Woodland Travels Instead

I know that I said last month that the Blue Moon tapestry was the one that would go on tour this year with the Art Mobile of Montana. Sara came to pick it up today and we looked through all the tapestries and decided that Woodland would be better. It is more representational and maybe the kids will relate to it more. So, I'm pretty sure that next week it will be traveling already. The more I learn about the program, the happier I am to be involved in it and have a piece in the traveling exhibit to the rural schools of the state. I know how important my early art exposure was to how I progressed so I can really see the need for these extra programs. I went to school in Chicago and the art education was wonderful back when I was growing up and that changed my life.

The poncho is done for over a week already. I ended up with the first Lion Brand pattern and added extra rows to make it longer. It draped the best.

I also finished the last of 3 small tapestries that I had on the loom and started to make some matching bands for a purse to go with one of the new tapestries. These small tapestries were a great experience because it was very much like sketching and being able to experiment because the time involved was not long. Now I'm thinking of working on a larger piece for the winter and incorporating some of the new ideas that I've worked out in these last few small ones. It'll take me a little while to design but that will be my next major project and on the side, I'll make up a couple more purses.

The weather is definitely turning to fall. We even had some snow this week and the mountains are beautiful with the snow on them. I'm looking forward to some hiking this weekend!