i'm in business!

Yes folks!
After years of pondering about it i dove in. Not at the best time, but better late than never. And extra credit goes to Ruth from Just Weaving who has been the nudging force. Ah! friends!!
Check me out here and over on the sidebar.
Let me know your opinion.

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is it a sledge hammer?is it a plane?

No, it's obasan on steroids!i can officially announce that two works of my Strata series were accepted to the HGA Small Expressions exhibit. It was my work for last year and as i intended to submit it to HGA and the Hungary triennial i had to keep the lid shut.
Needless to say i'm thrilled and it's the second good news exhibit wise of the year. Perhaps i'm on a roll. Now i'm waiting to see if i get accepted to Hungary.Then i'll post some photos here.

A wish though.
i thought the juried work at Cyber Fiber was great and i wrote about it to Susan. The juror took time explaining her choices, something unfortunately infrequent, and i think it was positive feedback for all.
i find it very useful to know the reasons behind an acceptance or a rejection because i see exhibits as having to do more with learning experiences than ego stroking.
My hopes and wishes lie in that a precedent has been established and a trend will follow.

Turning a corner now this is a zen like piece i worked sidetracking from the lace series which is very intense.
Stitching and some puff paint. Oh and some iridescent paint too. As always the Flickr photo in the site has a few explanatory notes.
Can you see i feel elated ?

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cheerfully looking towards spring

Can't fool anyone. Autumn is my favorite season, but i'm a Spring girl. All good things happen to me in Spring . And there are quite a few goodies in the good news dept, but i need a go ahead to spill the beans :D
However, one of the good news is the lucky find in Pin Tangle of this link about net embroidery.It was a very exciting find that will definitely add another dialog here.
i'm anxious to start stitching.

And as an aside i had noticed some change in parts of the tulle, not discernible to the eye, but a tactile sensation. Thanks to the link i was able to infer that the mantilla had been repaired and some pieces of new tulle had been added. So fine a job that you can't tell with a naked eye.
Now i can almost be sure that the mantilla belonged to my mother in law's mother.
i feel humbled and graced.

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