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A Quilting Life: Sponsored Giveaway--Gift Certificates!

2011-08-25T09:22:00.000-04:00

A Quilting Life: Sponsored Giveaway--Gift Certificates!

Lots of goodies at Shabby Fabrics. Would love to round out some bits and pieces I have already.

Thanks.

2010 Challenge Reveal

2011-03-07T10:29:00.037-05:00

This year's challenge was based on the childhood game, "The Telephone Game". For those of you unfamiliar, the first person whispers something in the ear of the 2nd person, who repeats it to a 3rd person, etc.; and by the time the last person states out loud what the secret was, it is usually very different from the first person.
So the challenge was that we would split into 3 groups and only the first person in the group would see a photograph. The first person was to use the photo as inspiration to make an 11" x 14" portrait orientation art quilt within 2 months.

We are fortunate enough that one of our members is married to an award winning photographer. George B. was asked to pick one of his photos for us to use in our challenge. Only the first person in a group would see the original photo.

When the first person was done with her art quilt, she would then take a photo of her work and pass that photo along to the 2nd person in the group who would then use that photo as the inspiration for her art quilt. When she was done with her art quilt, she would take a photo of it and send it to the 3rd person, etc.

The photo below shows the original photo in the upper left and 3 rows of quilts. Each row represents one group with the quilt at the left being the first person's rendition of the original photo.

Row 1: Ellie, Mary H., Charlotte, Laurie M., and Wendy B.
Row 2: Pat Z., Lori R., Eileen, Pat
Row 3: Robin, Pat C., Debby, Katherine

GROUP 1: Ellie let the color orange in the photo guide her design and still placed a tree and moon in.

Mary H. named her piece "Replicated" staying very true to Ellie's piece and then added a lot of beading.

Charlotte couldn't quite decide if Mary's piece was water or fields, if the black line was a road? Her piece reflects the tree and the moon and now the water has become Fields of Gold with a road running through.

Laurie M. didn't want to do fields and went in another direction with Mountains. The trees are represented in fabrics and the moon has become full.

Wendy, without knowing the first picture, added the water back into her piece and added the tree in as well.

GROUP 2: Pat Z. was experimenting with painting fabric at the time and used that to portray the sunset and sky. The inset repeats the feel and adds another bit of interest to the overall feel. Big stitch quilting adds texture.

Lori R. explained to us that she focused on the little brown shapes from Pat's piece, not being able to figure what they were, she enlarged and used them in her piece with beads added. She liked the inset as well and added couched yarns around that and floating above.

Eileen wasn't sure what Lori's piece was but she really liked the blue fabrics and they reminded her water. So her piece is a fly fisherman at a river's edge.

Pat used the leaf fabric in the top of Eileen's piece as inspiration for an Autumn forest where you can still see some water flowing through.

GROUP 3: Robin wanted to try a new background technique to portray the brilliant colors of the sky. She also changed the tree from 2 very small trees to one large focal tree.

Pat C. wasn't sure what tree was in Robin's piece and she had recieved the photo minus quilting or the moon. Pat still placed a moon in a very subtle way. There were comments about how her use of fabric looked like a city lit up.

Debby saw the tree and knowing what kind of photos her brother-in-law takes thought it might be a cyprus tree. She pulled photos she had and played with cropping and photoshop to portray this tree.

Katherine told us that as she looked at the photo everyday, she started to see eyes in the branches of Debby's tree. So she used that as the inspiration to add a spirit to her tree.

Here is the whole crew (L to R Standing): Pat C., Debby, Ellie, Lori R., Pat

(2 sitting in chairs): Pat Z. and Wendy B.

(L to R sitting on floor): Mary H., Katherine, Eileen, Robin, Laurie M. Charlotte

Robin commented that it was interesting to her how all the groups started bolder in color and then became more muted as it went on. We were all very impressed and excited about the interpretations and the thought processes. We would highly recommend this challenge to any group and would probably like to do another in the future with a different photo. Every photo would present completely different results and that is the fun of it all.

Dreams Take Flight...

2010-01-30T17:07:00.007-05:00

Last fall I came across the newest project of the International Fiber Coalition which was to cover a Saturn V rocket in Huntsville, AL. with fiber panels. I immediately wanted to be a part of this to honor my grandfather who worked for Grumman in the 60's and was able to work on the LEM (Lunar Excursion Module). The entry fee was $100 and a bit steep for me.... Chris Gilman to the rescue! She suggested that a two foot square panel could be 4 individual 12" blocks and only price out at $25 per person. If I was game, we would only need 2 more people and within an hour we had 2 more adventurous souls in Cathy Winter and Katherine McNeese. These women graciously let me have the name LEM4 for our group in honor of grandpa and use the space theme I had wanted to do. Using the space theme, ideas were thrown out in reference to 'Dreams' (which is the theme of the project) and everyone chose what part of flight they wanted to do....all without arguing :) Chris did a vibrant Hot Air Balloon and Katherine did the Wright Brothers proud with her First Flight.I did a rendition of the LEM for grandpa, complete with a shamrock on the door panel-GO IRISH!! Charles "Bud" McAuliffe was very proud of all the work he accomplished while at Grumman. In our family we always chuckle a bit at some of his fashion choices since he didn't mind mixing stripes with plaids, etc. Imagine that and then add that he would brag about his name being on the moon....Yeah, sure you kooky old man. His name is on the moon though. All the workers signed a poster and a photo of that was shrunk down onto a microchip and included on the LEM. You go Grandpa!! Rounding out our space dreams, is Cathy Winter's terrific textural rendition of the Space Shuttle. Thank you to these 3 very talented women for making my small dream come true. This panel is a wonderful work of art and representative of the creative powers of us and all that have come before us. Their dreams keep the rest of us striving for our dreams.

