A headband and

I have finished the carrot nose, the smile, the pink headband, the little bit of shoulder and more of the sky! 

Final details

Santa is done.  He has his eyes and the holly on his hat.  I have also finished the 3rd snowman's face!

Faces

Santa has his eybrows, mustache and beard. A fuzzy dude!
Internet Explorer is acting hinky and won't upload photos....anyone else having that problem?  I went over to Firefox and it loaded right away....go figure!

Re-do's

The third thread and fourth stitch and I finally finished Santa's hat!  Whew!  Now I can move on!

More details

Santa's hat and mittens are stitched in Very Velvet and his face is all done in Splendor. 

The last of the threads came in, per a phone call I got today, so next week I will be starting on Jubilee.  Sorry for the delay, but I am getting other things done too!

A few more

Gravy stains  by Marie Englehart made from a collection of ties.  http://www.artprize.org/marie-englehart/2013/gravy-stains

 Silkwaves in the Grand River.  28 foot high flags waving in the breeze http://www.artprize.org/al-laurie-roberts/2013/silkwaves-in-the-grand

 Carved wood-a 6 inch piece of wood carved into a quilt!  http://www.artprize.org/fraser-smith/2013/finding-beauty-in-bad-things-porcelain-vine

 She always tries to measure up--dress and purse made entirely of vinyl tape measures.  http://www.artprize.org/dawn-wohlford/2013/she-always-tries-to-measure-up

Sleeping Bear Dune Lakeshore is a collage landscape art quilt.  http://www.artprize.org/ann-loveless/2013/sleeping-bear-dune-lakeshore

We walked a total of 8 miles seeing all of the art!  And, we did not even see it all!  I hope you have enjoyed seeing some of the mediums that I thought were appropriate for the blog.  There is a multitude of other pieces that are also fabulous but it is time for me to resume some stitching.  You can go to ArtPrize.org and click on find art and see much, much more.  Voting for the first round ends Saturday nite and they will be announcing the top ten!  I can't wait to see what they are

So I have....

I have been visiting ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, MI!  This is a huge displays from artists all over the world that set up displays from September 18 to October 4th.  From the www.artprize.org website:
"ArtPrize® is a radically open, independently organized international art competition with an unprecedented $200,000 top prize decided entirely by public vote." 
Each year, we make two or three trips to see all of the art around the city--on the streets, in the Museums, in Frederick Meijer Gardens....in the businesses too! 

The above piece and close is called Vortices and is by Allison Svobada and is Traditional Japanese sumi-e on kozo paper, hand cut. 

 This entry is called Woolhouse.  Staged in a little corner, you can see where Annie Belle, cast on her balls of wool roving and knitted the walls,

 the mailbox,

 and the couch, inner walls, a rug on

the floor, pillows.  For more detail see: http://www.artprize.org/annie-belle/2013/woolhouse

 

 

So while I am perusing other art, and casting my votes, I am also planning my stitches and threads for the next pieces.  This is a great event to see and if you get the chance, check out the website, or come and visit!