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Regional BlogJulia Graberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02249741418215908695noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-3038355405751681522016-11-22T22:38:00.000-06:002016-11-23T18:02:33.955-06:00More Photos from Nov Southern Fiber Artists' Meeting: Show and Tell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sunflower by Marilyn Rose.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">by Jackie W., from the workshop </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">lead by Rita W.</span></div>
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by Sue R., from the workshop</div>
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lead by Rita W.</div>
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lead by Rita W.</div>
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by Julia G.</div>
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by various guild members to say, "Thank you," </div>
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to Julia G. for her service as 2015/2016 Facilitator</div>
<br />Whynottryitagain: movies, quilts, makinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15697251590182481863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-28275919906629878422016-11-21T08:23:00.001-06:002016-11-21T08:23:49.243-06:00Southern Fiber Artist's November Meeting<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Here are a few pictures taken during the Southern Fiber Artists meeting in November. We enjoyed viewing pieces from SAQA's Trunk F.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The challenge for this meeting was to use the color 'red' with the theme 'flower' in an 8"X11" portrait orientation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Making a sunflower into 4 quiltlets was another challenge. We will mix them up and exchange 3 quiltlets to make some artsy sunflowers.</span></div>
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Julia Graberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02249741418215908695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-53143506354139929372016-11-21T07:02:00.003-06:002016-11-21T07:02:12.400-06:00Southern Fiber Artist's Meeting, Nov. 12<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
SOUTHERN FIBER ARTISTS
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Rita Warnock welcomed everyone as she called our meeting to
order. We had many new attendees this
time including Rosemary, Gloria, Beth, Vicki, Susan, Rose and Ethel. We hope you will join us next time as well.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had the routine drawing for the next 8” x 11” portrait
orientation fabric art challenge due on February 11. The next subject will be <i>time and the color black</i>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Regarding our present challenge, Julia Graeber brought the
mat boards, envelopes and a form to fill out regarding the artist’s
statement. She suggested that we take an
extra form so we can have it filled out when we complete our art for the
upcoming challenge.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rita led us in a discussion as to what subjects we would
want to explore during upcoming meetings.
Among the ideas were fabric dyeing (an outside activity), elements of
design, a round table discussion on inspiration, basics of quilting, 3-D fiber
techniques, embellishments, and photo to fabric art. There was a suggestion that Rita contact
Marilyn Dedeaux about her photo to fabric presentation previously given to
Quilters by Heart’s Desire Guild. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It was decided that our next meeting, a round table
discussion on inspiration, will be led by Martha Ginn. Please let Martha know if you would like to
be part of the panel. In reality, all of
us could share what inspires us.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The following meeting which will probably take place in May
will be on dyeing fabric led by Marcus Weekley at Jackie Watkins’ home.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Regarding the photo to fabric art subject, Jackie Watkins
announced that at the next Quilters by Heart’s Desire Guild meeting, the
President’s Challenge of Photo to Fabric quilts will be unveiled. All are invited to attend this meeting on
November 21, 7:00 p.m., at St. Mark’s on Grants Ferry Road, Brandon,
Mississippi. This meeting is also a
potluck holiday celebration, so if you decide to come to the meeting, you might
want to bring a dish, but that is totally unnecessary. There is always a lot more food than the
guild members can possibly eat. Please
note that generally the November meeting starts at 6:30 because of the meal
involved. No mention of the time change
has been made yet, but will probably come out in their newsletter that the
meeting will start at 6:30. Even if the
meeting does not start at 6:30, people will be there by then, and you can mix
and mingle with the members. You should
park in the back of the church. You can
walk up the right side of the building, and the first opening on your left will
lead you to the meeting location, also on the left.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Many of us participated in this meeting’s challenge of
making 4 quiltlets measuring five inches square or 6 inches square to make a
total sunflower. Each person will keep
one of his/her quiltlets and trade the other three for three different
quiltlets to make a whole fabric art quilt.
