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A couple of months ago, I was invited to join this incredibly talented group of fiber artists here in Wilmington. It is a group informally called Uncommon Threads. We start with Show and Tell and I was just WOWed with this piece by Gerry, whose house we met at in December. She just does beautiful work and this will be in the Quilters by the Sea gallery show in April. My friend Priscilla would just love this and hope she sees my blog!!
I believe Barbara did this piece which we all loved as well!! It really captures the essence of the kitty. Hope I got the right person -- I should really take notes!!
By the time showing and telling was over, Becky introduced us to the project we would be doing and the giant pile of scraps we could pick from. We did collage on canvas using Modge Podge or glue to adhere the pieces. This is Becky's cat Hobo who liked to be right in the middle of things obviously!! Reminded me of some other orange cats who shall remain nameless!
Most of the pieces utilized canvas pieces about 8 12 x 11. This is Betsy's piece which I loved. She used fabric, laces and even dyed paper toweling that Becky had and generously shared. It was perfect for the sky. It would look great in any beach house down here!!
Barbara is working on her piece here on a much bigger canvas and she started it before she came.
Here is a better shot of the above piece.
Pat is working on her piece here -- another piece I just loved. I was very awed by the work of the other women.
Mary is working on her piece here which I also loved (birds, you know).
And here is my piece which I tried to create from my memory of the sunset I posted a few weeks ago. Someone said it looked like an African picture so I must have succeeded as that is what people said of my photo! It really is the Live Oaks down at Ft. Fisher. I pulled from my bag of hand dyed scraps.
Becky graciously took our picture at the end of the day. From left to right, Betsey, Gerry, me (in the back), Pat, Judi, Mary and Barbara. It was really a very relaxing and fun day using a new technique for me. I do seem to be drawn to bright colors though!!! Nothing subtle about mine!
Thursday I was invited to attend a long running art quilt group here in Wilmington. I already knew two members of the group who are both incredibly talented quilters and I really looked forward to meeting the other ladies! This was one of the first quilts that greeted me when I walked into Gerry's house. Gerry was hosting this group for their annual Christmas party which was a potluck (I brought broccoli/cheddar quiche). The quilting in the background is unbelievably intense. I would guess it was about 40 x 36 and lovely!
This was a large piece that Gerry had done honoring her father. Again, beautifully done.
I coudn't get back far enough to get this whole quilt in the picture. Gerry said this is the last quilt that she hand-quilted and the hand quilting is exquisite -- would do anyone at GVQC proud! She concentrates on art quilts now.
Couldn't quite get the whole quilt in this picture as well. Loved the colors.
I actually think this was my favorite of all of them. There was great texture in this one.
I look forward to getting to know these ladies better. One of the exciting parts is that the only other woman in the guild who lives here in Kure Beach is also in this group and she drove me to the meeting and it was absolutely lovely to get to know her better. It was a really nice group of women so I look forward to the next meeting!!
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