2022 Lakeshore Exhibition

Two weeks ago we had our exhibition. This normally occurs every two years, but due to COVID it's been 3 years since our last one. The guild turned 50 last year and since it's a big milestone we didn't want to miss, we decided to do a 50+1 celebration.

Our guild members went all out with advertisements this year. We made the front page of the Montreal Gazette with a full page article in color. You can read the article online here.

We even made it on the local city tv news. My sister came and helped out filming short clips for us as I was busy doing demos.

(click post to see the video below)

Here I am demoing chipwork on the Contrast Color Wheel. I had loads of fun chatting with all the visitors. I even brought my Astrolabe. I'll have to make sure it's framed for the next exhibition.

I submitted a few pieces to the show. I realized as I was going through my finished pieces how many need to be "finished". I'll have to work on that. Still, I'm happy with what I put in.

None of my pieces won anything, but when you see the best in show you'll understand. The quality of stitching this year was amazing!

I have so many media files to get through. I have a video I took of the entire exhibition that needs to be edited and uploaded. I'll share a link once it's ready so you can see the full show.

August TUSAL

I'm late for TUSAL. I blame the long weekend. Now that the Astrolabe is done, I'm hoping that next month's report will have more color. Although I can't remember where that strand of red/orange came from. 

Ove the long weekend, I've framed up a new Japanese embroidery piece in anticipation of a class we're holding in November. Right now I'm mainly doing outline stitches in white (on white fabric) so there's not much to see, but I'll share a picture soon with my color choices. 

I've also been working on the Contrast Color Wheel, putting in the metal thread portion of it. I'm trying to get it to a state that it would look nice for observers as I'm doing demonstrations at our local guild exhibition. 

Please come by if you're local. I'll be there both days but demonstrating on Saturday between 10am and noon. I'll also have a few pieces entered in the exhibition. Sadly not the Astrolabe as it won't be framed in time, but there will be lots of other pretty things to see. For those not local, my guild is putting together a video tour (filmed by yours truly) and it will be shared on social media. I will share a link when it becomes available.