Last week I finished the 12″ square I am donating for this year’s benefit auction.  “Tidelines 7” is now on its way; it may have already arrived.  This is unusual for me, I am normally up against a deadline, but I don’t think this year’s work is any the worse for having been produced at a more leisurely pace in plenty of time, either. 

These small pieces are often in effect studies for larger works, in which I resolve issues and anticipate others that might arise from changing to a larger scale.  I hope it does well in the auction, which is held each year to help support the exhibition and education programmmes of the Studio Art Quilt Association, of which I am a professional artist member, PAM.