After Weems the commission is finished

I finished! And they loved it and picked it up. I haven't seen it in situ yet and will take pictures when I do.

Here are some in progress picture. Before I sew in all the ends and after, so my pieces are all reversible and easy to clean. And some finished pictures too!

It was interesting that they wanted a dawn sky and this was at the same time as the thread in the Tapestry on line group about dawn versus sunset. I also am not a dawn person , love those conveniently timed sunsets though. After trying unsuccessfully to capture a dawn sky, ( it's hard to aim the camera when you are asleep) the clients sent their own pictures which was the basis for the sky, and a landscape view from the deck attached to the room the piece will go in was the inspiration for the landscape. The whole circle element is only 9 inches in diameter so the scale was small, and the whole piece is 54" x 46".

many delays but much accomplished

Yes ,after the delays of getting ready for a 3 day indoor Art Show, The Weems ArtFest in mid November and then doing the show then recovering and getting the studio back into some shape I was able to finish the 2cd commission.

Here on the left is a picture of my apprentice Ruth in the booth after set up. She was such great help, not only assisting in the lugging and set up but also coming on Sunday to give me a break. My other two apprentices also came to give me breaks on Friday and Saturday. All in all it was an excellent show , met lots of people with new houses and empty walls and sold 2 big pieces, ( the one to Ruth's left on the top was one of them). It was my 6th year and as lucrative as ever not to mention the fun of pal ing around with my booth neighbors who I get to see once a year as they keep the artists in the same place year after year.

On the right ,a picture of the other side of the booth.