TeaBAG Book Arts Show

First TeaBAG Show

History of Books

Journals from monthly program

More journals

Interesting bindings

Display cases were perfect

Wonderful Book!

More Great Books

Yesterday was a road trip to Crestview to install the very first Book Arts Show of The Experimental Artists Book Arts Guild (TeaBAG)!  The show went together wonderfully thanks to creative contributions from the group and help from Mary K, Mary R. and Susan helping install the show.

Creative stew

Wonderful carvers

Melissa and her lovely wheel

Lots of color

Bailey cabin in the back

New friend

Joe likes his neck scratched

 

 I am falling behind blogging my adventures so in true stew fashion, I am tossing them together here.  Above is a day spent spinning on the front porch of the Bailey log cabin.  These photos are of the Panhandle Pioneer Settlement in Blountstown Florida.  It is a magical place!  Time moves more slowly here.  Birdsong dances with fiddles and guitars and blacksmith hammering.  Melissa and I spent the day chatting with the carvers in-between waves of children and their teachers.  Melissa's lovely wheel is revolutionary war era.  This is older than the 1880's log cabin that we are sitting on!

Carolyn

Happy workshop students

This was the monthly workshop at PCA Guild, another wonderful morning.  Carolyn showed us how to laminate papers on muslin and decorate to use in fiber art projects and notecards.  Carolyn is a wonderful, talented instructor.  I would enjoy anything she teaches. 

Shibori Lesson 2 and 3

Cotton sampler stitched

Detail of stitching

More detail of stitching

Threads drawn up

Detail of Orinui and Makiage

Detail of Mokume

Finished shibori samper

Ori-nui

Whew!  Lessons 2 and 3 complete.  Indigo on cotton.  Now on to wrapping poles and bottles! 

More Eufaula Photos

Lovely porch with Easter tree

Cupola

Lovely garden feature

Garden vignette

St. James Episcopal Church

Lovely peaceful street

 

 

 

 

It is so difficult to choose which photos to post.  Here is an assortment, giving a taste of beautiful Eufaula in the Spring.  I have a cat in my lap and am typing one handed so the text is going to be short.  I do wish to mention the garden with the birdbath and Savanah girl statue.  It was the prettiest yard in town and not on the tour.  The gracious owner invited us in to tour and photograph.  Every corner had lovely plants and architecture elements added to the scape.  Just spectacular!

Eufaula Pilgrimage

Warning lots of photos in this post!

Lovely welcome to Eufaula

Pretty in Blue

Azaleas and Dogwood blooming everywhere

 Spent Friday and Saturday in Eufaula with my BFF.  Had a grand and glorious time!  We toured homes and gardens of the fourty-sixth annual Eufaula Pilgrimage. 



They had a very bad storm come through about a week ago and many of the dogwood blossoms were down.  Bulbs and flower beds were beat down too.  I managed some decent photos with the big Nikon and will share some here and in the next post. 

All dressed up for the show

The town did a lovely job hosting the hoards that descended.  Everything was well organized and the locals very friendly. 

The house below was not on the tour, but was one of my favorites,  interesting shape and nice  bones.

One of my favorite houses

Kendall Manor

The home to the right was on the candlelight tour.  It was newly restored and the owners keen to show it off.  Each of the homes had musicians on the front or back porch.  Here it was a bell choir.  Many had flutes and hammered dulcimers which were devine!

They had opportunities to meet and talk with Southern authors.  I met Jeanetta Britt and purchased her murder mystery "Pickin Ground".  I started it last evening and could easily loose myself in it for the day if the back yard grass wasn't a foot deep.