Lesley Stenning (from Smidgebox) In Repose

I vividly remember doing this drawing. I packed this wood canvas (not so little) and my coloured pencils to Los Angeles, believe it or not!  My husband and I go to LA every year for E3. It’s a huge video game conference, kind of like Quilt Con but on steroids. Some years I go into the conference and see the show floor. Some years I don’t. This particular year,  June 2012, well, it wasn’t a show year for me. Instead I hung out at the hotel and drew this… and I loved it. To me, being able to work in a way where your attention is undivided, well, it was like a vacation and I relished it.

The night before drawing this I attended an LA Modern Quilt Guild meeting. I had been to one of their meetings the year before. Each time I had a great visit with Latifah Saafir, one of the founders of MQG. Sadly since then E3 and LAMQG’s meetings haven’t lined up. It’s too bad! I loved seeing what those modern peeps were up to. Plus visiting Sew Modern was an added bonus, the store where the LA MQG meetings are held.

For a door prize, that year, I donated a small drawing. They decided instead of giving it away they were going to put it up at Sew Modern. It’s an incredible store, if you’re in LA, it’s a must stop shop! If you’re ever there let me know if you see the drawing!

At 12″ high, 24″ wide and 2″ deep, this is one of my larger pieces.It’s called, “In Repose” and of course it’s drawn from Lesley Stenning’s gorgeous stash.

Oh and how could I forget, these photo’s were taken by the fabulous Reaenne Schachter!