First, I failed to post the March meeting summary so scroll down and check out the good stuff we shared.
Second, great news. The Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Center notified me yesterday that they want to host our Fiber Expressions exhibit. They are even offering their largest gallery space if we want it. I will begin working with them at the beginning of next week and update you all our opportunity. No dates yet. But, if any of you would like to present a 3-hour workshop at the beginning of the exhibit, please let me know. I am going to do some water soluble work and how to make a custom Christmas stocking. You will be compensated for the workshop but I don’t know the rate right now. Also, if you become a member of the arts center you can keep two items for sale in their gift shop. I’ve had success selling there.
Here are some links that will give you an idea of the space.
blue ridge mountains art center - Search (bing.com)
Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association and Art Center - Home (blueridgearts.net)
Now, the pretty stuff from April.
Work
from Jean:
Jean has really brought life into this project since our last meeting. Check out this piece in the March meeting summary.
Work from Debbie:
Yes indeed, that’s fiber art.
Work
from Cynthia:
Welcome Cynthia, we have a lot to learn from your work.
This woman is on fire!
Work from Cynthia S:
As always, we have questions about Cynthia’s work that we
think of on the way home. Mine is, how did you get the “raw” edge on your
painted piece. It’s so appropriate for your design. And I know lots of us are
googling mulberry paper.
Work from Cindy:
Cindy is becoming the “improv piecing” queen, woohoo. And
her gears keep turning in fun directions.
Susan will send an email when she has the milestones and
details of exhibit progress documented.
March Meeting Summary
I apologize that I didn't publish a summary but here are the pretty things:
Cynthia's helpful instructions on attaching work to a frame:
Trish's fabulous fabric. Please remind us at the next meeting what this process is called. I forgot to write it down.
Tammy's fiber sculpture:
Cindy's great dollar store adventure, etc.
February Meeting Summary
We took additional measurements of the Simpsonville Art Center's gallery and Susan will update the spreadsheet in our shared folder.
Cynthia brought a product she has success with for labeling your work. It seems particularly helpful for projects for sale that don't require extra special hand-sewn labels. You can print on it and rite on it.
Susan will bring a list of tasks needed for our exhibit to the next meeting and begin communicating about project submission deadlines, etc. We will return to Carolina Quilt Studio to meet at 10:00 a.m. on the second Wednesday of each month. I'll send a reminder the first week of March.
We met at Sidewall Pizza (really good salads) and showed and shared. Special thanks to Tricia for bringing a wonderful box of yarn, beads, threads, and lots of shiny sparkly things.
OMG, look what I found on Amazon:
Amazon.com : copper mesh slug control
Here's the site where I got the funky papers: they are called Dako Neutral Toned Mesh Tape Pack.
Dako Neutral Toned Mesh Tape Pack - Taperlogy
Phyllis' Work
Susan's Work
January 2024 Meeting Summary
We made good progress on plans for our exhibit at the Simpsonville Arts Center. Pictures of our shared work are below. Go to the Simpsonville Exhibit page for details from Susan. We will keep all information about the exhibit on that page.
Cindy's Work
Cynthia's Work
Below is how Cynthia keeps track of her work.
Dawn's Work
Debbie's Work
Jean's Work
Karen's Work
Sara's Work
Susan's Work
October Meeting
Important News
With everyone being so busy during the
holiday season, we decided to pause our meetings until January. However, some
of us will be getting together to do learning/playing so watch out for emails
about those types of activities.
We got our “bag” challenge goodies. No
rush on that challenge but keep the size no larger than 16”x20” and have fun. If
anyone wants one and didn’t have a chance to come to the meeting, please let
Cindy know. I know Susan Rink wanted me to get one for her and I remembered it
for a few minutes then buggers I forgot. Thanks to Cindy for making this
challenge happen.
I will take some pictures of the funky
fabric I mentioned and send them out next week so you can decide if you can use
any of it.
Also, for our next meeting in January, bring a few samples of how you finish and hang your work, sleeves, hooks, rods, etc.
