Maggie Weiss – Textile Artist

My friend Maggie Weiss won third place at the IQF show in Chicago with her quilt “Crocus”. Maggie does amazing things with surface design. You can currently view some of her work at Art Cloth.

In the booth

On the last day of the show Laura showed up! She even wore “Frieda Green” on my account. We were going a little stir crazy waiting to tear down and head home.

Hello Laura

Wendy Richardson Quilt Tapestry Studio

Wendy’s booth is always one of my favorite places to stop in and see. She does the most fabulous over-dyed things. This year I heard she has bamboo socks that just make your feet happy. You can view more of her offerings on her website at Quilt Tapestry Studio.

Rust Tex

Lois Jarvis is a very talented lady and she has a wonderful way of creating interesting fabrics. You can see more of her products on her website at Rust-Tex . I have a piece in her exhibit that premiered at the IQF show in Chicago and will be traveling to England in August. It is the only piece with COLOR, well I really don’t work in neutrals, but I love the way the fabrics look.

This is my piece in the Rust-Tex Exhibit.

The border is my hand dyed cotton sateen, the background is the over-dyed piece of rust-tex, and the Jack in the pulpit is my hand dyed silk.

Jack in the Pulpit

Look what I found blooming!!

I am so excited. I just love the jack in the pulpits, as if you couldn't tell. They make me so happy looking for them hiding in the woods.

These are up too, aren't they just so sunny looking?

Pro Chemical and Dye Company

Pro Chemical and Dye Company is one of the places that I get my procion MX dyes from. I went by the booth on Saturday and talked to Nancy one of their technical support, knows everything about dye people. She is great and when you call the company and have a question more than likely you will talk to Nancy.

 

They have their own brand of seta paints.

Jack in the Pulpit

I entered one of my new series big pieces “Jack in the Pulpit” at the Paducah show. I hope that if you are down there at the show or are going you stop by and say hello to it.

It is made from cotton, cotton sateen, and silk. The background is cotton, the border is cotten sateen and the jack and all the leaves are silk. It is in the wall quilts section. If you are so inclined take a picture of it and send it to me. You can get in the picture too :)

I leave on Sunday for Australia with my husband. I will be teaching at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne. If you are going to be there be sure and stop in a say hello, I don’t yet know my class rooms but you can always ask where I am, and tell me about some places to visit and of course some fabulous places to eat, because it is all about the food.