Look for my leaf 12 x 12 inch quilt [April, 2013 post] on the SAQA website and on SAQA's Pinterest page!  I donated it as a fund-raising piece for SAQA's annual auction.  Studio Art Quilt Associates is a wonderful organization that supports art quilt artists through education, scholarships, traveling exhibits, and more. 

Some of the small quilts will be auctioned at Houston's fall International Quilt Festival, but most will be available for auction via computer in early September.  Check out their website:  SAQA.com for information about the organization, and all of the opportunities for viewing quilts and instructions on how to bid during their auction to own a unique small art quilt created by a SAQA artist!

May's theme for our Art Chick's group is:  ferns!  Luckily, May is the month when ferns of all types and sizes unfurl from the warming soil and spring forth as swords of many ilks and greens!  I took a photo walk in my garden recently, and decided that I'd change the gorgeous verdant leaves to black and white.  This art piece was created with fern fronds as a monoprint/sunprint, using thinned black Setacolor transparent paint on PFD white fabric.  I then thread-sketched over the negative prints of the ferns themselves, and added outline quilting to hint at the movement of the ferns in the breezes that blow through our Pacific Northwest on a fairly constant basis.  So, black + white or in living color, these ferns are an annual sign that spring has sprung and summer is not far behind.