The varied techniques used by the makers are listed below:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Gloria
Loughman’s <i>Radiant Landscapes </i>technique
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Leaves
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Finished and
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Colored
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Nylon that
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Paint<o:p></o:p></div>
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Beads
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Beads
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Pinking
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Permanent
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Eyelash trim<o:p></o:p></div>
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Plastic
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Orange fruit
bag for texture in center<o:p></o:p></div>
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Silk
sunflower cut into four pieces<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fusing on
both sides for leaves<o:p></o:p></div>
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Three-D
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Thread
painting<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ruching <o:p></o:p></div>
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Various trims<o:p></o:p></div>
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If you still
want to participate in the swap, there is still time. Swapping will take place at the February
meeting.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Show and
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Jackie
Watkins showed her two-fabric bargello quilt and the accidental art piece started
in Rita Warnock’s presentation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Myra Cook
finished her accidental art as well.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rosemary
Taylor used Angelina Fibers in her Aspens in Colorado quilt.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Debbie
Stringer has been working on her medallion quilt first started in a retreat
with her sister.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Julia
Graeber had a Name that Tune Quilt she called Silent Night. It was a sweet manger scene just in time for
Christmas. She had also made a small
poinsettia quilt test sample for her red and flower challenge quilt.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cathy Reininger
has run away with the confetti technique in her Oh Peter quilt. This quilt won an Honorable Mention in the
Pine Belt Quilt Show.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As we broke
for lunch, we were invited to peruse SAQA’s Trunk F brought to us by Julia
Graeber.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Marcus
Weekley announced that the Ag Museum Quilt was in the <i>Quilting Arts</i> magazine.
Jackie Watkins mentioned that Marcus was also in the <i>Quilters Newsletter</i>’s final issue on
page 16. Congratulations to all of our published
creators.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cathy Reininger
invited us to participate in the barn slice quilt project. Each barn has been divided into three
pieces. To participate, take a slice for
$3, create your slice, and bring it to the meeting in May.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Debbie
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Our
challenge this month was to create an 8” x 11” portrait orientation quilt using
the color red and the subject matter of flower.
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Rita Warnock
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Cathy Reininger
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Myra Cook
made two quilts, both based on photos.
One of the quilts was from a photo she took in Greece of marble columns
waiting to be reassembled in a field of red poppies, the flower being the
resurrection symbol.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jackie
Watkins used her twisted branches and confetti techniques to create an oak tree
in the woods seen along a path of red flowers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Marcus
Weekly had an interesting design using ice-dyed card stock cut into rectangles,
and then held together with red and green tulle. He then quilted the outline of his flower
over that.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Julia
Graeber had made a poinsettia quilt using the Gloria Loughman’s <i>Radiant Landscapes </i>technique of
tiles. Julia has really made this
technique her own.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Marcus
Weekley headed up a project of asking members to make a block. He then took those blocks, sashed them, and
sewed them together. Rena quilted this
beauty, and the quilt was presented to Julia Graeber as a thank you for being
our first leader. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Marcus
Weekley also made a presentation of gift cards to previous speakers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Regarding
these gift cards, if anyone wishes to help offset the costs, please send a
small donation to Marcus, or bring it to the next meeting.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Marcus
Weekley had asked for volunteers to bring four fat quarters to be given away as
door prizes. Three sets were given away
at this meeting, and there were enough so that three sets will be given away at
the next meeting.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We then
adjourned.<o:p></o:p></div>
Julia Graberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02249741418215908695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-83886523557329141972016-11-19T09:52:00.005-06:002016-11-19T09:52:44.884-06:00Birmingham Fiber Artists Enjoy SAQA's Trunk FThe Birmingham Fiber Artists met on Nov. 17 and enjoyed visiting with SAQA's Trunk F and other fiber art. It was interesting to hear what each person had to say about the artwork.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Julia Graberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02249741418215908695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-30467046572670364472016-08-24T21:57:00.002-05:002016-08-24T21:57:19.823-05:00Southern Fiber Artists MeetingMinutes of the Southern Fiber Artists Meeting of August 6, 2016<br />
