Show is up and done! We hung my art up in the Yellow Wall Gallery at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore on Monday. Here's a portion of the pieces before their titles and prices went up.
I'm pretty relieved to have everything done. This was my first time doing a completely solo show. I'm very happy with the final 12 pieces that made it to the walls. As you may know, most of my work is usually in round embroidery hoops. I love using them, but it can hinder the overall design and shape. By doing my work in proper rectangular frames, I was able to play around with a lot of ideas I've had in my head lately. While I love sewing and embroidering, I don't share that same love with framing. So that's why the framing waited until the very end. Meaning the 2 nights before the show went up. Most of my frames were made of unpainted wood and needed to be painted. Here's Kinsey painting the frames two days before hanging. Yes, it's nighttime. And yes, there is a few inches of snow on the ground. And yes, he did have to shovel some in order to stand where he is. This is why I married him. (And because he can reach things like honey on the very back of the top shelf at the grocery store.)
This was by far the most crucial supply! It's a heavy board that has acid free adhesive on one side that you stick to your fabric. It keeps everything nice and even and if done right, doesn't show wrinkles. This board also doubled as the backing of the frames because most of my frames were open backed. We (okay, Kinsey) used small tacks and nails to attach the board to the frame and needless to say his thumbs are a little numb currently from pushing so many tacks down on every frame.
Making a last minute adjustment. 
Here's 2 of my favorites....well, actually 3. "someone is outside the tent"
"the logger's wife" and "the logger"
I love these two portraits! I had the idea in the very last couple days and actually finished them the day before they were hung. 
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