Resources to
investigate:
Barbara Schneider Portfolios (barbaraschneider-artist.com)
SAQA
3D SIG - Barbara Schneider - YouTube
For taking better pictures of your work, Debbie recommended this used by her photographer friend at the art shop in Travelers Rest: Black Flocked Velvet Fabric for
upholstery, craft ,curtain ,draping. The brand is Lushes Curtains,
sold by the yard.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KD9DOQY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Tape Sara mentioned this hanging method she used in a class:
Artfields – November 1st is date to
submit but check the link below for dates of show.
About ArtFields | Art Competition,
Festival & Year Round Programs (artfieldssc.org)
The pictures below do not do justice to the creative,
exciting pieces shown below.
Sara’s Work
Cynthia’s Work
Karen’s Work
Debbie’s Work (submitted to ArtFields)
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September Gelli Plate Printing and More
Many thanks to Susan for hosting our "get outside the box" event with gel plate printing. We welcomed a new kindred soul to the group - Tammy. Those of you in the Modern Quilt Guild may have met her. Please forgive me if I didn't spell your name correctly Tammy.
There was some fiber art sharing also. Here are four fabulous pieces done by Cynthia from a Katie PM creativity class that we all drooled over:
Tammy's
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Next adventure ... ice dying. More info to come.
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August Meeting
Remember to update your calendar for the gel plate printing session at Susan Rink's house on 9/18 at 10:00. Bring your lunch. Her address is in the email.
Most of us like the 10:00 a.m. time for our group meeting but I still have to confirm with Dale if the third Thursday at 10:00 is available. There may be a longarm group meeting that day but I will send out an email as soon as I can.
Cindy Moore is coordinating our "goodie bag" challenge for December so bring any fun stuff you would like to contribute to Susan's house or to our next meeting.
There was lots of talent on the sharing table this month!
Karen's work:
This is an example of two talents: purse making and freeform beading art.
Cindy's Work:
It was great fun to see how Cindy dyed and over-dyed commercial fabric to make them take on texture and depth.
Charline's work:
Jean made the notebook cover and flower while at the American Sewing convention in New York where Phyllis made her bag.
June Meeting
We discussed changing our meeting day and time to the second Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. This helps those who drive longer distances reduce traffic stress. We have not talked to Dale about it yet but please let me know if this would work for you. I will definitely confirm the next meeting date early in July so nobody makes a wasted trip.
Our group is confirmed for a 6-week exhibit at the Simpsonville Arts Center beginning in July. Start thinking about what you want to exhibit. You can sell or not sell. The center does not handle the sales so each of us will need a short bio and a business card or contact information card. Since I live close to the arts center, I will be happy to help with coordinating sales, deliveries, etc.
Cynthia shared the tape shown below that she uses on her thread to keep it from spreading all over the place. When she uses a spool, she sticks the tape on a convenient place on her machine and replaces it when she's done. It comes in several widths so there should be a width for the size spools you have. I have ordered some so I will definitely share my experience with it next meeting.
We shared lots of sources of cool materials at the meeting and Cindy and Cynthia brought samples they made for Sara's dark sky effect. Those samples alone brought to light numerous materials and techniques. Here's Cynthia's sample.
I was not on my best camera duty during this meeting. Susan brought fabulous hand-made buttons and I failed to get a shot. Geez!
Sara's Work
Phyllis' Work
Johnnie's Work
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April Meeting
WOW! The 5"X7" share was a first for me. What a joy to see the fabulous work of fabulous friends. Here are each participant's gifts:
Sara
Cynthia
March Meeting
Selene shared her current fiber project and updated us on her progress to hold a fiber arts fair in our area.
"Smash Goard" Reed Bowl, Multi-Media Art, and Jewelry
Four Seasons, Peachtree, Framing Technique (instruction sheet attached to the email I sent)
Cindy's Updated Work
Saluda Grade and Pearson Falls
Picture on it's way...check back soon.
5"x7" Share
Sara gave us a preview of her 5"x7" postcards she will share. Can't wait!
Here's how we plan to share. Bring seven 5"x7" pieces. I will have seven bags. We each will put one of our pieces in each bag after proper photos are taken. I will bring pieces of paper numbered 1-7 and pass around a bowl for each of us to draw from. You will then take the bag matching your number. You will get one of your pieces back to "barter" with if you wish.
Cool Products
One of the most valuable things I learn from our group is the wide variety of products used in fiber art projects. This week I learned about:
- Shirtailor interfacing (ordered some from JoAnn's),
- Golden coarse pumice gel,
- David M. Kessler's color wheel, and
- Krylon UV protection.