Notes: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Next Meeting – November 12, 2016, 10:30 A.M., Electric Power Association Building<br />
Next Challenge – Flower – Red<br />
Group Challenge – Sunflower quiltlets<br />
Rita Warnock called our meeting to order and welcomed our newcomers. It was noted that since we do not have dues or a formal membership roster, we told our first-timers that they were now considered part of the Southern Fiber Artists. <br />
Next, we presented our 8” x 11” challenge quilts, based on the color of royal blue and the subject of light bulb in the portrait orientation. Those participating were Jackie Watkins, Nancy Losure, Susan Mano, Sue Rountree, Peggy Weir, Julia Graber and Kathy Reininger. <br />
Julia Graber gave an update on SAQA events. Julia will have a trunk show of 7” x 10” portrait orientation quilts from SAQA, and will have that available for our viewing pleasure at our next meeting on November 12. She also has brochures and applications for joining SAQA if anyone is interested. Julia mentioned that there is a call for entry by SAQA on the subject of layered voices and also on H2O. You must be a member of SAQA to enter these shows. Your quilts will travel for several years and will be in front of many audiences. You have the option of having your quilts for sale. Julia is arranging for some of our challenge quilts to be exhibited for three months in a gallery located in Little Rock, Arkansas. She will decide on which quilts she believes will best represent the Southern Fiber Artists.<br />
Marcus Wheatley told us of other calls for entry, one for the Pine Belt quilt show, deadline being August 15. See their site for application, rules, fees, etc. The other was for Pathfinders: New Territories by South Utah University, Cedar City, UT for an exhibit next year. Look on line for the entry information at HTTPS://WWW.SUU.EDU/PVA/SUMA/EXHIBITS/PATHFINDERS.HTML One may enter after November 1. Another was for the Quilt National at the Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio. September 1 is the deadline. This is the site for that: http://dairybarn.org/exhibits/call-for-entries/<br />
Julia Graber and Cathy Reininger discussed the Sacred threads call for entries coming up. <br />
Rita Warnock reminded us that the Old Man River Quilt Fest will be held August 16 through 20. Cathy said there will be 228 quilts displayed and many classes available.<br />
Cathy Reininger is in charge of group projects, and she presented an interesting challenge for our group to participate in resulting in a finished 10” sunflower quilt. The way the challenge will work is this. We were given a picture and a pattern (attached is a copy). We will each make four 5” faced or pillow case finished (no binding) sunflower quilt tiles. As indicated by the pattern, each 5” quilt tile is one quarter of the quilt. In other words, each of the four quilt tiles we make will comprise a 10” quilt if whip-stitched together. However, each maker will keep one of the 5” quilt tiles that he/she makes, and then trade the other three for three different quilt tiles. The idea will be to whip stitch the four different quilt tiles together to make an interesting whole sunflower art quilt finishing at 10”. Notice that the background is comprised of leaves. The petals of the sunflowers are meant to be guidelines, not a pattern. Do consider, though, that the diameter of the sunflower should remain true so all the quilt tiles when whip stitched together will make a beautiful piece of fabric art. For tutorials on facings see Kathy Loomis’ tutorial<br />
http://artwithaneedle.blogspot.com/2011/03/perfect-faced-quilts-tutorial.html<br />
or Susan Brubaker Knapp’s tutorials<br />
http://www.bluemoonriver.com/tutorials.html<br />
Another project about which Cathy led the discussion was for a group barn quilt. The idea is to have a finished 30” x 22” quilt, but this quilt will be comprised of four quiltlets made by four people each having made a 7-½” x 22” slice. We voted on the top two barn pictures out of five choices that we would like to make in this project. We will discuss more details at our next meeting. Participating members will reimburse Cathy for the cost of patterns and copies.<br />
Rita Warnock led us in our hands-on program to make an on-the-spot, spontaneous art quilt. Rita has been working on a particular quilt kit that came with cutouts containing fusible on the back. After Rita punched out the pieces that she needed, she was left with hundreds of stencil-like pieces of leftovers ready for recycling. These leftovers became our palette. Everyone left with a spectacular 12” x 12” creation.<br />
Our next meeting will feature Debbie Stringer who will lead us in making strip pieced art. These finished items can be utilized as mug insulators, cuffs, bookmarks or for whatever we can imagine. Debbie will provide a materials list, but one can be thinking about assembling small strips of denim for a foundation, scrappy strips of fabric, buttons for closing, and embellishing items (beads, ricrac, trims). Your sewing machine will be required. It’s possible that you will be able to finish more than one of these.<br />
Featured Artists<br />
Peggy Weir showed us her pink flower which she had begun in a class<br />
Myra Cook had challenged another guild to find something in their stash and complete it. Myra completed her topper from leftover New York beauty blocks. Some people tell her it looks like a stained glass window.<br />
Sue Rountree had her quilt shop artwork.<br />
Cathy Reininger has a new quilting studio complete with a longarm. Her cats are the new owners of a beautifully quilted whole cloth masterpiece.<br />
