Sunday, August 18, 2013

Roy Winner, Play Date & Great News!


The winner of the VIOLET Challenge Fabric is... Cindi!

Congratulations, Cindi...if you would please email me (threadborn@gmail.com) with your mailing address I'll get this piece of fabric off to you soon.

I thought I'd also post a few photos from Thursday's play date with my friend, Kathy S. This is the second annual studio play date with Kathy. Last year, we did gelatin plate printing. This year, we made animals.

Kathy's been an admirer of my wrapped wire animals for a while now. She keeps asking, When is the book coming out? This time, I had to tell her...well I guess it will be my second book! For those of you who don't know, I just got a book contract with Quarry Books! The book will feature creating fabrics using supplies from the kitchen. The title: Fabric Printing at Home: Quick and Easy Fabric Design Using Fresh Produce and Found Objects. Publication date is October 2014. I'm very excited, nervous and will be very busy...as the book has to be written by mid-December! Needless to say, I will be on hiatus from many activities over the next four months (but will continue teaching classes).

But I digress...
Kathy decided that she wanted to make a giraffe after seeing my green giraffe with the sweet face. I also made a giraffe to show her the step-by-step.


Kathy's giraffe
And once again, Kathy provided a scrumptious lunch (with help from her equally talented daughter, Abby!). She even brought the bouquet of flowers for the table!

We had steak salad.


Brownie pie with whipped cream as well as fruit salad so we didn't seem completely decadent!


Kathy managed to get her giraffe completed with the exception of sewing on the bead eyes. We decided that he was definitely the Male of the family!

Kathy's orange and blue giraffe.
What a great time we had!

12 comments:

  1. Congratulations Cindi,you will love the fabric , Julie's fabrics are really beautiful.
    Congratulations on the book contract Julie, sounds like a lot of work but waiting to see it.
    Its been great looking for Roy G Biv.

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    1. Thanks, Maya. Jennifer and I are planning to start Roy again in January, giving us all a little time to build up our archives of color. Yes, I'm very excited about the book...a dream that is finally coming true! I'll be hopping over to your blog to keep up with your beautiful stitched work.

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    2. Until January then, but I'll be in touch via our blogs.

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    3. Yes, please stay in touch. I plan to keep blogging and so enjoy seeing your work.

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  2. I'm so tickled about the fabric. and a big congratulations on your book contract. That is VERY exciting.

    But if you post many more of those luscious food pictures, you may have to start posting recipes as well! :-)

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    1. I'm so glad that you won the fabric, Cindi! Enjoy it. I'm super excited about the book contract and nervous about the timing...but it will get done.

      The beauty and deliciousness of the food in this post is all due to my foodie friend, Kathy! But, I do find that I have a love of photographing produce! Jennifer and I will be starting Roy again in January and hope you'll join in again then.

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  3. What a joy-full post! Many congratulations on your book contract...I'm sure that your frequent blog posts & regular newsletters have been wonderful preparation for meeting even a tight deadline. Good luck - and don't forget to take a moment to celebrate the contract before diving into the next phase!

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    1. Thanks, Lisa! I am hoping that the discipline of having to get the Newsletter out each month has me well-enough trained. I'm trying to get as organized as possible in preparation for the big push. And yes..there are plans in the works for a celebratory dinner!

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  4. Fabulous news Julie - congratulations! With fingers crossed for a smooth writing schedule...

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    1. Thanks, Fiona. Hoping that it will go smoothly, without too much stress!

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  5. Congratulations Julie! Having to write a book in just four months is quite a challenge but I'm sure the results will be wonderful. I just read about it in your newsletter too. It will be one of those books one simply needs to have.

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    1. Hi Ersi- I feel so neglectful of this blog..no posts this past week. In the studio all weekend making samples. Problem is...probably can't post much about them as they'll be in the book! Thanks for your encouragement.

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