Searching for Roy G Biv 4: "Old Town" Blues Update #7

I took my camera with me on Tuesday, on a trip to one of my favorite color-collecting places....Old Town Alexandria (Virginia).

There were "signs" of BLUE everywhere...

And this interesting flag...I wonder what it represents...

A subtle BLUE...

And a glorious BLUE sky!

Where did you find your BLUES?

Post up to five BLUE photos today and leave a comment here and/or at Jennifer Coyne Qudeen's blog. We'll link to your post for our monthly Roy blog hop! I'll be posting updates through Saturday, May 23.

Jennifer has her usual marvelous collection BLUES! Love the horse, drawing and water reflections.

Lisa at arzigogolare is getting "up close and personal" with Hydrangea BLUES!

Fiona at Paper Ponderings has some Thursday Thoughts on the importance of Play and some BLUE experiments...I want some of those fabrics :)!

Fran at At the End of the Day has some "heavenly" BLUES...love that "sheepish" BLUE!

Susan and Elizabeth at PGFiber2Art were feeling the BLUES today with a wonderful selection...love the yarn bombing!

Mary Ann at Blue Sky Dreaming is "musing" about BLUES. Ooo...love that BLUE bowl too! ...and how it seems to reappear in your art piece.

Lynda at Bloom, Bake & Create is having lots of fun experimenting with BLUE! I love those cloth napkins!

Maya at Take Diversion gives us some Indian BLUES in unexpected places.

Margaret at Charlton Stitcher is featuring some "true" BLUES. Please revisit Margaret's post...I screwed up the link and it is now correct...so sorry!

Cathy at Bucolic Dreaming is joining the Search for the first time...Welcome! She shares some vibrant BLUES from her studio.

Linda Stokes has a selection of rich BLUES. I especially love the hand printed fabrics.

Sharmon Davidson has some wild BLUES! Love the blue jays and the strange (but fabulous) blue head!

Roxanne at Ideas in Cloth is pondering her BLUES.


Want to join in for the rest of the year as we follow the colors of the rainbow...and beyond?

Here are the dates for Searching for ROY G BIV Round #4 -2015
June 18: Indigo
July 16: Violet
August 20: Brown
September 17: Metallic Gold
October 15: Gray
November 19: Pink
December17: Blogger's Choice

Roy Reminder....Blue this Thursday!

Jennifer has already posted her reminder...so here is mine too!

We have another month of Roy G Biv coming up this Thursday, May 21..the color is BLUE! Post up to 5 BLUE photos that day and leave a comment here or on Jennifer's blog and we'll link to your post for a colorful blog hop! Come on, it's fun!!

Searching for Roy G Biv III: Blue Update #3

It's the third Thursday and this month the search brings us to the color BLUE.

A trip to Old Town Alexandria, Virginia and a walk along King Street I found BLUE everywhere...

Where did you find BLUE this month?

Join in our colorful blog hop! Post up to 5 BLUE photos and leave a comment here or on Jennifer Coyne Qudeen's blog. I'll continue to update this post through Saturday, May 17th.

Looking forward to seeing lots of BLUES!
Check out my partner-in-Roy, Jennifer's BLUES that run the gamut from kiddie coaster to luscious threads.
Jill at Recycled Daze has some sky BLUES (I'll be visiting Monticello next week!).
Maya at Million Little Stitches has Vishnu BLUES.
Fiona at Paper Ponderings has transportable BLUE.
Liz Davidson is dreaming in BLUE.

Lisa at arzigogolare spent a day looking up at ever-changing BLUES.
Susan at Flying Dog Studio has Seattle BLUES.
Sharmon Davidson has some breath-taking BLUES.

BLUE is a go-to color for artist, Mary Ann at Blue Sky Dreaming (it's even in the name of her blog!)

Margaret at Charlton Stitcher has some gentle ocean BLUES.

 Joan sent along this beautiful night sky BLUE. A friend of hers took this photo (shared with permission) called, Moon Shadow.

Next month it's INDIGO on Thursday, June 18th.

Roy Reminder: Feelin' the Blues

Just a reminder that next Thursday it's time for another round of Roy! As you can probably guess, we've made it to BLUE on the color spectrum.

To play along, post up to 5 BLUE photos on Thursday, May 15 and leave a comment here or on Jennifer Coyne Qudeen's blog. We will link to your post. It's lots of fun...a very colorful blog hop!

Blue Patch

Stitching.

Looking through.

Breezy.

Finished.

More to do.

And the Winner is... And Another Roy Update

Maya! Congratulations for winning this month's Roy G Biv Challenge fabric. I will send it off to you soon.

Next month's color is Indigo...a tricky one. I will leave that open to your interpretation! Post your photos on Thursday, July 18 (third Thursday). Don't worry...I always send a little reminder.

