{"id":3968,"date":"2016-04-13T07:09:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T14:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=3968"},"modified":"2016-04-13T07:09:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T14:09:38","slug":"meet-patt-blair-road-2016-winner-and-2017-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/13\/meet-patt-blair-road-2016-winner-and-2017-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Patt Blair: Road 2016 Winner and 2017 Teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tPatt Blair won 3rd<\/sup> Place in the category Art, Critter for Summer Hunt <\/em>at Road 2016\"Patt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nPatt Blair is no stranger to Road to California. A resident of the mountain community of Mt. Baldy, California, she is surrounded by inspiration for her quilt designs. The idea for Summer Hunt<\/em> came several years ago from another piece of hers, Winter Hunt,<\/em> where an elusive mountain lion hunted in the late afternoon snow. Patt knew for years that Summer Hunt<\/em> would come into being; it just took a while to come up with the look she wanted.\u00a0\u00a0 An east coast artist, B. Hautman, had produced a similar piece and was kind enough to allow Patt her own modified interpretation of his image.\nIt took Patt about 11 weeks to finish Summer Hunt. <\/em>First, she immersed herself in paining the subject so that she could really come to know it. Patt spent 8 weeks on the quilting. The further along she got on the quilt, the fewer hours were dedicated each day in the project. The blocking and facing only took a few days.\"Patt<\/a>\nAs a quilter, Patt puts a lot of introspection in her pieces. She feels that it \u201cabsolutely pays off to really think about the elements of a piece; to decide what importance they will play in telling the quilt\u2019s story. For example, Patt normally loves quilting airflow (the sky) using a motif that draws attention to its easy movement across the horizon. No such attention was warranted in Summer Hunt\u2019s<\/em> sky so a much more subdued motif was used.\nPatt was happy to hear she had won third place in the Art, Critter category, which had the highest number of entries for the 2016 show. \u201cA piece becomes like one of my children; I was proud of it.”\nAs a teacher, Patt LOVES the peaceful, playful rhythm that comes from a classroom of people all working and learning together.\u00a0 She has just one classroom goal: that when students leave class, she wants them to feel just a bit \u201ccocky.\u201d In other words, that they will have the realization that they did the project and they\u2019re proud of their work.\"Patt<\/a>\nPatt will be teaching painting and quilting classes at Road 2017. \u00a0She is teaching both a two-day version of Painted Quilt Art<\/em><\/strong> as well as a one day Painting with Inks<\/em><\/strong>. In these two classes, students can use one of Patt\u2019s many drawing options or bring one of their own as instructed on her web site. ( www.pattsart.com\u00a0\u00a0 button:\u00a0 EZ drawing). Patt will also be teaching The Filling Station<\/em><\/strong>,<\/em> a skill building class on quilting motifs,.<\/em> This class will allow students to learn and practice stitching motifs that they can use in their own work.\u00a0\"Patt<\/a>\nFinally, Patt will be doing a Media Mixer<\/em><\/strong> class exploring variety and freedom in using several surface design techniques.\u00a0 Patt says this class is \u201ctotally fun and represents what my former teacher Robert E Wood Jr. coined as the meaning of CREATIVITY: \u00a0a winding path to an unknown destination.\u00a0 We\u2019ll all learn where we were going once we get there!!!\u201d\n \n ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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