Julia Graber is getting ready for Sacred threads with her Weeping for Home quilt. This quilt is faced and features double batting.<br />
Rita Warnock is a member of the Craftsmen’s Guild, and as such is often asked to make quilts for the public. This lady’s niece had passed away, and this lady had a “stash” of four wash baskets full of the niece’s meaningful clothing and such. This loving aunt commissioned a quilt for her great nephew using the fabric to be cut from that stash. Rita rose to the occasion making a beautiful cross quilt containing 5” squares, many, many of them pieced.<br />
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Julia Graberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02249741418215908695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-60401579278054660012016-07-28T23:26:00.002-05:002016-08-24T21:58:35.920-05:00July 21, 2016 Minutes of the Central Alabama Art Quilters Thursday July 28, 2016<br />
Minutes of the Central Alabama Art Quilters<br />
Julia Graber greeted the attendees and gave an update on the upcoming opportunities for SAQA members, and opportunities for all quilters in the coming months. Julia explained the difference in the 12” X 12” quilts that benefit SAQA, the educational and other opportunities of the organization. She passed out brochures for membership for those that were interested. Julia explained not all members needed to join, but there were a lot of resources to learn and participate within the organization. http://www.saqa.com<br />
Julia explained the difference in our trunk show pieces of fifty (50) quilts sized 7”X 10” and the journey, as they will travel for three (3) years. The finished quilts “Royal Blue and Light Bulb” were shown at the meeting. We certainly have some innovative quilters! The MS., Pod meeting in Ridgeland has chosen an 8”X 10” size to be placed on black fiber board, with the name of the quilt, the date, and the challenge name on the back. The “Royal Blue and Light Bulb” should have the following typed information for Julia to put on the fiber board backing from the Alabama Pod to complete the framing process. Please type them out and bring them to her at our next meeting.<br />
For SAQA members only in our region, (AL/AR/LA/MS), you may participate in this regional only show. The show will be held in Little Rock, AR. The theme is “Treasures Within and With Out”. The deadline is August first (1) 2016. You may have a completed a quilt that fits the criteria. See the SAQA website under regional shows. This call for this entry and other invitations can be found on the calendar website.<br />
http://www.saqa.com/calendar-detail.php?ID=5077<br />
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Loretta stepped in as facilitator for the groups meetings. She agreed to take up the challenge of our little group. Anyone open to programs should call her. We do need to have a program chair. Anyone knowing a fiber artist to do a work shop or showing in the area would we would be delighted to encourage them and to keep the group informed.<br />
All agreed to bring water or light munchies. Maybe we should have a hostess to coordinate? Please volunteer for these openings at our next meeting the third Thursday of September. <br />
Many of us traveling enjoyed having lunch with Julia and will be meeting at the Diplomat Deli again before our next meeting in September at eleven-fifteen (11:15am) for lunch and getting to know our membership. It is a great time to get to know each other.<br />
We discussed a name for the group and will continue the search for a guild name at the next meeting. Please be at out next meeting in two months to contribute to the name of this pod. The perimeters were to name the area (Central Alabama), and include “art” quilting without excluding all forms of quilt art expressionism. Some of the suggestions’ are as follows and we all look forward to any other options at our next meeting. We do plan to choose to name our pod in September.<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Central Alabama Fiber Art Quilt Guild<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fabric Collage Artists<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fabric Art Collage<br />
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Show and Tell:<br />
The “Royal Blue and Light Bulb” challenge was shown by all. What exciting diversity! We continued with other “show and tell” pieces. The creativity continued with diverse elements shown; all were encouraged for their artistic ability.<br />
The Program was given by Loretta, explaining the “Treasures of Thrift Store Finds”. Her mermaid was a wonderful example of what one can find from your local thrift shop.<br />
Pictures were taken and will be posted by Julia soon.<br />
Our next meeting will on: The third Thursday of September (9/15/16) at 1:00 pm at the Saint Mark Presbyterian Church, 2901 Columbiana Road, Vestavia Hills, Al. 35216. The church phone: 205-822-5980.<br />
Meeting Minutes submitted by Anita Haddad ah1haddad@earthlink.net Julia Graberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02249741418215908695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-20410966614576320952016-07-25T07:37:00.000-05:002016-07-25T07:37:46.840-05:00AL Pod Show and Tell<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">At our recent meeting in Birmingham, AL we enjoyed a lot of inspiration from these artists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Vasha Rosenblum with her over achiever lady.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Margaret and her Mona Lisa Margaret.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Murry Johnston collaborated with a weaver to make this sweater.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These pieces will be made into wearable art as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Four depictions of mobile homes by Laura Strouse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Laura also made this mermaid from recycled fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Linda Kocisek made this quilt with fibonacci in mind.</span></div>