Name Tags
If you have a custom name tag, it would be helpful to wear it for meetings. I will bring a pack of paper name tags for those who want to go that route.
Blue Ridge 2023 Quilt Show and Sale
I attached the pdf files about this show/sale to the email I sent. You'll find the links and website url in those documents if you are interested in participating. I am going to submit several of my yarn bowls and 3-D pieces, and one art quilt this year. I will send an email when I hear about reeds being accepted as fiber.
Have a great month...see y'all on April 13th.
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February Meeting
- Surburban Paint Company on North Avenue is not just house paint. Check them out for fabric paint, etc.
- Dollar Tree/Dollar Stores in general. Check out the craft isle. Charline got some great "ribbon" that can be used to embellish or be a template for printing at the Dollar Tree on Woodruff.
- Susan shared info on a fabulous potter in Simpsonville. She's made buttons, bowls, tags to identify her jams/jellies, etc. The potter is interested in putting together an exhibit of miniatures across a wide spectrum of media. Susan shared tiny mugs that are fabulous. I am interested in putting in mini-quilts, especially 3-D free standing ones. I'll post info when I contact the potter.
- Fabric paint/pens. Sara shared two brands of pens that she uses on her quilts and said she likes both but prefers the POSCA. You'll see the results on her work shown below.
- Mini-quilt/art share. We still have 9 participants and over a month and a half to get them done. As a reminder, they should be 5"x7" and have a finished edge. Your choice on the edging, binding, zigzag, couching yarn, etc.
- Quilt show/sale at the Blue Ridge Mountains Art Center in June. I attached the detailed info on the email I sent after the meeting. I will be happy to take your pieces up and bring them back. They don't have to be traditional quilts, they can be framed, applied to a canvas, a free standing piece, a book cover (like Debbie's shown below). They just have to be fiber art. We can talk more in our March meeting since the entry deadline is in April. You can enter up to five pieces.
Debbie's Work
I failed to get a picture of one of Debbie's pieces that she created using the soy recipe but it was a beautiful flower. She will stitch it and show it at a future meeting I hope. Her book cover, and the art piece below show the breadth of her design talent and beautiful stitching.
Cindy's Work
Cindy's piece is a map of a bike ride and has bicycle parts attached. The colors are so much more vibrant than the photo shows. Innovative indeed.
Mini Share Details
The "mini" pieces should measure 4"x6" or 5"x7" and have a finished edge. Finished can mean bound, zigzaged, edged with yarn or lace, etc. It should be ready to display, mount, frame, or put on an easel. It can be a quilt sandwich or not, pieced, stitched, embellished, your choice is unlimited. The mini pieces will be exchanged at our April meeting. If life throws you a curve and you need to drop out, please let me know so I can alert the group to reduce their production to fewer pieces.
Nine of us are participating in our group "mini quilt" share project:
Karen
Trisha
Cynthia
Pat
Debbie
Cindy
Sara
Artistic Expression: inspire with supplies, events, programming, and a retail store
Environmental Education: divert valuable material from local landfills
Community Resourcefulness: foster meaningful interaction and shared resilience
Look at this fabulous fabric Susan created on her iPad and had printed. She used photos she took on a trip. Woozer!
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December Meeting
Sara shared some quilts that she made in a Katie Pasquini Masopust's (Home - Katiepm) Color and Composition Online Class. My bad for not taking photos, was too enthralled by the quilts. I have registered for the class that begins in January. (Online Classes - Katiepm). Cynthia has taken a class from Katie PM also and it was of great value to hear both her experience and Sara's.
Cool Products
FOSSHAPE: We discussed some interesting products and here's one Charline and I will be experimenting with to make 3-D fabric pieces. Karen also has some of this product. The brochure states "this unique felt-like fabric is heat activated to achieve rigidity, stiffness and surface enhancement without the use of water, or messy or hazardous additives." They refer to it as FOSSHAPE. The website is wonderflexworld.com.
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November Meeting
We were treated to super work by Cynthia and Karen at this month's meeting. Take a look below.
Shared by Cynthia:
Hand dyed fabrics:
The book recommended by Cynthia; some of her fabrics were stitched with patterns from this book for dyeing.
