Show and Tell January

Rosemary (notice weaving)

Cindy

Cindy

Chris

Melanie

Janey - but that's obvious!

Ann

 

Sue

January Meeting

January 14, 2020 SUFA Meeting Minutes

Meeting chaired by Lynne Greenleaf.

Joe Cunningham (quilt artist, author and lecturer) workshop.  We gathered money and created a sign up list, but did not have enough members sign up.  Lynne asked all interested members to get in contact with her before the 19th (email went out to all members to remind them) if they wished to attend.  Nickie (who will running February's meeting) will update us the status of the workshop.

Lynne will be out of town February and March so Nickie will chair those meetings.

 Upcoming meeting and event information

• Art Perspective class/lecture by Royden Card will be in February or March. Jane will lecture on Theory in a future meeting. Brainstorming list to go to Nickie for scheduling.
• Gallery 25 submissions:  Please bring in one of their art pieces appx. 9” x 12” or 8 ½” x 11” to display at the Gallery. Rosemary will be collecting these. Please put a sleeve on the back of the piece and your name. Sleeve directions have been emailed out. 
• Throw Pillow challenge is March 3, 2020
• Everyone is asked to hand make a name tag and to wear it at the monthly meetings.

Now about the meeting. We had a four lovely lady weavers as meeting guest to discuss weaving techniques, portable weaving looms, fibers used and large weaving looms. Many beautiful samples of their woven works were brought in. Handmade portable small, large and triangular looms were displayed. Some made out of wood, some card board and even a loom made out of a picture frame.

Linda from Shed Weavers displays and sells her table runners and ponchos ( made on a triangular loom) at Ancestor Square and Alfogotos in St. George. I (Cindy Oxley) personally have one of her ponchos and a table runner. 

Two of the gals were from Keyanta. They meet with other ladies as a group once per month. Sandra Sandberg is from the St George Weaving Studio located at 400 S Donlee Drive in St. George. This is up by the old Airport. Many of the looms located there were brought over from Dixie State University. The studio is participating in the Arts to Zion event now. We were all invited to come check out the studio and perhaps sign up for a class or workshop. We were also invited to attend the Weavers Guild held on Monday night once a month at The Roost 1075 S 960 E St. George. 

 

Some Pictures of the homemade weaving looms.

 

And some of their work on and off the loom

Saving Show and Tell for the next post!

December Meeting

Tina among her wool goodies

December 3, 2019 SUFA Meeting Minutes

Our annual Pot luck was held at this meeting. Everyone (but Shannan) enjoyed having dinner together. So many wonderful dishes were brought in by all.

Our guest speaker was Tina Cox. Her company is called Eye Full of Wool: Eye Full of Wool Website. Tina brought many samples of her felted hand dyed wool patterns and kits. Her colors were magnificent. She talked about how she started her business and where it is at today. We all had fun shopping after the presentation. She works out of her home and will let the group know when her next Open House will be.

Rosemary reminded us to bring in our 11” x 12” (approximate size) to the next meeting. These will be displayed in a Gallery in St. George. Sleeve must be on the back of your piece. Don’t forget your name must also go on the back.

Lynne reminded us the Pillow Challenge is due at the March 2020 Meeting.

Nickie made some wonderful needle threaders that she offered to all of us as a gift. What a nice special surprise. Thank you Nickie. 

And some pictures:

 

If you have any information about the pictures, please leave a comment.  I would love to know more about the gorgeous quilt which appears to be comprised of the most adorable transferred drawings mostly done by children.  Love. If nobody comments, I will track down the info at the meeting in January!

Be well.  See you at January's meeting.  Bring your deposit for the Joe Cunningham Wkshop.  Spots will fill fast. 

January Meeting!

January's meeting is scheduled for Tuesday January 14.  That is one week later than normal.  Janey's clubhouse is reserved for our normal date.  Hope to see you there.



 

November Meeting.

Attention:  There was no turkey served at November's meeting (for those of you who decided not to come to November's meeting for fear that you would be forced to eat yet another turkey this month).

Instead we had a lot of fun.  Here's what you missed:

Lynn was out of town (where she was not eating turkey, but was eating tacos and enchiladas), so Nickie ran the meeting.  Thank you Nickie!

Cheryl, Sue G, Rosemary and Carroll Lee gave us a slide presentation of their trip to SLC to see the museum/home of Pilar Pobil, the"Sew Bewitching" Utah Quilt Guild Quilt Fest 2019 and the Springville Art Museum (SAM).  Here are some selected photos from the museum show.

If you are interested in entering a quilt in the Utah Quilt Guild's Quilt Fest 2020, the theme is "Alice in Quiltland".  There are three different challenge categories you can enter that look fabulous.  Here is the link for that information:Alice in Quiltville Challenge info.

Sylvia Lewis and Team Styler Gilgen both showed quilts at the SAM.  Here they are in all their glory:
Team Gilgen Styler:

Remembering Old Nauvoo

Cheryl's holding her right arm funny cuz I hit her.🙌  One more thing about Cheryl.  In the process of making this quilt she gound out her family lived in Old Nauvoo.  If you get a chance ask these ladies about the quilt, how it was constructed and where they got the idea.  Particularly about the book.  If you missed seeing this in person -   Big mistake.  See ya next meeting!!

Sylvia's Entries (she didn't bring them to the meeting).  They are too interesting and beautiful not to be enjoyed:

Crooked House

and

Sego Lily

Beautiful, hard work ladies.  Very inspiring!