We've been busy creating down here in Savannah and having fun celebrating my parent's 60th anniversary. I will post more soon.

This just in...due to funky computer scheduling Ersi's entry was a late comer...but is well worth a special visit to see her evocative blues. Please check them out!

Another late entry but please take a look at these beautiful blues from Carol at Barnacle Goose Paperworks.

Searching for Roy G Biv II: Blue Update #2

 I've been having quite a relationship with the color BLUE this month! Lots of painted and printed BLUE fabrics for projects and to sell. My contribution to the Search this month had me looking back to an amazing outdoor sculpture I discovered during a morning walk in San Francisco on a brilliant BLUE day.

The Search also includes photos from my recent walk around the streets of Old Town Alexandria in Virginia on a VERY rainy day (my sandals are still drying out!).

Two inviting places to sit.

A blue still life in a wonderful tea shop on Union Street.

Love this shutter--all askew.

The ubiquitous hydrangea, enjoying a good dousing of rain.

 If you are new to the Search for Roy (the colors of the rainbow), it's a little game that Jennifer Q and I came up with in the spring of 2012. Each month, we search for a particular color of the rainbow. This month it happens to be BLUE. Post up to five BLUE photos (it's okay if you do more) and leave a comment here or at Jennifer's blog and we will link to your blog. Or if you don't have a blog, send your photos to me in an email and I will post them for you here. You have until Saturday, June 22 (midnight Eastern USA time) to post.

 In addition, each month I create a Challenge Fabric in the color of the month. Here is my BLUE fabric.

By playing along, you have the opportunity to win this fabric in a drawing on Sunday, June 23.

Hope to see lots of BLUE today!

Check out the BLUES happenin' at Jennifer's blog this month (she's been having a love affair with BLUE and boy does it show!).

Deb at saltbushstitch was an early bird this month, posting her BLUES a day early!

Charlton Stitcher has a delightful tour of BLUE from her recent trip to Scotland.

Kim at Letting in the Light has an eclectic selection of BLUES and one in particular that is dear to her heart (congratulations, Kim!)

Fiona at Paper Ponderings has a thought-provoking BLUE.   

Liz has a deep twilight BLUE that draws you in.

Maya has an assortment of cobalt BLUES...but I can't get over that fish! 

Cindi at The Organic Manic joined the Search this month. She found herself surrounded by BLUE...which happens to be one of her favorite colors. 

Lisa at arzigogolare has joined in with some up-in-the-air and earthly BLUES.
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Searching for Roy on a Rainy Day

I was down in Old Town Alexandria for a meeting with my group, F.I.N.E. (Fiber in Nearly Everything). 

Old Town is a great place to walk around...lots of color, texture...little secluded gardens. So after the meeting and lunch, I went for a walk with my friend Ann in search of Roy (blue to be exact).

I did find some blue which I'm saving for Thursday...though searching for blue on such a gray and very rainy day was a bit challenging. Also a challenge was taking the photos themselves, trying to balance my umbrella under my chin and at times shooting photos one-handed (a skill I've gotten quite adept at!).

Along with blue, I found the full spectrum in a window display of tile...

and a cheery grouping of pin wheels.

I finished the blue Challenge fabric last night. Hand painted, salted then printed with a Confectioner's sugar resist and finally printed with fabric paint with some hand painted details. This fabric will go to a lucky participant in Thursday's Search for blue. Hope you plan to take part (tell others...the more the merrier!).

New Fabrics and Roy Reminder

I've been spending a lot of time the past couple of weeks creating new fabric designs. Some fabrics have been for my new project, Crossroads. This week I focused on getting some fabrics ready to sell at my cooperative gallery, Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery. I've been having a lot of fun working with blues, aquas, and purples and using my Confectioner's sugar resist recipe.

I took my camera out to get some different views.

This is also an opportunity to remind you that this Thursday, June 20, is the next installment of the Searching for Roy G Biv Challenge (the colors of the rainbow). BLUE is the color of the month...which seems fitting as I've been creating a lot of blue fabrics! If you're not familiar with the Challenge, click here for more information. Hope you can join in this month!

The finished fabric packets.

Favorite Blocks

 Today, I was back in the studio making a few new hot glue blocks.

These are some of my favorite blocks to make. They are very versatile. You can use them to print directly or to do a brayer rubbing. When you print with them they have a very distinctive look.

My goal today was to create more blue fabrics for one of the Crossroads pieces. I did a base layer of paint yesterday. Today, after creating a few new hot glue blocks, I did some rubbings using a Confectioner's Sugar resist. This is the technique I used to make some of the fabrics here , here and here.

Tomorrow, I'll paint over the resist layer. I'm realizing I'm going to need a lot of fabric for this new piece.