Holiday Party

We always have a holiday party at Marilyn's.  She really decorates the house beautifully.  It is a pot luck, of course, and always delicious.  This year was no exception.  After dinner, we adjourn upstairs to Marilyn's music studio and share gifts.  This year the group decided that each of us would bring 6 6" squares of our hand-dyed fabric.  It should be noted that almost no one followed these directions.   Instead, there was dupioni silk and lengths of other fabric and larger pieces of dyed fabric, special ribbons and thread.  Everyone was pleased with their gift.

Adrienne Simpson, Marilyn's daughter arrived with professional photo equipment, lights, umbrellas for the lights, etc. and shot this great photo of all of us.  OK, really Renee wasn't there - sunning herself in Costa Rica, but we missed her, and she was there in spirit, so I did a little photoshop work.

Laura Fogg wins at Houston

Laura received a third place ribbon in the Pictorial Category for her quilt called Girona Portal.  Way to go Laura.

Art from the Heart

Redwood Valley was hit particularly hard by the firestorm that raged through our area last month.  Laura Fogg has contributed art as have many other artists.  Here's the information from Laura:

Tickets and all of the artwork will be at the Corner Gallery after Nov 5. Please buy early and buy often. It's a drawing, not an auction, so one ticket will win each separate piece. You get to put your tickets into whichever envelopes you choose.

Love and thanks,  Laura

Laura Fogg is in a show in Willits - Seven Kinds of Wonderful

Creative Strength Training

Everyone in our group has decided to take Jane Dunnewald's online class Creative Strength Training.  Luckily for us, Jane was teaching a Complex cloth class (which Laura took) and was available for dinner.  So thanks that Holly has a house on the coast and made arrangements with Jane for dinner and we all contributed to a delicious potluck and a lively discussion and sharing with Jane.  It was a beautiful evening.