Those crazy, wonderful women in Sub Q!

Ann Turley and I co-lead an amazing group of art quilters in our group called Subterranean Quilters, or Sub-Q as we call it. We meet once a month and do a variety of art quilting projects and challenges. Every other month we have a play day and one of the members chooses a method or technique for us to try. This month was Phyllis's month to host and she did an amazing job, thanks Phyllis! She organized the day, bought all the supplies for class and jump started our adventure. The day was so much fun painting as we painted on some long pieces of primed canvas, a super fun class conceived by Jamie Fingal and Leslie Tucker Jenison. The finished piece are then cut it up and shared with all the artists after it was over. The meeting was at my house where we set up the tables on the lawn area and we all brought food and swim suits (NO MEN ALLOWED) so we could cool off while the paint dried. It was so much fun moving around the canvas, painting everywhere, all over. We started out painting large shapes with a few colors, then moved to more detailed shapes and different colors with smaller brushes and so on and so on until we were happy with it and called it done. We then counted the people and divided up the piece amongst ourselves. We each ended up with a large piece that we can make into any different things. I sat last night and decided to continue to add detail elements to my piece and I love it more and more the more I do. That is always a good thing! LOL The pool felt great as the weather turned hot and muggy so a cool down was in order. Lots of food, burnt pizza, sangria and laughter made this an amazingly fun, relaxing day! Here are some pictures and some of our final fabulous art!!

Nancy and Marianne were our guests today!

Music helped us keep up our inspiration!

cut up pieces that we shared

Thanks Jamie and Leslie for thinking up this fun class!

Lunch!

This is my piece and after everyone went home, I finished cleaning up, I couldn't wait to continue to play!

I grabbed my new white pens and a black marker and sat down to enjoy the process!

I am not done yet, but this is it so far! I love these art pieces. I think I will do some sketchbook covers and other fun things! Those white pens are amazing! Do you want some? You can find them here
Thanks Phyllis for a great day!