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Julia Graberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02249741418215908695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-14644656990045679602016-05-15T23:36:00.000-05:002016-07-17T17:55:33.790-05:00New Fiber Artist Meeting in AlabamaMay 13, 2016<br />
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Fifteen (15) Art Quilters in Alabama met on May 12, 2016, at Jill Dailey’s home in Moody; for the purpose to start an Art Quilt Group in Alabama. Attending the meeting was <a href="http://www.thedragonflystudio.com/index.php" target="_blank">Marjorie Post, a SAQA member</a>, from Portland, OR. Marjorie displayed her lovely landscapes to the group.<br />
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Julia Graber, SAQA Representative AL/AR/MS/LA, presented to the guests the advantages of <a href="http://www.saqa.com/index.php" target="_blank">Studio Art Quilt Associates</a> and it’s encouragement for a state wide art quilt group. Many attendees signed up for SAQA membership.<br />
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Each guest introduced themselves and presented a sample of their passion in their art quilt medium.<br />
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Julia concluded with her quilt experience and showed the Mississippi Pod 8” by 11” finished quilts; sheathed in clear plastic envelopes and mounted on black board. On the back of the blackboard, the artist‘s name and interpretation of the theme. Julia shared the theme of the Mississippi pod challenge if the Alabama members choose to “catch up”.<br />
Green and Sorrow<br />
Blue and Bird<br />
Yellow and Catastrophe<br />
Royal Blue and Light Bulb<br />
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The persons attending the meeting unanimously agreed to meet on the third Thursday every two (2) months. The attendees living in the Birmingham area were commissioned to research an appropriate “free” meeting place that could eventually accommodate 40-50 people, with kitchen facilities, and room for workshops. All members would share expenses if there is a rental fee. Consideration for “easy accessibility” from major highways was requested by out of town members to accommodate quilters from southern and northern Alabama.<br />
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The following people volunteered to support the group at this meeting: Julia Graber, SAQA Liaison; Molly Washburn, Email List; Loretta Strouss, Facilities Manager; and Anita Haddad, Communications.<br />
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We will need someone to volunteer for President, Group Art Project Facilitator, and Exhibit Chairperson. <br />
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Please come prepared to help birth this group at out next meeting, the third Thursday on July 21, 2016 at 1 pm.<br />
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Julia Graberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02249741418215908695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-54602746936918004262016-05-15T22:31:00.001-05:002016-05-15T22:33:01.529-05:00MS Pod - Southern Fiber Artists<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Rita Warnock, our President, called our meeting to order and welcomed everyone.
Volunteers accepted as leaders this year are as follows: Marilyn Dedeaux, Exhibit
Chairperson; Cathy Reiniger, Group Art Project Facilitator; Julia Graber, SAQA Liaison; and Jackie
Watkins, Secretary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rita led a discussion on a name for our group and the final consensus was <b>Southern Fiber
Artists</b>. After a discussion of future meeting places, the artists decided that a central
site seemed best since members are coming from Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Meetings will continue to be at the Electric Power Association in Ridgeland, MS when the
space is available. You will be notified of a change. Other options will be Crafts Center
or members homes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Marcus Weekley reminded us of the call for entries about strong women and the things they
have accomplished since obtaining the right to vote in the U.S. In 1920. Contact Marcus
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cathy announced that this years group project, <i>Mississippi Ag Museum in Bloom</i>, will be
entered in the Old Man River Quiltfest and Pine Belt Quilt Shows in August and October.</span></div>
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Eight challenge quilts on the Yellow/Catastrophe theme were shown by seven members.</div>
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Our next challenge is Light bulb/Royal Blue. Create an 8 by 11 piece for our next meeting. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Julia will take our challenge quilts on the road to the June and October meetings of MQA
and to the Alabama SAQA pod meeting to show what <b>Southern Fiber Artists</b> are creating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Julia announced a SAQA Call for Entries for a <a href="http://www.saqa.com/memberArt.php?cat=34">12 x 12 donation quilt</a>, a <a href="http://www.saqa.com/calendar-detail.php?ID=5032" target="_blank">10 x 7 for a trunk show</a> that will travel, and a call <a href="http://www.saqa.com/calendar-detail.php?ID=5077" target="_blank">Treasures Within and Treasures Without from SAQA AL/AR/LA/MS</a> members for a show in Little Rock. See website for details.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nancy Losure was our guest speaker on "Compounding Interest." She talked to us
about adding interest to our quilts. How do we make quilts more interesting? Is
interesting the same as beautiful? How do you increase interest in design? Think color,
texture, movement, symmetry, flow, intricacy. Know when to stop! What makes a quilt
worth a second look? Perhaps it is the makers hand, what the quilt does or does not do.
