Bafa members met and showed work related to their journal word which was Shoes in History (fig. 1-11). Dot's Dorothy's Shoes depicted the book's silver shoes, the films red shoes and her grand-daughter's musical (she played and sang Dorothy) shoes. Other classwork and show and tell was shown and discussed (fig. 12-16). Photo of Christine Schmelebeck (fig. 12) shows her 50 yr. moon landing anniversary celebration outfit. She attended celebrations at NASA Space Center, Houston.
I took a class called Strips and Curves with Maria Shell, however, what I created is what she would call a "kitchen sink" quilt. I incorporated drawings created by my granddaughters, a flower block by Bafa member, Melissa Tweedel, and positive/negative translations of a flower I created in a previous notan exercise. I had taken this other work to use as inspiration during the class. When Maria saw it she said I was going rogue. Even I thought I had
Dorothy's Shoes Dot Collins fig. 1
Lisa Johnson fig. 2
Nancy B. Dickey fig. 3
Kathy Risinger fig. 4
Otzi's Shoe Christine Schmelebeck fig. 5
Historical Shoe Christine S. fig. 6
Viking Shoe Christine S. fig. 7
Lydie Rambault View A fig. 8
Lydie View B fig. 9
Lydie View C fig. 10
Connie's Shoes fig. 11
Christine fig. 12
Susan Cornell Classwork fig. 13
Linda Ainsworth Classwork fig. 14
Linda A. Classwork fig. 15
Sorry, Maria, Had to Go Rogue fig. 16
