And the next challenge will be chosen by ....

...... Michele.

Thanks to Heather for reminding me to get out the hat from which to choose our next challenger. Life is just a bit busy here at the moment.My local, mainly traditional group has it's biennial two day quilt show with over 100 quilts starting tomorrow for the weekend. This is just one section:

On Monday I get to spend five days with fellow quilters on a retreat  in our beautiful Lake District.  This was the view from my bedroom last year!

Then there's a breather, rather than a rest, whilst we spend a weekend with our daughter and family and the following Monday it's time to set up an exhibition of work by a local textile group that I belong to. It's wonderful stuff, and very exciting but I fear that I'm going to drop one of the spinning plates shortly!

New tool

I'm very pleased with the results from using the Olfa Compass cutter.

I've been playing ...

 

 

So excited!

I am thrilled to have been profiled on the British-based website, TextileArtist.org. This site, produced by Sam and Joseph Pitcher, has a serious, international following.

Not only do they feature in-depth profiles of artists working in the full spectrum of textile art, but they also offer very helpful articles on subjects like choosing venues for your work, photographing your work, and selecting attractive templates for your website.

You can check me out at:

http://www.textileartist.org/heather-dubreuil-interview-contemporary-art-quilts/

This is definitely a career highlight for me! No doubt it is all downhill from here.

A cause to Celebrate!

Our challenge in August 2012 was Jubilation, suggested by Linda Forey and no doubt prompted by the frenzy in the Commonwealth over the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

So delighted to see that TWO of these 12btd challenge pieces have been chosen for the Members' Gallery, in the Winter 2014 issue of the SAQA Journal. The theme for the gallery is Celebration, and included are Dianne's piece, based on her photo of a neighbour's grandchild jumping into the lake, and mine, with my hot pink birthday candles.

The Journal can be read on-line, but I believe access is limited to SAQA members.

Photos from my solo show opening

Many thanks to Michele and Helena for help with the hanging of my Cityscapes show, running concurrently with the Synthesis II exhibit. It would have been completely overwhelming without their able assistance. Here are some photos from today's opening, which saw lots of family and friends turn out. I had sixteen pieces on display, including one in the lobby, positioned to lure in the visitors.

Photos of Synthesis II opening

After the hanging on Friday,
Helena studies her Vinyasa

Quebec's first-ever SAQA exhibit had its opening today at the Kirkland Library. On display were twenty pieces, celebrating the variety of technique and theme in contemporary art quilts.

Heather, on left, talks to visitor, while Helena
looks into Michele's camera 

Dianne and Colleen discuss the exhibit

On far left is Heather's Tuscany 5, which sold
at the vernissage

We were happy to welcome about 50 visitors
over the two hours.

Thanks to Michele and Helena for bringing their talents and stamina to the hanging of the show!

Plea to all artists to use new media

Thanks for the post on Ann Johnston's new video DVD, Heather.  I am making a plea, though, for all artists to consider making content available for download on tablets.  I was prompted  to the possibilities of this by Delia Smith the cookery celebrity who now has a cookery online course which even children are using by following the recipes on their tablets in the kitchen.  How great is that?

These mini laptops are so portable and are the answer to being able to take the information right to the place of work - garage for dyeing, sewing room for stitching - even retreat for patterns, techniques, etc.

Incidentally, I am about to renew my subscription to Quilting Arts and will go down the online version route.  Several reasons -

1.  I don't have room for any more magazines,
2.  I don't have to pay the postage (expensive to Europe)
3.  I love being able to zoom in
4.  You have direct links to URLs

How times have changed!  Any thoughts?

Hilary

My upcoming solo show

Heather Dubreuil, Open Door, Riga, #2, 24 x 18

Delighted to announce my upcoming solo show, which will be held at the same time and place as the SAQA regional show Synthesis II. I hope to be showing about a dozen of my recent Cityscapes.

These two recent pieces were based on photos taken by Lauma Cenne on her recent visit to Latvia. Thank you, Lauma!

Heather Dubreuil, Open Window, Cesis, 24 x 18 

February 8 - 27 at the Kirkland Library, Kirkland, QC
Monday - Friday, 10 am - 9 pm and Saturday - Sunday 10 am - 5 pm

Vernissage Sunday, February 9, 2 - 4 pm.

Quebec's first-ever SAQA exhibition

Vinyasa, Helena Scheffer

Helena Scheffer and Heather Dubreuil are delighted to have their work included in Quebec's first-ever SAQA exhibition.

As many of you know, SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) is an international group devoted to the promotion of the art quilt.  Its 3000-plus members include several of us at 12 by the dozen. The Central Canada region, with more than 130 members, has put together a juried group show which has already been seen in six Ontario galleries.

Tuscany #5, Heather Dubreuil 

The twenty works by 16 artists celebrate the wide range of technique and subject seen in this contemporary art form.

Synthesis II will be shown at the Kirkland Library, 17100 Hymus Blvd., Kirkland QC, February 8 - 27. Hours are 10 am - 9 pm Monday to Friday, and 10 am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday.

A vernissage will be held on Sunday, February 9, from 2 - 4 pm.

RED!!!!

our family went to the peter doig exhibition at the montreal museum of fine arts today.
this was hanging in a downstairs lobby

New Year's teasers

Now that all the fuss and excitement of Christmas and New Year is over I have been having fun in the sewing room.  One down, one half way and one on the burner...

Here's a couple of teasers:

Hilary