Many examples were shown of quilts that had added interest. <b>Southern Fiber Artists</b> were
good critics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At Show and Tell, Cathy presented a wedding ring quilt of blue background with yellow and
orange rings. It goes to her daughter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Martha Ginn showed her Challenge quilt from a selfish round Robbin where each participant
made an 18x 24 center block and added borders. Shape Challenges called for redesign of
each step. Quilt won Viewers Choice and 2nd place, after a tie-breaker, in a quilt show.
She also showed a quilt made from Rhonda's surface design painting class, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sue Roundtree showed her Lily Quilt made in Julia's class.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Susan Manno shared her beads and cats, paper mache, challenge made in wool. She had a
two color challenge of blue, orange and black, not a color. This was a backyard quilt
with, of course, cats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Marcus showed several quilts he will have for sale at a quilt show at the end of July in
Gulfport to raise money for his anticipated move to New York, where he will be a
successful screen writer and director. We will miss him here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Debbie show us her loom and weaving project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our next meeting is August 6, 10:30 am at Electric Power Assn. building, 665 Highland
Colony Parkway, Ridgeland, MS.</span></div>
Julia Graberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02249741418215908695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-77645928346215968552016-03-24T07:51:00.002-05:002016-03-24T07:51:47.188-05:002016 Benefit Auction<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;">
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Julia Graberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02249741418215908695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-78773073353251255922016-02-01T12:36:00.002-06:002016-02-01T12:36:27.553-06:00Jan 30 Fiber Art Meeting<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">We had a very inspirational fiber art meeting in Ridgeland, MS</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These ladies finished up their "Twisted Trees with Confetti" projects from our last meeting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our challenge this time was "green/sorrow." These are 8X11 inch pieces that will join our blue/bird and yellow/catastrophe pieces for an exhibit.</span></div>
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Julia Graberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02249741418215908695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-31914178839659113952015-09-30T16:00:00.001-05:002015-09-30T16:54:57.381-05:00Twisted Trees & Confetti<span style="font-size: large;">These pictures are from our day of "Twisted Trees and Confetti" class. Please see the minutes at the end of this post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the meeting held at Jackie Watkins' home were Nancy S. Losure, Karen Arzamendi, Linda Levy, J. Marcus Weekley, Julia Graber, Jackie Watkins, Dot Jenkins, Christal Jenkins, Marilyn Dedeaux, Rita Warnock, Cathy Reininger and Myra Cook.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">On the agenda was to learn how to make one-inch strips of batik fabric look like trees, and tiny pieces of confetti fabric appear to be sky, leaves and ground cover. Led by Jackie Watkins, those in attendance perfected the techniques and took home with them a nearly completed 14 x 14 art quilt. Jackie showed several of the quilts she had made using those techniques, and Christal shared her "in-progress" quilt depicting a snowy day to show a different take on the techniques involved.<span class=""><br /><br />Nancy S. Losure, Karen Arzamendi, Linda Levy, J. Marcus Weekley, Julia Graber, Jackie Watkins, Marilyn Dedeaux, Rita Warnock, and Myra Cook met the challenge to create an 8 x 11 portrait orientation quilt having been inspired by the color blue and a bird.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">We enjoyed a wonderful display of quilts during our show and tell period. Among those exhibiting were Julia Graber with her buildings done in the radiant landscape technique; J. Marcus Weekley with his GOD panels soon to be turned into a quilt, and more self-portraits; Cathy Reininger with her modern flowers; Karen Arzamendi with her "water" inspired quilt; Rita Warnock and her landscape; and my apologies to others who showed quilts, or if I have the names wrong. I did not know I would be typing the minutes, so did not take notes, relying on the memory (not a good thing to do.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was a consensus to have our next meeting on January 30 at the Mississippi Power Building if it is available. We will ask Judy Momenzadeh if she will speak to us about how she created her alligator quilt. Our next challenge is to make an 8 x 11 quilt in portrait orientation, using the color green and interpreting the word "sorrow."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">--submitted by Jackie Watkins</span></div>
Julia Graberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02249741418215908695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-65335300354541302952015-07-18T21:20:00.003-05:002015-07-19T17:22:52.251-05:00SAQA MS "Pod" Meeting<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">At our fiber art meeting today we showed our "R" challenge pieces. Can you find a capital "R" in each piece? There is at least one in every piece even though some may be obscure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We also viewed the SAQA Trunk G and shared our thoughts about some of the pieces.</span><br />
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Julia Graberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02249741418215908695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-24894471760057928642015-07-12T14:13:00.001-05:002015-07-12T14:22:47.695-05:00SAQA's Trunk G at WAQG<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Yesterday I shared <a href="http://www.saqa.com/memberArt.php?ID=3177">SAQA's Trunk G</a> with the <a href="http://www.waqg.com/">West Alabama Quilter's Guild. </a>This is a warm and enthusiastic guild with lots of talent. I enjoyed my time there very much. Thank you, WAQG.</span></div>
