Nov. 1- Picked 4 leaves from my maple tree, scanned and printed them onto the card stock.
Nov. 2- Cut out 4 paper positives and 4 negatives from the scanned leaves on card stock.
Nov. 3-Sorted fabrics and dyed some of the cotton fabric. Cut fabrics into retangular patches measuring 8x9 1/2".
Dyed patches.
Nov.4- Called Carolyn Fellman, curator of the show to be held at the Florida Craftsmen Galleries, St. Petersburg,
Florida.
Nov. 5 Worked on another quilt- thought about 30DHN and worked out some details in my head.
Nov. 6- Shopped for fabric for 30DHN.
Nov. 7-Prepared gelatin plate for printing (reference- "Making Monotypes ' Nancy Marcluewicz")
Nov. 8-Printed all day on paper, fabric and plastic.
Nov. 9- More printing.
Nov. 10- Selected and cropped prints.
Nov. 11- I'm visualizing the quilt to be viewed rom either side. Best displayed back lit as well as front lit.
Nov. 12- Sewed individual layers of the patches together.
Nov. 13.- Getting self-conscious about 30 DHN, best I work on another quilt.
Nov. 14- Made a template for positioning the patches. Trimmed and sorted the patches cpmprised of paper, plastuc and
fabric.
Nov. 15- Thought about the problem of the realtively heavy paper with the sheer fabric..
Nov. 16- Rested
Nov. 17- Cut, trimmed individual patches.
Nov. 18-Cut, trimmed, sewed patches, stabilizing the format.
Nov. 19 Eliminated some of the plastic patches.
Nov. 20- More sewing.
Nov. 21- Rested.
Nov. 22- Cut and positioned patches.
Nov. 23- Used a stencil I made to apply acrylic paint to the quilt.
Nov. 24-Sewed and painted for an entire day.
Nov. 25 Rested- Thanksgiving
Nov. 26-Worked in gallery space that I share with my sister Jean Cocuzza. www.sistersgallery-stoudtburg.com
Nov. 27- Finished edges of patches and quilt border by tapping raw edges with acrylic medium.
Nov. 28- Gallery again
Nov. 29- Finished assembling 30 DHN.
Nov. 30- Double stitched edges of quilt, trimmed edges.