Embroidered Collage

Sunday was definitely a productive meeting of The Fiber Alliance, with seven of us there.  Unfortunately Terri couldn't make it to remind us all to send updated pictures for the website.  I know I'm guilty there...  But it's not the online aspect of the group that's important, but rather the in person part.

I showed my autumnal piece and asked specifically about where the viewers eyes went, since I'd had those doubts about the lighter area.  A couple ladies did look at the trees first, but the rest, who looked at the lighter area first, said that even though they entered the image there, then their eyes moved over to the trees and around the picture.  The spot that disturbed me is actually helping with eye movement!  That came as a pleasant and interesting surprise.

I loved hearing about Sue Andrus's beginnings of success with selling her art full time and how it was shifting her perspective when she didn't have another job to go to and Tina Marie Rey had news of a number of pieces accepted into national quilt shows.  Carol showed us a whole binder full of abstraction drawings for a new project, growing into a series, that she was very excited about and Sue K. brought in a work in progress piece, her fourth following a geometric idea that she had really gotten into.

It's just an encouraging and inspiring group all around and I'm always glad when I go, even though it usually involves a two hour drive.