Prints

These were two pieces of greige cloth I dyed green (ages ago.) I wasn't happy with the color so I used the peices as practice sheets as I played around one day with leaf prints.
The leaves are Tansy, Yarrow, Queen Anne's Lace, and a few other bits from around the garden- all printed with textile paints.

I wasn't really happy with that result, so I added a faint monoprint over each using MX dyes with diamond shape bubble wrap on a piece of plexiglass. Better, but they still kicked around in the studio. Recently I was printing blocks for a quilt with a set of silk screens I made up. I decided to add just two prints, each in chocolate brown (MX dye.)
These two pieces seem to be complete at last...

Roses in Bloom

When I need something to cheer me up, I usually need to look no farther than my own backyard.
When I visited the "David Austin Roses" booth at the Philadelphia Flower Show this spring I treated myself to two new roses.
This first soft pink beauty is an English Rose called "Eglantyne." It is named after Eglantyne Jebb, the woman who founded the 'Save The Children Fund.' The blooms are large and have a sweet Old Rose scent.
I almost didn't purchase the second rose here, "Carding Mill." In photos it looked quite orange but I was assured the blooms were apricot. 'Apricot' doesn't begin to describe the beautiful blend of pink, yellow and apricot that make up the color of this flower. And it has that wonderful Myhrr fragrance.

Back In The Studio

Here I am working at my big drafting table in my studio. I'm printing a series of bird blocks for Baby Quilts I'm making in chocolate brown and pink.
Next I'm going to print the same set in teal and chocolate.

Intentions

My brother passed away on August 5th.

There's a little post about him here:

 http://jumpinmillville.blogspot.com/2010/08/remembrances.html

I had planned a vacation at the beginning of August, intending to update my blog when I returned.

I've taken lots of photos and I've gotten back to work in the studio, so I'll be following through and keeping my 'on-line journal' here up dated more often.