If you are interested in visiting Pilar Pobil's house (All 4 ladies who went said it was the highlight of the trip and their photos bore that out), click on her name above and contact her foundation.  BUT  If anyone happens to be in Salt Lake City on December 6th, she is holding an open house from 4-9 pm, a visit to this wonderful artist's home for this open house would be an event to not be forgotten.  Here is the link for the open house info.  No appointment necessary.  To give you a taste of her home, here is an interview with Pilar down in her burial chamber 


Upcoming Meeting and Class Information:

December:  Potluck.  Please bring any dish you'd like to share.  Tina Cox will be giving a felting presentation.
January: Lecture/Class on Weaving
February:  Art Perspective Royden Card
March: Not nailed down yet
April:  Color Theory with Janey Argyle*
May: Collage Quilting with Sylvia Lewis

*Color theory might be moved if we can get Joe Cunningham (Joe the Quilter) in for a class on April 24-26.  Stay tuned.

If you would like to teach a class or do a presentation, you do not need to be an expert.  Call Lynn (or shoot her an email) to set it up.  We have 2 months available.

Reminders and upcmoing due dates:

• Do not forget to get you 9x12 or smaller piece in to Rosemary for the gallery show ASAP.  It requires a sleeve (you were mailed instructions for constructing a sleeve). We didn't make the last show that Alicia set for us, so let's try to get our pieces in for a show.  It is a great opportunity to show our community what we are doing!
• Pillow Challenge due date March 2020. 

Show and Tell
Prescript: Ann N brought pillows for the challenge.  She is an overachiever and finished well before anyone else.  I am saving those pictures of her pillows for the pillow challenge roundup.

Sylvia brought several items for us to enjoy

From Joe Cunningham Class

Frankenscarf Project.  Aptly Named.

Next, Janey's Tony Whitney Giraffe (with baby).

The next meeting is December 3 at Janey's club house as usual.  Bring a dish to share.  December's meeting has always been loads of fun so we hope to see you there!  I will send out a reminder.

See ya next month!  Happy Thanksgiving!

AAUW Art Show Entry Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the link to .AAUW Website (Click on it).  They have lots of pictures from past exhibitions.

 

Call for entries now open for the

Utah Women Artist Exhibition – 2020

Celebrating Women – Vibrant and Equal

A juried exhibition for women in Utah

 

Enter at https://utahwomenartistsexhibition.artcall.org/

 

Open to women Artists 18 and older currently

residing in Utah.   Categories: Student,

Amateur, Mature Amateur, and Professional.

Art works must have been completed within

the last two years.  Original art in all media

welcome except video and installation.

 

Entries accepted through January 10^th 2020.

Jury decision notification – 2/15/2020.

Reception and Awards Ceremony will be

held May 7^th, 2020, 6:30 – 8:30 pm at the

Utah Cultural Celebration Center

1355 W. 3100 S. West Valley, Utah

 

We hope you will enter again this year. 

Questions contact uwae2020@gmail.com.

October's Meeting AND a lot of other important things

Did you read the email about the extension to get your lovely challenge items in for the gallery?  Yes?  OK, no excuse!  Sew on a hanging sleeve and get your item in to show it off.

I find it best to start off a blog post with a nice finger wag.  Gets that warm, happy feeling going!

OK down to business.

In case you missed October's meeting like I did (thank you Cheryl and Rosemary for the notes and pics) there was a show on threadology (all things thread).

We also discussed future "classes" our members would be willing to do in order to teach us new, interesting techniques we might like to incorporate into our own designs.  You don't need to be an expert and it can be newish to you so don't let those sorts of things be a hindrance to sharing.  I will make a blog post listing what our members have offered to teach.  If you are not on that list, but have something you'd like to show and share OR you are already on the list, but remember another thing you's like to demonstrate, then comment on that blog post and I will add you to that blog post list.  It is a nice way to keep track of those things PLUS if you need help doing a technique (say you want to bead on a piece) it will provide a reference for who you might call for help.

Lynne has asked that each of make a name tag and wear it to the meetings so she (and the rest of us) can learn the names of all the members.  If you don't know someone, be sure to introduce yourself.  If I (Shannan) introduce myself to you, but you already know me, roll your eyes and give me a hug.

November's meeting Cheryl and Sue are going to do a slide show and will be showing their work that came from taking a Joe Cunningham class.  Who is Joe Cunningham.  Joe teaches a terrific creative design class that we might be offering up to our members this Spring. Lynne is going to contact him to see if we can make that happen (the class is $750 plus expenses). Go look at his site and google him.  You will find that a class might free up the ties that bind you to the "rules" we all learned from quilting and maybe give you new license to do (or discover) what you want to do with fabric.

December's meeting will be a potluck and Tina from Eweful of Wool will/may? be coming and doing a demo on wool.  Maybe someone can clarify that for me in the comments. 

If you happen to miss Novembers meeting, I will put a separate blog post of a list of who is bringing what for potluck and if you are planning to come to December's meeting you can leave a comment on that post saying what you will bring.

January's meeting will be the grand show and tell of the pillowcase challenge. Remember the case can be any size and using any technique that you have learned. NOTE:  January's meeting may be switched to the second Tuesday of the month (Jan 14) due to clubhouse scheduling.  Janey will let us know.



Now how about a bit of eye candy!

Linda Murrie's fabric and agate clock and her wire wrapped jewelry (That's lapis nestled in that wire)

Patti VanOrdt's Jaqueline Dejong pattern "Dream Flight" quilt made with batik. Dreamy indeed!

Diane Johnston who visited our group this month from Pahrump, NV showed her Koi Quilt

Have a blessed month and enjoy your fabric.