo inspiration
Artful Log Cabin (ALC) technique, Linda Ginn

Caladium I and II, 12" x 15" 
Dried Caladium Leaf, stitched

Mosaic, 69" x 69", Arabian, 20" x 20" 
Linda Ginn

Twisted Tree II, 18" x 20"

City of Lights, 55" x 64"
Linda Ginn
Sunday Ties, 12" x 25"

One Day at a Time (temperature quilt), 49" x 65"
City of Lights, 55" x 64"
Linda Ginn

Leaf Study, Sycamore, 15" x 15"

Carpenter's Star. 20" x 29"
Linda Ginn

Outrageous Orange Windows, 15" x 45" - Martha
Cook Library 210AA, 31" x 37" - Linda

Mountain Snow Melt, ALC 32" x 24"
The Conversation, ALC 26" x 26"

Ireland Street, ALC 26" x 18"

Red Daylily, 20" x 20"

Black Swallowtail Butterfly ALC, Austin Market ALC 
Leaf Study-Crotons
Linda, Martha, Karrie & Dean Pennington, Theresa Ratti, Autumn Pennington

Violets, 62" x 62"
Linda Ginn

Loving this May Weather

 I think going through COVID and being deprived of ordinary social events makes me especially aware of this beautiful May weather and the ever-growing beauty springing (pun intended) up. The hydrangeas are beginning to bloom, turning more blue every day. One of my hostas is huge and overshadows the other ones nearby. 

My Mountain Snow Melt is complete except for the hand-stitching the facing to the back. The technique is Katie Pasquini Masopust's Artful Log Cabin, where the piece is constructed of Log Cabin blocks using a photo reference for choosing color placement. Katie taught a workshop in Hattiesburg in October 2019.

Mountain Snow Melt, 32" x 24"

Detail 

Inspiration photo with superimposed grid lines

It was a treat yesterday to get to hear and be present for a concert by three graduating USM orchestra friends, the Amaná Trio, composed of Rodrigo Quintana (violin), Patricia Vanuci (cello) and Luciana Simóes (piano).

     At our Pine Belt Quilters Zoom meeting this week I gave a talk entitled Making Art During the Pandemic. It was satisfying to look back over the year and realize how much enjoyment I got from my art in spite of sadness and anxiety over the news. Sometimes it seemed that the days flew by in a kind of time warp, but I located pictures of leaf projects, online classes and webinars, fabric postcards, and even breadmaking experiments that reminded me of many days well spent.

     Our OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) group has a Friday afternoon Zoom social, and last week several friends joined me in playing Word Games, my home-grown take-off on Password and 25 Words of Less. We gave clues to each other, trying to get participants to guess the word being portrayed. It was a fun afternoon, and we will do it again on May 28. 

     One of the best things that has happened beginning May 2 is getting to meet in person for worship again at University Baptist Church. Our sanctuary is getting some repairs and a new roof, so we are in Kelley Fellowship Hall. We had met on the front sidewalk and lawn for several months but have moved inside for Sunday morning services and the monthly Celtic service.

November Happenings

Temperature was 35 degrees this morning! Sticks and limbs all over the yard from rainstorm, but it's good to have fall weather.
My Black Swallowtail Butterfly piece (started in KatiePM Artful Log Cabin class) is finished and ready for facing. The Improv Zebra piece is ready for quilting and facing.

Black Swallowtail Butterfly (top done)

Photo Inspiration

 My quilt guild, Pine Belt Quilters, enjoyed hosting the Mississippi Quilt Association Fall Gathering last weekend, in spite of two days of steady rain, wind, and street flooding. Our theme was Log Cabin Quilts, and we had a beautiful display of quilts, including some Quilts of Valor and Outstanding Quilters' works. It was neat to honor these quilters and see a representative sample of their work.

Joan Alliston Introducing Cynthia Bates (PBQ raffle quilt Home Tweet Home on stage)

Linda Ginn presenting "Why Did I Buy THAT Fabric?"

One of my favorite things about October is getting to attend Brown Bag Concerts Thursdays at noon, sponsored by the Hattiesburg Arts Council. The music is always good, lunch delicious, weather perfect. This year there was a precious little scene stealer at every concert. Here he is entertaining Rebekah Stark Johnson while moving to the music.

Brown Bag Concert

    I've had plumbing repairs going on and still need to get washer overflow damage taken care of. Amazing how a little water overflowing where it shouldn't can go undetected for weeks!

I couldn't resist taking this picture

Water damage to wall

    I had an exciting nature event when a baby squirrel appeared on my driveway with a bloody nose, apparently having fallen out of a tall pine tree. He seemed alert and okay until I noticed he was dragging his right back leg. After I let Elizabeth sniff him, I put him in a box, wrapped in an old tee-shirt where he slept all day. A phone call to Central Mississippi Wildlife Rehabilitation resulted in his being picked up and taken to Picayune where a rehabber is taking care of him. I didn't even know we had people like this. She bottle feeds him until he can be released if his leg is okay.

Elizabeth checks out Baby Squirrel

I enjoyed seeing a dear friend from Japan as she traveled on business to the United States. She visited USM friends and had lunch at Patio 44 with Linda and me.

Chie and me at Patio 44