Post Cards coming out

I am pushing post cards since they are due by 12-15-06. They are very small art pieces
but they have ideas I can enlarge and go further.

I sent a message to quiltart.com that I wanted to pass on to those of you who read my blog
The subject is inspiration and art themes.
Inspiration comes in an instant and when you least expect it. It impels you to see the idea.
It begins with fabric and then it grows as you see that creative idea blossom.-- never knowing where it will take you. There is a special joy for you to suddenly yes- there it is. It comes in a
dream and you wake and there it is- it wont go away.

Art Themes are sometimes easy and sometimes hard. I believe for me art themes come easy from those "dreams". I find for me abstract challenges are difficult to visualize since my mind
works best in reality than the abstract. Visits to the Guggenheim Museum or the Whitney in NYC display more abstract or modern art and each time I find them difficult to appreciate. Yet the art at the Metropolitan Museum in NYC or the National Gallery in Washington DC reveals paintings which are beautiful. Art themes work best in those areas where your creative inspiration thrives.

Post Card Fall Tree#2 11-2006

This is the second one of the "Fall Tree" series. In reality it is the first one I made.
The inspiration came from a walk around the Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park NY
where the fall trees were raining down leaves. I tried photographing it but the
raining effect just didnt come out as I had visualized it. It seems to me this could be
expanded into a Journal Quilt for November with the falling leaves floating down. 

Post Cards Fall Tree 11-2006

This is another example of postcards going out in the next swap- Post L'Arte 4. This will be
done as a series. Let me know which one you prefer. Ultimately they will all be going out but I
intended on keeping a few of my better ones for the web site.-- www.jeanneoberrieth.com 

Fall Leaf Post Card 11-2006

I just started my post cards for the Post L'Arte round 4 and came up with a quandry. I dont know which one I like better. A and C were done with light backgrounds and one bar of black. B' was done with black as the background and the light accent fabric as the bar. Also B' has been outlined in gold accent thread where the other two have not. So here is question- which one do you like- A' - B' - or C'?

Been Busy

Its been a while since I came by. This last month I started a new job that is filled with tension and stress. It has taken all this time to relax with it and feel that I can cope. Now on the weekend I can devote myself again to sewing. I completed my monthly journal quilt for October. This has been an effort to make all 10 of them different. Personally I thought that would push me ahead creatively. The "Walk in the Woods" is developing an original artistic rendition instead of using just my photography.
At present there is an enlargement of my echinecia's (from the garden)-- it measures 30" x 28" and it takes time till I see where I want it to go. I start it and then go back and work a little more and walk away and see if I like it. I'm sure there are others of you who use that artistic method. "Dandeneau's Garden" was like that. Its almost there.
Post cards are due for another swap group and is on my table to get started. My quilting- and creative sewing projects are good medicine for me. I keep coming back to them.
Let me know what you think of the the last two.

A Walk in the Woods- Journal Quilt Challenge 10-2006

I'm late for this one but the inspiration came last weekend when my son and his wife came by. We were walking in the woods with the 4 dogs and I saw bits of this piece. It came together after a few days.- sort of works on the brain. I hope you like it.