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Julia Graberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02249741418215908695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-47033241007100937802015-05-06T21:44:00.002-05:002015-05-06T21:46:29.118-05:00Grace Wever Exhibit in Gadsden, AL<div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Congratulations to Grace Weaver, a SAQA member from North Alabama. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"I was invited to have a solo exhibition at the Gadsden Museum of Art and History at the end of 2015. It is their annual "Alabama's Finest Artist" series, and the exhibition will fill the first floor of the museum (about 500 linear feet). The show title will be "Within the Walls, Beyond the Gates" and will also include works from previous exhibitions, plus what I will create this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It will open December 1 and run through most of January. There is an opening reception Sunday December 6 from 2-4 PM. If there is interest in seeing the exhibition, maybe we could have a meeting sometime in December or January, and I could give a group tour. Those in north Alabama might want to attend the opening reception as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can see some of my work on my website which is <a href="http://weverart.net/" style="color: #346da2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">weverart.net</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, on the website are some images of my exhibition at the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center in Pueblo, Colorado. This exhibition will be considerably enlarged for the Gadsden show.</span></div>
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Julia Graberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02249741418215908695noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-82039149944827136492014-12-07T21:40:00.000-06:002014-12-07T21:40:19.874-06:00Pod Meeting in Madison ... Continued<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I hope everyone is working on their 8"X10" challenge of 'p,q,b,d' however you want to orient it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a Four Seasons quilt by ????</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two 'lily' quilts and 'Only a Glimpse' by Julia G.</span><br />
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Julia Graberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02249741418215908695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-41433398708193189102014-11-16T20:08:00.000-06:002014-11-16T20:08:44.072-06:00Pod Meeting in Madison, MS<div style="text-align: center;">
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SAQA. As we each introduced ourselves we showed a piece or two of fiber art. We
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Julia Graberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02249741418215908695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-38066688203731860082014-10-08T22:16:00.000-05:002014-10-09T21:19:41.870-05:00Pine Belt Quilters Show in Hattiesburg, MS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two of our regional members (Julia Graber and Martha Ginn) had quilts in the Pine Belt Quilters 15th Biennial Fiber Art & Quilt Show last weekend (October 3-4-5, 2014) in Hattiesburg, MS. This is my local guild, and I was active in hosting the show. Julia Graber entered two pieces, both ribbon and special award winners.</div>
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1st Place, Pieced-Small; also Domestic Machine Quilting Award</td></tr>
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HM in Art; also Judge's Choice</td></tr>
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I entered five pieces, receiving four ribbons: <br />
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2nd in Pieced-Small</td></tr>
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The show featured 340 quilts plus a Hoffman Challenge exhibit. For more pictures and a complete winners list, see the blog entries of the show week at <a href="http://www.pinebeltquilters.com/">www.pinebeltquilters.com</a>. We had a full schedule of lectures and demos, boutique, 20 vendors, and a beautiful raffle quilt.<br />
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I presented a lecture on "Creativity," asking Julia to show some of her work as well as give a plug for SAQA. Julia is a new co-rep for Mississippi.<br />
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Martha Ginnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01609132014556238098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-81632315926835135952014-09-07T12:32:00.000-05:002014-09-07T12:32:17.637-05:00Gadsden Museum of Art & HistoryThe exhibition at the Gadsden Museum of Art & History held a reception Friday evening Sept. 5. Outside the streets of Gadsden were alive with music, antique cars, food, and lots of folks in town for First Friday. The SAQA pieces were beautifully exhibited in the main region of the museum, well lit and with generous spacing between pieces. Grace Wever and Connie Carrington attended the reception. Visitors asked good questions and were very interested in understanding processes, techniques, and inspiration. The museum director and the volunteers are delightful.<br />
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Below are some photos from the reception, which show the excellent spacing. (Apologies for some reflections from glass surfaces between the photographer and the pieces. I wanted to show how pieces related to each other.)<br />
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Connie in Alabamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00326006203761665176noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-39480443890316658582014-04-21T09:49:00.003-05:002014-04-21T09:50:48.939-05:00SAQA Fabric LineJanice Paine-Dawes in Lakeview,Arkansas received notice from Martha Sielman that her design "Urban Creep" was chosen as one of the 6 being produced by Andover fabrics for SAQA. The designers' receive wide publicity of their name on the fabric with profits going to benefit SAQA.<br />
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"Luana Rubin will be presenting the fabric line at the SAQA conference.
