where are my clothes?

Uh - they're in there somewhere. You can see the edge of my sweatshirt, bottom right, buried in scraps. Not sure I can close the bag but we'll see.I just have to find space for shampoo, toothpaste, etc. If not, there is a Publix on every corner. Ok, I admit it, I am obsessive about taking enough fabric to give me some choices - but I will just have to make do with what I am taking: it will force me to be more inventive. The last time I spent several weeks in West Palm Beach, my mother had broken her hip and I stayed with her till she was well enough to travel. I was working on my book at the time and spent every spare minute hiding out on the porch, printing fabrics. I didn't care what they looked like as long as I could work. Truly, work saved my sanity. It was three weeks of hell. This time I am not printing - I have enough printed fabric for 10 lifetimes if I never print again, and I simply have to use some of it. I will continue cutting/sewing strips and will be curious to see whether it is different in any way because of the change in locale. With all the packing, I haven't had much time to work. Here's today's catch.

In the meantime, after the comments about the fabric I found and posted the other night, I decided to revisit the other fabrics I printed around the same time. Yep, it's a series all right. Pack and Ship? I shipped an extra sewing machine to leave there. I took it to my local, annoying, UPS store Monday. It was in the box with all the foam and stuff it had been packed with when the ebay guy shipped it from Ohio. But my UPS store said it wasn't packed well enough to survive a drop from 30 feet so they wouldn't pay if it got damaged. WTF??? I would have to repack it or put the box into another box (which they would sell me for $13.) Then, they could not guarantee t would be there by Friday. Friday??I'm arriving Wed. and want it there on Thursday. To guarantee a Thurs. delivery, $147. WHAT?? More than I paid for the sewing machine. I said "bye." I went home, repacked the machine in a load of bubble wrap, re-sealed it and called FedEx. They picked up the box at my house and it will be there on Thursday. $56. Can you imagine?? I am obsessively checking my iPhone to see what the temps are in south Florida. Right now it is 25F outside my window and 39F in West Palm. I'm not too worried about nighttime temps because I don't think we'll be out and about too much at night. Daytime forecast for the rest of the week is 55-69 degrees (sounds dowright balmy to me) and rain for a couple of days. Should we pack an umbrella?? Maybe. If I can find room in my suitcase. Fat chance. Working in a Series? Just for the heck of it I decided to post all the pieces I made from fabric printed around the same time as the found one I posted the other day. All of these screenprints were layered on top of fabric I did not like. This first one was printed on a piece I had batik'd. Then I cut it and put it with other fabrics. It's about 24" x 24" (I think) and is for sale. $350.

Aftermath

This next one was also overprinted on a piece I had batik'd and didn't like. It is much improved, to say the least. Click to enlarge.

Whose Woods? (sold)

detailThis was overprinted on a badly dyed piece of fabric. It is currently hanging at the Carnegie Center for the Arts in Form Not Function. This is also for sale - contact Form Not Function for the price. Element

detail

So finally, we come to this. It'll get done when I need a break from sewing strips. Hopefully, the wonderful security at Newark Airport will let me through with all my electronic paraphenalia: laptop, iPhone, Kindle. 2 cameras, 2 camera chargers, 2 card readers, 2 iphone chargers (1for car) kindle charger, computer charger. What did I forget? Time to set the alarm for tomorow morning. I will only have Internet access if I can hijack a signal. I can use my iPhone for e-mail and browsing the web but it is rather a pain to type on and I'm not sure about posting to my blog, esp. with photos. So we'll play it by ear.