Shared by Karen:
Thanks to Trish and Karen for donating some cord and yarn to "my cause." I have put in a lot of practice hours and hope to have some vessels to share in December.
October Meeting
Thanks again to Carolina Quilt Studio for providing a generous space for the group to chat and share our work. Take a look at some of the work:
Shared by Sara (back from her "off the grid" time)
g.October Meeting
Thanks again to Carolina Quilt Studio for providing a generous space for the group to chat and share our work. Take a look at some of the work:
Shared by Sara (back from her "off the grid" time)
Great Gel Plate Printing Interview with Bobbi Baugh
Central Canada Regional Meeting with Boibbi Baugh - Zoom
Also, check out her website for more info. Bobbi Baugh StudioBobbi Baugh Studio
Nuno Felting Class
Karen and I took Cecelia Ho's nuno felting class and made scarves. I really had no idea what to expect but was thrilled with my project, a double-sided scarf on silk. Cecelia is a fabulous artist and super teacher. Thanks Cecelia!
September Meeting
Thanks to Natalie for introducing us to an extremely talented quilt artist - Irene Roderick. You'll find a link to her website on my main page. I watched one of her how-to videos of the components she uses and learned some great tips. I will try to get into one of her Dancing with the Wall workshops soon.
Here are some projects by Natalie that wowed us:
This is the one from the Dancing with the Wall workshop.
Members shared a lot of information about dyeing techniques and material resources, three resources to remember are TESTFABRICS, Home (fousttextiles.com), Dharma Trading Co. Homepage. Linda shared a new nonwoven textile in her projects: Evelon is a good search term to find those. Lots of classes coming up for members including workshops with Jamie Wallen (Quilters Apothecary), Bali Wedding Star (Quiltworx) at Carolina Quilt Studio, and more online learning.
Below are pictures of projects shared.
Shared by Tricia:
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July Meeting
Thanks to Dale and the entire Carolina Quilt Studio team for welcoming us in July.
Below are pictures of some of the projects shared.
Shared by Cynthia:
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August 16, 2022, 10:30AMGuest Terry Hartzell shares Color on Fabric: Selecting the right surface design foryour project. Laura Leiden will guest host.
Our thanks to Cynthia for bringing her Janome felting (needle punch) machine, samples, and tools. We learned a lot about felting. Cynthia makes terrific cards, which I had never thought of but see in my future. Natalie brought a felted purse and shawl, both knockouts. I wish I had taken pictures. Also, Gayle brought samples of what she created in Cecelia Ho's class and they were so helpful to understand the difference in wet felting and regular felting. Again, I took no pictures 🙁🙁🙁.
Cynthia's Janome felting machine and the work she has done on it got me on a hunt for one similar. You wouldn't believe how many sites I visited and dealers in the Southeast I called. Seems like they are out of style. I looked online, eBay, etc. with no luck. Then I started pursuing a needle punch foot for my Bernina. Nothing local but found the folks at Sew Much Fun in Lowell, NC. They were so professional and friendly. They had a stitch plate in stock but had to order the foot and they went the extra mile to make sure all the components would work on my 440. The foot should arrive next week. Woohoo! I have so many ideas to explore.
Natalie shared a most unique piece (and I took pictures) that is absolutely fascinating and beautiful. I can't begin to describe the technique but I will definitely research it and ask questions next meeting. I believe you can find more on this technique on Betty Busby's website: Betty Busby (bbusbyarts.com) . It's so organic! The discussion of the piece brought up digital cutters like Cricut and Silhouette. I think The Quilt Show has a fairly recent focus on using one of these. All of this is new to me and provides more opportunities to explore.
Inspiration! Gayle brought a photo she took of a leaf with water droplets on it. If anyone knows a good technique for creating a transparent water droplet (need multiple sizes) on an art quilt, please let Gayle or me know. I hope everyone will bring inspiration pieces because there is such a rich resource of knowledge and experience in our group that we all can learn from.
Cool Links Page. Check out the links that I have added and please send me some of your favorite links. We all can enjoy and learn. If there is anything else you want to post on this blog, please send it. I decided I don't want to clog your Inboxes and this is the most convenient way to send out info. I will, however, send out a meeting reminder email a week before the second Thursday.
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