MCAC show

2009-12-13T18:17:00.006-05:00

The Martin County Arts Council

(http://martincountyarts.com/martin_county_arts_center)

invited us to display FibreArt as part of the Christmas Tour of homes.

Here is a little taste of our show:

Christmas Star:Katherine McNeese

Pink Peony: Charlotte Elks

Holiday Table Runner: Mary Miller

Button Tree: Ellie Holbein

HO HO HO: Lori Richardson

Pine Tree: mixed media: Mary Miller

Snowflake: Wendy Ferguson Whitehead

The Three Sisters Australia: Wendy Ferguson Whitehead

Compass Rose: Amy Oseroff

Fish Study 2: Ellie Holbein

Hearts: Joanie deGroot

Let it Snow: Lori Richardson

TownSquare: Amy Oseroff

Twelve Days of Christmas: Lori RIchardson

River's Edge: Katherine McNeese

Mountain Snowfall: Debbie McCullough

Winter's Glow: Debbie McCullough

Folk Houses: Lori Richardson

Cookie Cutters: Debbie McCullough

Laurel's Cats: Mary Miller

Snowman: Lori Richardson

Wild FLowers in Control: Ellie Holbein

Sunset over the River: Zoe Robinson

Black + White Flower: Joanie deGroot

Spring Growth: Pat Zach

Wintergraphix: Debbie McCullough

Too much Punch: Mary Miller

Happy Harmony: Diane Greg

Asian Beauty 1,2,3,4: Ellie Holbein
Oak + Reel ca 1880, KMcNeese

I'll try to get picutres of the rest later this week!

11/7/09

2009-11-08T14:02:00.004-05:00

Good turnout and the group was actually speechless for a few minutes.
We explored zentangles.
http://www.zentangle.com/about-what-is--1.php

here is what we created:

okay the blog is not uploading photos, later
Katherine

Painted Threadscapes

2009-11-02T12:24:00.008-05:00

To celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse in North Carolina, a juried art and photography show was held. I decided to enter one of my Threadscapes and this time I changed it up a bit. Instead of using one of my photographs, I chose to try my hand at painting instead. Going back to painting has been on my list for awhile now and this seemed like the perfect opportunity to do so.

The picture above shows the piece once it was painted using regular acrylic paints mixed with a textile medium. Once dried and heatset, it was time to choose threads and you can see the threads laying across it while I decided. After the appropriate threads were chosen, it was time to take it to the machine and do my magic. I was very happy with how it turned out

I am extremely pleased to announce that "Majestic" won an

Honorable Mention in the Art category.

Some are surprised to find that I don't decorate with lighthouses since my husband is in the Coast Guard. I was in the CG at one time as well and that is how we met. So even though I do not decorate with them, I have a huge respect for the men who have served them for so long before automation....my father being one of them. Although he didn't get to serve in one of the traditional ones as he would have liked, he spent a total of 4 years on 2 separate lighthouse platforms out in the middle of the ocean before they were automated as well. We are a Coast Guard family and so I painted this lighthouse and entered this show in honor of all the lighthouse keepers and their families.

"Majestic"
Displayed at the Core Sound Museum, Harker's Island, NC.

from Oct 10th- Nov 1st

6" x 9" framed to 8" x 10"

$185.00

Dye Painting 101

2009-08-26T13:04:00.008-04:00

Hello all. Well I am a bit behind these days but I did get these rinsed about 2 weeks later...without mold so I was pretty happy about that. Lesson learned is to not expect perfection. I really had no control over the dye and that was hard for me. On the above piece I was trying to 'color in' and so I was frustrated. On the piece below I was more free with a landscape idea and so I am very pleased about how it came out.

My colors actually came out pretty close to when it was wet. I would have been okay with the blue fading a bit more but I can make this work. The above piece is still very true to it's original color except for the green.

I don't know that I will do this again since I don't have the patience for mixing, rinsing, etc; but I do appreciate the work now and am very thankful to Katherine and Ellie for setting this all up for us. THANK YOU!

Beachrageous Group Quilt

2009-05-20T15:41:00.005-04:00

For those of you who were unable to attend the Crystal Coast Quilt Show last weekend, here is the Beachrageous group quilt made by Susan Hinzman, Lynn Strausbach, Mary Henris, Robin Koehler, and Eileen Williams-respectively.
We had a lot of fun planning this and then executing it. The project started with a predetermined size and shape. We then exchanged fabrics with the rule that we must all use a piece of each others fabric in the background construction. From there it was anything goes as long as it stayed to an 'under the sea' theme.
I personally think we did a killer job with there being similarities but enough differences whether in colors or techniques to keep it interesting. We can't wait to do another.

2008 challenge photo

2009-02-15T14:00:00.000-05:00

this is the original photo our quilts were based on. Each participant created all four sections, then we

swapped three sections, reassembled and the results are below!

2008 AQ CHALLENGE: FRACTURED PHOTO

2009-02-15T13:23:00.000-05:00

collage

2009-02-14T17:36:00.000-05:00

Wilson Arts Council

2008-08-04T12:06:00.000-04:00

Orange and Green Challenges are on display through August at the Wilson Arts Council, Wilson, NC
http://wil.live.mediaspanonline.com/Life/Culture/Story/Quilts-with-an-artist-s-touch--

2008-02-24T19:11:00.000-05:00

These are the photos of our 2007 challenge:
to use the green batik and a techniquewhich was new to you.
of course, the green batik is at the bottom!

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2006 AQ CHALLENGE

2007-11-19T17:13:00.000-05:00

Orange + circle was our 2006 challenge. We had 23 eight inch orange squares to work with; a piece of each had to be included and circles had to be incorporated into the piece.

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