I'll be exhibiting three quilts: Verdi's Wheel, Medicine Quilt I:The Pileated Woodpecker, and The Postman.
Dallas Quilt Celebration 2015
Dallas Market Hall, March 13-15, 2015
Fri & Sat 10-5, Sun 12-5
www.quiltersguildofdallas.org
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Please come if you can make it!
I'll be exhibiting three quilts: Verdi's Wheel, Medicine Quilt I:The Pileated Woodpecker, and The Postman. Dallas Quilt Celebration 2015 Dallas Market Hall, March 13-15, 2015 Fri & Sat 10-5, Sun 12-5 www.quiltersguildofdallas.org The time for seasonal shopping is at hand and I will be at the First United Methodist Church in The Colony, Texas for their Annual Harvest Craft Bazaar. The date falls this coming weekend. If you can make the date and time, please feel free to come out and visit. Other crafters will be present and the event is held both rain or shine. FYI: I will not be selling quilts nor some wall hangings. Also there are three discount bins. Anything you find in them are priced at $25. New digs for this year are a variety of hand made soft form dolls. Check out my website for details in Current Work 2014 under Dolls 2014. And as ever, stay hungry and curious.
Location: FUMC Harvest Craft Bazaar 4901 Paige Road, The Colony, Texas 75056 When: Saturday, October 4, 2014 Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Directions: http://fumctc.org/about/directions/ Hope to see you there, ~N.A. Jones The long arm is set up and I'm after myself to quilt a top that has been sitting for about five years. I deserve to see it completed. Shooting for the end of the month with binding complete along with tagging. I plan on carrying it in the amount of varied stock I'll display this fall. Although the quilt will be available on Etsy after photographing.
For the top I'm shooting for a blend between custom quilting and an overall pattern. Feathers and McTavishing as it were, the blend I saw in a friends work was striking to the eye and fun to follow. I hope to render the same sense of light heartedness. Meanwhile the house templates are coming all very comfortably. I have four left and after the next two I may go straight into production. I bought fine detailed Sharpe pens to make rendering detail fun and loose. I like where I'm headed even as far as switching to muslin in the long run. I love the paper backed fabric so much that I had a memory. It was of a paper store in Dallas. The place is huge. I learned about it from Sharon Grant in book making class for graduate school. Tons of papers from around the world. I remembered that they have a selection of fine Japanese fabrics backed on to paper as well. Yes, a bit out of my price range right now for a sheet smaller than the 60" wide, $1 a yard I proffered at C&C fabric in the Harry Hines District. I'm up for a field trip eventually, but I should have my measurements down cold for the house I want to make. I'd hate to buy to little and be stuck to glue and paper to finish out neatly. Still excited at the smaller projects. Fascination machines and time to breathe. I seem to be keeping a steady pace. I'm wondering about taking time off. Maybe of one venue/style to another form of working. Just for the sake of not getting rusty. A friend to time off of art for a year he told me. That was before he looked for a job in the field. I also took a break, more of chance and circumstance, but right now I'm fearing burning out. Maybe I'm just tired and need sleep. I am looking into the wide mouth of Christmas and hoping not to get swallowed in the craft pace to meet the season game face on. I have my obligation and revamping the shop thorough broadening my perspective is one. Careful selections of task for one and keeping it all simple. I've been taking a long cold hard stare at my studio this past year and the bottom line is I want to experiment and eventually polish for sale. From what I am discovering, the avant garde approaches I tend to take are not completely lost in the commercial arena. Sometimes they blossom and yes, sometimes they fail. In preparation for new tactics, sketches and patterns I've been developing, I'll need to create space. Thus a sale on everything in stock, listed and unlisted. Everything has been discounted to below 60% or more for the cost conscious and artisan collector in us all. The prices at the Etsy shop have been changed to reflect that.
