Local Color 3 Catalog Available

Thank you to all my old and new friends who came out to the opening reception of the SAQA-CT Local Color 3 exhibit in Westbrook last week.

If you would like to have an exhibition catalog that has images of ALL the works, I have great news. It is now available to order on Amazon. It features full color images of each art quilt in the collection, detail images and artist statements. Participating artists include: Dawn Allen, Kathleen Bagioni, Hope Barton, Christina Blais, Meredith Brooks, Rita Daley-Hannafin, Cher Hurney, Cathey LaBonte, Mary Lachman, Barbara McKie, Clara Nartey, Evelyn Oliver Knight, Judy Ross, Phyllis Small, Kate Themel, Anna Tufankjian, Catherine Whall Smith and Diane Wright.

Here is a link:

https://www.amazon.com/Local-Color-Inspired-Science-Connecticut/dp/1983487074/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1517753096&sr=8-1&keywords=local+color+inspired+by+science

You might even consider ordering two! One for you and one for a friend!   

"Steeped in Stitches" Fiber Arts at the Phelps-Hatheway House in Suffield this Weekend

My art group and I have been busy preparing for our latest exhibit at the Phelps-Hatheway House in Suffield, Connecticut this weekend.  

I think it is odd that I grew up in Suffield, Ohio and have lived in Connecticut for 25+ years and yet only recently met folks from the Connecticut namesake. That's right, back in the 1800's there was a man named Royal Pease who left this state to head to Connecticut-owned-land in the midwest, the so-called "Connecticut Western Reserve". He settled about 60 miles south of Cleveland in Portage County and named his settlement Peasetown.  Later this town would be renamed Suffield. 

On this map the Connecticut Reserve is shown. It was also known as the Western Reserve. 

Suffield, Ohio is just south of Brimfield, Ohio and yes, you guessed it---folks from Brimfield, Massachusetts settled that region. And, of course, as you might guess, that region of northeast Ohio has many other towns with names of the New England counterparts like Amherst and Hudson.

Phelps-Hatheway House and Garden
55 South Main Street
Suffield, CT
"Steeped in Stitches" 
Saturday September 12th 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday, September 13th 10 am - 4 pm

Schedule includes:

• Quilt Raffle
• Lectures
• Book signing Saturday @ 2:00 p.m.
• Gift Baskets
• Unique items for sale in the gift shop

Meet Us Saturday at the Hartford Public Library