As a newly declared art major, I've been doing a lot of thinking about what medium I want to pursue and what I want to do for my senior show. I was thinking about how many hours I put into doing fiber art every week and how I'll be bummed to transfer that time to senior show prep time. That's when the wheels started churning. Could I do a textile show? How awesome would that be. So I approached my advisor about it, but he said it was pedagogically unviable because Wheaton doesn't offer any fiber classes.
However, the next day a senior show went up of printed fabrics! I talked to the girl as she was putting up the finishing touches of the exhibition and asked who her advisor was: Botts. While Professor Botts was helping me to load new paper into the photo lab printer that afternoon, I asked him if he'd be willing to advise me on a quilt show for my senior show. And he said, "Yes." !!! Then he proceeded to ask me if I'd been to Quilt National ever. Yes, twice. And then asked me if I'd ever thought about dyeing fabric. I said, most emphatically yes, I'd LOVE to try it. At this point, I was so excited about having my own quilt show that I completely forgot about the yards of fabric that I have already dyed with my mom and grandma until my Mom reminded me on the phone later. How silly of me. Oh well. So, hooray! I am doing a quilt show for my senior show, and my hours on pinterest and perusing quilting blogs is actually now considered homework time. Yay!
However, the next day a senior show went up of printed fabrics! I talked to the girl as she was putting up the finishing touches of the exhibition and asked who her advisor was: Botts. While Professor Botts was helping me to load new paper into the photo lab printer that afternoon, I asked him if he'd be willing to advise me on a quilt show for my senior show. And he said, "Yes." !!! Then he proceeded to ask me if I'd been to Quilt National ever. Yes, twice. And then asked me if I'd ever thought about dyeing fabric. I said, most emphatically yes, I'd LOVE to try it. At this point, I was so excited about having my own quilt show that I completely forgot about the yards of fabric that I have already dyed with my mom and grandma until my Mom reminded me on the phone later. How silly of me. Oh well. So, hooray! I am doing a quilt show for my senior show, and my hours on pinterest and perusing quilting blogs is actually now considered homework time. Yay!