treats in my e-mail

Mid-afternoon is always the low point of my day (as it is for most people). I've been doing paperwork all day - so I was delighted to be perked-up by a couple of gorgeous pix that came floating into my mailbox! I asked the artist, Vicki Jensen, if I could post them on my blog. Here is one, followed by a detail. Yummy. I will be teaching my famous soy wax "Easy as Pie Batik" workshop at ProChem in Fall River, MA from July 21-23. Vicki is ProChem's dyer-teacher-technical expert extraordinaire. After a couple of tutorials by e-mail, she has been playing with the soy wax that we will be using -- and I have to admit I was blown away by these stunning examples! Here is one I wish I had done. So, if you want to spend 3 days playing, experimenting, and having a wonderful time discovering how easy it is to do batik with non-toxic vegetable-based wax that just floats down the drain, come and play with Vicki and me. This is the only time I'll be giving this workshop in the Northeast this year. Check http://www.prochemical.com for details. One more e-mail treat I forgot to mention: I received an e-mail saying that my piece, "Time and Again" which was the on the postcard for the SPUN:Small Art Quilts exhibit opening April 29, was awarded first place in the show. Gee, and I didn't even know they were giving out awards. I was very diligent doing paperwork all day. Tomorrow - a day off! I am going back to Philadelphia with a few friends and we're going to Snyderman-Works to see (again, for me) the fabulous fiber exhibit. Then, lunch. I won't even think about the $3/gal price it will cost me to drive the 180 mile round trip. OUCH.