Crosscurrents: Day 3

Day 3:  still designing and constructing units.  I should be starting to consider how these will all fit together, but I feel like I still need to construct one or two more units (and maybe a few mini-ones) before putting them all together. 
We crossed the halfway point of the workshop today (Day 3), and everyone's work is amazing..Here's a quick look at my progress thus far . . . no more words; I need to sleep!

Day 3:  everything constructed thus far

A remake of my first unit from Day One

Day 3:  A line of vertical tucks with surprise color bits

Tomorrow is Day 4.  It's going to be a good one!  After our class, Jean (Wells) has invited all of us to her house for dinner, followed by "show and tell."  Then at 8pm, it's the season premiere of Oregon Art Beat.   Half of this episode is a feature  story about Jean and her contributions to the quilting world.  I can say that I was there at the film shoot (along with other members of our Intuitive Color and Design Group) and had the privilege of participating!

Filming of an Oregon Art Beat Episode

Jean Wells during filming for "Oregon Art Beat"

OPB's (Oregon Public Broadcasting) show Oregon Art Beat will feature a story this coming Fall on Jean Wells Keenan:  quilt artist, educator, designer, author, shop owner, founder of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, and recent inductee into the Quilters Hall of Fame in Indiana.

I'm in another quilt group with Jean, along with three other Fiberexplorations members.  We call it the ICD (Intuitive Color & Design) group.  Half of the members are from Salem, and half from the Sisters/Bend area.  The group came together after its members took Jean's Intuitive Color & Design class, Levels I and II (each class met monthly at her shop, the Stitchin' Post, in Sisters).   After working together for 10 months, all of us wanted to continue meeting and working together, as did Jean, so we're continuing our exploration of intuitive quilting, along with improving our critiquing skills.

So when Jean got the call about  Oregon Art Beat, she decided to invite the ICD group to participate.  Because teaching is one of the key activities that keeps her inspired and "fills the creative well," as Jean says, it was important to include that as part of her story.   When we met at her shop on July 19 for filming, we each brought an unfinished project to be critiqued.

When it was my turn, I went to my project on the wall and began explaining what I was planning .  In her very skillful way, Jean led the discussion that centered on the elements of design, and others chimed in with remarks and suggestions.  It seemed like a normal ICD group session, as long as I ignored the huge camera lens positioned a mere 6" inches from my face, and the hand-held mike poised above my head.   The 3-person crew included one of my favorite OPB personalities, Katrina Sarson (love her voice!)

Me, during the critique of my piece (Jean looks on)

Jean did a great job, of course, and never missed a beat.  After more than 2 hours of filming, she treated us to lunch while she and the OPB crew moved on to her home studio (with its incredible view of the Cascades). There, they filmed the second part of the story:  We'll have to stay tuned to OPB this Fall to see what transpired!