I've got several wall hangings and quilt tops I've made in the past four years. Some are quilted, some not. I am prepping to long arm the incomplete endeavors starting in January. No custom quilting will be done, but simple overall patterns including a meander and stippling. If you are interested in a preview look at the tops, email me at [email protected]. I'll photograph everything in the trunk and post a slideshow. If you are interested, just reserve something you like by email. I'll prioritize accordingly. The tops to be quilted range from a full to a king are priced between $300 and $500. I've got more than four quilts and an assortment of smaller intimates that may interest you as well. The wall hangings will be priced under $50. Curious? Let me know. BTW: Items posted later, that are not listed in the Etsy shop can be bought via PayPal. 8.25% state tax and shipping costs are assumed by the buyer. Happy Holidays! I'm waiting to hear back from the organizers of the Market. There is a likely chance that next weekend's venue will be cancelled. I sincerely apologize for the late announcement, but I just found out myself. If there is any changes I will be able to let you know in 36 hours. Once matters are concluded and I reschedule for a venue, I will give notice at this blog. Feel free to sign on to the RSS feed or contact me at [email protected] to be put on a permanent mailing address.
Thanks again for you patience. ~N.A. Jones Fisherman's Wharf Cap I've been tinkering with other things than sewing the past month or so. You can see the yield under Cell Line. I just got back into it late last week. I started out with a quick cap that for me is a staple during the wet and/or cold months. Perfect for Spring, Fall and Winter. The caps fits snugly if your head measurement is over 24 inches. It is a progressively fit the smaller the head size. It is primarily geared for adults. I have a few odds and ends left to prepare for the weekend of May 18-19 at the Dallas Handmade Arts Market. Namely price tags and labels. I will not be bringing any two dimension works with me. Only fabric items will be available. If you are interested in the two dimensional items, please contact me at [email protected]. As promised, the quilt I was working on the long arm. This one is also from my earlier forays into applique and working with the modified designs from Native American trade blankets. I am still in the process of translating the woven design into piecework I can use in my quilts. The running points on either side of this lap quilt were taken form the books I studied a few years ago. I look forward to delving back into that activity soon. One real goal is also translating my sketch into quilts. Medicine Quilts, my own idea, is apart of unifying both ventures I hope to begin to make into reality sometime this year. Their are some changes going on at the Dallas Handmade Arts Market, because of this, my anticipated April venue, may change. I hope to have information for you soon. Please bear with me, because I'd love to see you. Hope you are well and continue to do something creative! It's February, supply runs are complete and I'm in the studio with the long arm. I started in on an abstract butterfly quilt today. The size is suitable for a twin bed or better for a lap quilt on a cold night. Prep time went easy and she'll be off the boards by Thursday due to intermediate plans. The date is for April and I'll have a slightly larger spot than last time. The space will come in hand and give us more room to spread out the beautiful quilts. Hope to see you a the Dallas Handmade Arts Market at the new venue! Happy New Year! I'm back in the studio after a break. My plans for this coming month is to quilt four or five quilts in time for my next stint at the Dallas Handmade Arts Market. I will have the dates set in the next few days. When I do, you will be hearing from me to let you know. Provided my work schedule and minus any hazards, I'll be posting pictures of the quilts after they are completed as an advanced showing as to what will be at the Arts Market. If they pique your interest online, come down and take a look in person.
I pulled photos, worked them and finally loaded on to Etsy. You'll also find an addition to the Yellow Tantine list. There is a black one. And of course since the last I posted here, the green Tantine is completed and also photographed. Please enjoy the spread and feel free to look on Etsy for the descriptions. All will be following me to the last minute Christmas show, so if you see something you like,speak up because it may be gone just in time for the Holidays.
Still chuggin away over here with a second series started for the New Year. The impetus is the Dallas Handmade Arts Market. I've got a slot for December, so I'm trying to bulk up a little bit with the purse stock while prepping the pictures for transport and sale. With that in mind I've finished two more Motley Harlequins. I will be photographing them in a week hopefully. Next on the slot to complete are two Tantines. Both of these are predominantly green though the decorative motif is multicolored in varied fabrics. Ichthyos is slotted for a second run come January or February. The motif will be changing but the size will not. If it is your favorite, don't worry, the motif is not retired. It will return with different colors another run.
With that I bid you adieu. Be blessed this turkey day, patient and helpful. Welcome to the blog for the shop Constantine1983! I am looking forward to getting to know you as much as you want to know about the shop. Hopefully the creativity will come through the grit and sweat in and about the shop. Meanwhile feel free to look around this site and the Etsy site, if you have any question please let me know.
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