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The following pieces were done as part of a silk dyeing class in which many members participated. I thought about it but decided not to. The pieces were really pretty. This is Joyce's.
This is Barb's piece from the class.
This is Caren's.
These next pieces were done by Beth K! She is very active in the modern quilt group and her quilts are just stunning!!
This was done as part of a class Beth took at our quilt show.
Aren't these just beautiful!!
Started in a class with Jeanne Simpson.
Demaris is modeling gifts from Peru which her daughter recently visited.
Ann has become a big fan of crocheting and modeled a couple of her windowpane scarves. She regaled us with a lot of wisdom regarding the wearing of this type of scarf.
These next two pieces will be patterns that will be offered at the GVQC's annual Autumn Fanfare.
Gorgeous hand dyed yarn from one of our members!
Our very very talented Marcia B made this adorable felted dog figure. She taught herself just recently by looking at You Tube videos!!
I loved this simple quilt that Sarah did. Like myself, she is trying to use up scraps of fabric. This was a very simple but very effective use for sure!!!
After Sarah showed her quilt, I went out of order and showed 7 of the 11 quilts I have done since the last meeting!! All in the spirit of what you can do with strips! (and squares). I will probably cut up some of my more colorful and patterned fabric into large squares -- not strips.
Our July meeting is always filled with interesting projects as many of our members have attended classes at Quilting by the Lake, a yearly retreat near Syracuse with lots of great teachers. Cynthia Corbin, who is my all time favorite teacher, was there to substitute for Rosalie Dace who was forced back to South Africa when Immigration didn't like her visa (the same kind she has used for years). Cynthia is a wonderful supportive teacher who helps you find your own vision rather than giving you lots of rules. The next few pieces are by Caren B done in the Cynthia class. Caren and I were both in one of her classes about ten years ago.
This is a piece done by Deb R, made from a prom gown from the 60s!
Donna P showed many of her dyed wool pieces She has been doing a lot of experiments before she starts dyeing her own felted wool.
Here is the same color on some of her own felted wool.
Janet R also took Cynthia's class. You can see that her pieces are entirely different from Caren's.
Jesse D showed this gorgeous quilt made from a lot of hand dyes.
Marcia B showed this absolutely stunning piece she did after learning about ribbon embroidery! She just keeps getting better and better. One piece after another is stunning!!
Marie P did these three simple but stunning charity quilts. Gave me some ideas for sure!!
Regina (as usual!!) had several very creative pieces to share, made with her own painted fabrics.
Using commercial fabrics but stunning with her machine embroidery of which she is also the master!!
This will be Sue D's contribution to our club Fall Fanfare where Sue and Beth K share easy blocks and the participants make quilts. I loved this simple block made from jelly roll. Since I have 12 2 1/2 gallon bags of 2 1/2 inch strips, this will be one of the charity quilts I do!! I always enjoyed going to these events but they happen after I head to NC.
The snowbirds including me were almost all back from our warmer climes! Sarah T is our incredible needlepoint artist and did this as part of a class out west where she spent the winter. She said she learned a lot which is hard to believe as her needlepoint is always beyond stunning!! This was done on screen instead of cloth which I thought was very interesting!!
Another needlepoint piece from Sarah.
Sarah also did this quilt which was a result of a class that fellow RAFA member Janet R teaches. All the blocks use the same components. I did one like this many years ago when Janet taught it as part of our Fall Migration.
Sarah also modeled a jacket she had made.
Here is the back.
Donna showed two flowers that she made from the silk paper that the group made in the last two meetings. I was very sorry I wasn't there for that!!
Donna also showed this jacket that she made out of a very tattered and worn quilt that she bought. She covered the whole thing with organza to protect the fibers. It was absolutely stunning.
Here is the front.
Elaine showed the piece that she made with the silk paper!
Joyce M shared this piece made with her hand painted fabric. She also showed several other pieces fabrics with various surface design techniques.
Deb R shared this piece which I really liked!
Val S did this piece while recovering from two broken wrists!
This is my first showing of what I think I am going to do with some of these smaller mandalas. Here I have used black as the shadow but will probably choose a grey or maybe even a blue instead. Yet to be determined.
The blogs have been sparse as I have returned north and set myself some goals for the summer. One of those goals is to work at least two hours every day getting rid of "stuff". In my first week, I have managed to get rid of 18 very large boxes of yarn as well as a knitting machine -- all to good homes. Unfortunately I discovered even more hand dyed fabric that I had forgotten as well as two more boxes of black and white fabric. I am starting to go through fabric as well and already have six large boxes which I will first try to sell at our quilt club "garage sale" and then will donate the remainder to various organizations. I am also getting rid of a lot of my cookbooks and all my paperbacks as I really only read on a Kindle these days (and have two of those as I filled up one!!).
I also have to finish putting sleeves on some of the ten quilts for our quilt show at the end of May as well as prepare for a talk and demo I am giving to a local quilt club on stack and whack quilts. I am hoping to get back to regular blogging soon!
Caren B led off the show and tell portion of the meeting with a piece from her class with Phillipa Naylor on wholecloth quilting. Phillipa's definition of wholecloth includes applique as well as a lot of hand or machine stitching. There is a lot of trapunto on this piece but you can't really see the depth in the photo.
Janet always makes gorgeous pieces and especially after her classes at Quilting by the Lake (where Caren took her class as well). I don't remember the teacher but the class was on various types of curves. This was her piece from class not quite finished yet.
She also showed a jacket that she worked on during the studio the second week. No picture would do it justice. It is using a Japanese technique that utilizes scraps. Her jackets always look classy no matter what the materials or techniques.
Marcia B had two gorgeous pieces that she had done. The above one was done with fabrics she had created in a technique called silk fusion.
This zebra was created from a photograph she took in Botswana. Inspires me to go back to my and Lisa's photos from Africa.
This and the following pictures were quilts also done as a result of the QBL curves class. Regina is probably our most prolific quilter!! Loved the use of color in this one!
This piece was constructed from the leftovers from the above quilt.
Joyce shared many of the pieces she has recently painted. Since retirement, she has taken up painting fabric with a vengence!! These next few pieces were all hers.
This was one of my favorites.
These are all pretty good sized
pieces.
I really liked this piece as well!
Liz shared this piece which Is a manipulation of one of her photos.
Donna shared a number of her beautiful dyed scarves including this one which had some felting embellishment. All were gorgeous!
Another of my art quilt friends and her beautiful ice gyed tshirts and purses.
We ate lunch and then Julie Brandon taught us how to make felted balls using both dry and wet felting techniques. It was really fun!
I can proudly say that I have managed to cut the batting and backing for 18 quilt tops. I have the backing cut for an addition 12 tops but have run out of batting but noticed there was a sale at Joanns so......Most proudly, I have managed to baste 8 quilts now!! I am trying to do 3 a day but these are the smaller ones that I can baste by pinning the to my design wall. The bigger ones will require my cutting table and much more time. I may try spray basting a couple as well -- not as easy as it sounds!!
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