Andover will be launching it at Spring Market in mid-May. And Luana
has taped a segment for Quilting Arts TV that promotes the fabric line,
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If anyone is going to the conference please photograph the presentation so we can all share in this exciting event!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-3657239739838899062014-03-09T19:09:00.000-05:002014-03-09T19:09:35.676-05:00Our Regional Exhibition and Conference Coming Up Soon!
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for Arkansas Studies, 401 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201</b>, in
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to participate in a Regional Conference at the site of the show. This is a
special time to get to know other quilt artists, share information about SAQA,
and grow as an artist. The registration fee for the Conference is $20 (includes
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-85057832392617230962014-02-23T11:16:00.000-06:002014-02-23T11:18:01.757-06:00Carrington quilt wins award in Huntsville Art League<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our artist's co-op in Huntsville, AL holds a fund-raising event each year, in which art patrons buy a ticket for a chance to select a piece of art from a collection donated by artists. When a patron's ticket is drawn, he announces his choice from the collection, which retires that piece of art. The owner of the first ticket drawn has his choice from the entire collection, and this year that patron selected my donation, The Pond 2. This photo shows it hanging in their lake house.<br />
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The donated collection hung for several weeks in our gallery at Lowe Mill, and was judged by a well-known painter with no affiliation to the League. I'm very pleased that The Pond 2 won a cash award. It is validating that a textile work was given an award in an organization primarily composed of painters and photographers.<br />
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<a href="http://www.conniecarrington.com/">www.conniecarrington.com</a>Connie in Alabamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00326006203761665176noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-91615349724164421002014-01-22T11:47:00.002-06:002014-01-22T11:47:54.879-06:00Invitational Exhibition in PAI had 4 pieces accepted into a biennial show at Einstein Health Network in PA. It is an international juried exhibition and sale by professional artists with physical disabilities. Show dates are April 24-June 24, 2014.<br />
I participated in this show previously and one of my large quilts was purchased for their corporate collection. Here is the link to the preview invitation.<a href="http://www.mossrehab.com/what-s-new-at-mossrehab/all-about-art-patrons-preview-set-for-april-2014.html">All About Art 2014</a><br />
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A preview for you of the pieces going to them. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they don't all come back home.<br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807743635326613851.post-82379999450002936052013-11-23T23:09:00.000-06:002013-11-24T13:50:29.103-06:00Martha Ginn's Exhibit PhotosMy exhibit at the Lucile Parker Gallery at William Carey University in Hattiesburg, MS, has been well received. The gallery is housed in a 1920s remodeled building across the street from the main entrance to the campus. Though not a large space, it is a well-lighted, intimate setting for art, especially fiber art! The exhibit runs through December 11. Click on images to enlarge. More pictures can be found on my blog: <a href="http://www.marthaginn.blogspot.com/">www.marthaginn.blogspot.com</a> <br />
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The right wall contained large flowers and a twisted tree piece; the back wall and left wall contained abstract pieces, including my Color Bar Series.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Martha Ginn with Dr. Tommy King, President of WCU</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With quilt friends at Opening Reception</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Color Bars #9, #6, #10, #11</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Color Bars #2<br />
36" x 22"</td></tr>
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In the Beginning (below) traveled for a year with International Quilt Festival shows in Houston, Portland, Chicago, and Los Angeles in 2009-2010. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the Beginning<br />
36" x 44"</td></tr>
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