Meeting Minutes for October

Hello Ladies,
Hope the week since we met has been a fruitful one in craft and in life.
Until I can sort out linking PDF's from Googledocs to our blog, I am going to simply going to post the meeting minutes.  Hope that's OK.

So without further ado (Thank you Sharon for taking such terrific notes and sending them out not on a PDF):

Fiber Arts Rebels

October 3, 2017 Minutes 

6:00 - Welcome by Cheryl

• Sign-up Sheet for “Teaching Opportunities”.  If you would like to teach a class at our upcoming meetings, please sign up.  This form was passed around during class.
• Pot luck dinner will be in December.
• November meeting will be taught by either Char or Carol Lee.  TBD
• January meeting will be Thread Painting, taught by Sue Gilgen
• Carol Lee Stolz volunteered to by Cheryl Styler’s assistant

6:10 - 7:00  -  Presentation on Art Quilts by Margaret Abramshe (the Metaphysical Quilter)

Margaret shared some of her award-winning quilts, and did a power-point presentation that took us through her creative process.  Her resume is extensive and includes her work being featured in many quilt shows nationally, her teaching background, as well as her authoring a book on the subject of art quilts.  This presentation will be sent out to all via e-mail, but the highlights of the presentation include:

Definition of art quilts:  A creative visual work that is layered and stitched.  (Emphasis:  No batting necessary.)

Reasons for creating:

• Exploring stories starting with a photograph
• Documenting one’s life in an art quilt
• Allowing deeper thinking about life, as well as finding joy

Process:

• Sent to Spoon Flower, who prints your photo on Kona Cotton, or other selected fabric, for a fee of approx. $15. - $20., depending on size
• Use dyes, pencils, acrylics, your choice of mediums, and “paint” then “stitch the heck out of it!”
• Use unstaged, photos, not portraits
• Use Photoshop to “clear your foundations,” add color, etc.

Tips: 

• Thread adds texture, color, value, so don’t be afraid to use it
• Write down tension for every kind of thread you use
• Bottom-line thread by Superior is always used as bobbin thread.
• “Champagne” Bottom-line thread best color to use in bobbin.
• Paper is cotton, can be sewn into quilt
• DIVE IN!  Don’t be afraid to try anything
• Quilting Arts magazine an excellent source of inspiration and examples
• Best way to get a project into a show:  A great photograph (might want it professionally photographed) 

How to Make a Project at Home:  Directions for process will be e-mailed

7:00 - 7:10  Break

7:10 - 7:15  Announcements and Concerns

• Shannan Shaw would like to put information, ideas, etc., on blog, so please sent information to her.  No one has sent anything yet!  If you see something interesting, send it to her.  Also, if you have not received an invite to be on the blog, let her know and she will send it to you and help get you on.  Her e-mail address is deleted from the blog (😇)
• There is a request to change the name of our group.  Sue Gilgen pointed out that a group name should reflect what we do and who we are.  After a brief discussion, Cheryl asked that we e-mail suggested names for the group to her before Oct. 17.
• An embroidery class will be taught by Carol Lee Stolz.

 7:25 - 7:55 - Show and Tell - That is for an upcoming blog post.

7:55 - 8:00:  Closing remarks by Cheryl Styler

• Reminder about Mesquite Contest
• Joe the Quilter.com—please go online, and check out his web site.  We’re considering bringing him to St. George to teach a class.