Fine Arts Association of the Hill Country Gala

Our fine arts club is having a gala event on Sat., April 30th.  The proceeds from the ticket sales go towards a scholarship for a high school student.  The event will be at a warehouse next to the Peanut Mill restaurant in Mason.   There will be food, music and wonderful art.  The event gets better every year.  The warehouse is transformed into a beautiful venue.   Members are able to enter five pieces into this sale.  Here are mine!

Bluebonnet, 3.5x5, framed for table top, fabric collage.

Bluebonnet, 7x5, framed for table top, fabric collage.

Bluebonnet, 5x7, framed for table top, fabric collage.

Dagger, 5x3.5, framed for table top, thread painting.

Bluebonnet, 5x7, framed for table top, fabric collage.

Songbird Quilting Retreat, Kingsland, Texas

What a wonderful experience to go on a retreat!  Eight of us went to Songbird for three days and two nights.  Our host and hostess were wonderful and the house was exceptional.  We had lovely meals and wonderful work area.  Here are two of the pictures I completed and have in a gallery!  These and others of my things can be seen at Artisans of Rocky Hill gallery in Fredericksburg, Texas.  The two above are 4x6, matted and framed to 8x10 table tops.

The knitters

Greetings from the Hill Country.  There will be no art cards or thread paintings this week.  Our grandkids are on spring break with us while their parents move into a new house.  We practiced our knitting yesterday.  What fun!  Even the smallest one has started although all she did was stab the ball of yarn.  My grandson is 6 and his after school program got him started.  He is the reason I picked up knitting needles.  I couldn't have him doing something that I didn't know how to do.

Art Cards

I have made several art cards in the past two weeks.  This time I made a very small quilt -- 4x6.  I used my technique which I do in larger paintings, small giblets of fabric held in place with tulle and stitching.  Since I am not framing and matting, I used a traditional binding which is glued with Aleene's fabric glue.  The quilts are mounted on the sugar cane cards with acid free glue spots.  Glue spots are the greatest!  I get them in the scrap booking aisle.  There is no wrinkling or warping of the card!  These cards are thank you notes for family members.  The Strathmore cards are made of sugar cane and are smooth, ivory.  The glue spots are made by Elmers, Craft Bond.

Longhorn Steer

I delivered my Longhorn Steer to the Circle Art Gallery in Llano.  Robin is just a hoot.  If you have never met her, you are missing something.  She runs a very nice gallery in Llano.  It is just on the edge of being Southwestern or Western without crossing over too much.  It is just so Texan -- and that is why I fit so well in there.  Most of the artists are from the area.  While I was there approximately 8 couples walked throught and one bought a small card.  It was so nice to see so many people walking around.  Robin has already sold three of my things.  Maybe she will sell some more of them.   It was a wonderful day!