A lovely meeting for a year's end.

We had a lovely time at our December 4th, 2018 member meeting. 

We talked about our future class and Rosemary asked us to come next time with a date that would be the best for everyone. We are looking at May or June.

We all enjoyed a great potluck. The tables were decorated so beautiful. Thank you, Janey! And thanks everyone, for all the yummy food!

Lynn Greenleaf showed us her super cute “Dressed-Up” rocks and talked about how she made some of them. Also, we wish you well in your recovery, Lynn! Thank you for coming us and giving us ideas on how to make a one of a kind gift.

  

We were then pleased to hear from Margaret Abramshe. She brought examples of quilt art from SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) and a handout that had a Critique Activity. We all took some of the samples and as a small group went through the Critique Activity. It was interesting to hear the different opinions and interpretations. What was interesting was reading about why the artist created this work. It put a new perspective on the piece.

It was decided that we our challenge would be to make a “Art Mini Quilt”, such as the ones we critiqued. The mat will be 9x12 so your piece can be smaller than that to fit on the mat. Include an artist statement on the back. We would like to have you complete this by May.

 

 

Show and Tell

Shannon had taken a landscape Craftsy class so did a wallhanging. She commented that she doesn’t do cutesy and it was too cutesy but it was beautiful! She also showed a mosaic of Frida Kahlo and needed help on how to finish it. She got a few suggestions. Can’t wait to see it finished!

 

Cindy Oxley showed us a Mosaic quilt. It is a Cheryl Lynch design.

Lyn Coble also did a Mosaic of a blue turtle. Go Ladies! 

Jane Dallmeyer showed us a Sun wall hanging.

Sylivia Lewis took a Swedish quilt class. It uses walking foot quilting and the “golden Mean” Technique

Janey showed a fun necklace made with different sewing and quilting pieces, Nicki made this for the quilt guild. Nice job Nicki! Then Nicki showed us a fun thread painting wall hanging that she made in Houston at a class. She also showed small gift ideas such as card holders and a bag made out of men’s shirts.  

 

 

 

Melanie Wilson showed some cool gift ideas that she made. She had an i-phone holder and a tissue holder.

 

Happy Holidays! Have a wonderful holiday season and may you have wonderful new year! We will see you next month!

Stained Glass Potato Chips

 Our November meeting was quite fascinating and inspiring. It is amazing what every day items, like a potato chip bag, can be used to create a fiber art piece. If we look art, materials and inspiration is all around it. It is great to be a part of this group to learn from each other, gain new ideas, be inspired and make new friends.
New members were introduced this month: Sylvia, Sandy…4 new people (apologies didn’t get everyone’s name!)

Next month is our Christmas party and we will have SAQA Trunk Show that Margaret will be bringing. Sign-ups for food: Sweet or Savory. Bring quick gift ideas for show and tell.

We have a new co-chair! We want to welcome Sherry as our new co-chair. We are excited to have you aboard.

We discussed more possibilities for using our funds for a workshop possibly happening in April or May. One possibility is the class the Rosemary took about ice dying fabric. Other ideas for classes include Felting and Rust Dying. If you have any ideas, feel free to contact Rosemary.

Class Presentation: Texturizing Potato Chip Bags and Stained Class
Our presenters were Doris Claude and Darlene Mann. Doris did a demonstration on texturizing potato chip bags using fabric paints and a heat gun. It was quite fascinating to see how it worked and reacted to the heat. She applied acrlyic paint to the bag and then heated it with the heat gun.

    


Then Doris demonstrated how to do beautiful fabric mosaic pictures using small pieces of cut fabric. She used guiding tool, slotted cutting ruler 3/8", to help her cut her fabric squares and placed her squares into tiny containers to help keep them together and organized. Then she mounted her drawing behind the Steam a Seam 2, and applied the squares to the Steam a Seam. More information can be found at http://www.cheryllynchquilts.com/mini-mosaic-quilts.html .

 

   

Show and Tell:

Our new member, Sylvia, from Kanab, showed some of her beautiful fiber art work.

      

       

    


Ila – Very unique and lovely table cloth




Patty Van Ort – Lovely and colorful Raindrop quilt

Janey Argyle – Cute Mug mat, awesome feather painting and crayons

  

Anette – super cute Halloween pillow and banner

 

Janice Houick – beautiful Christmas quilt




Sue – amazing fabric picture