About Pins & Needles Art Quilyting

The Pins & Needles Art Quilters group is a neighborhood circle formed from members of River City Quilter’s Guild.We meet once a month to exchange information about art quilts, to share and critique our work, to pursue exhibitions and competitions, and publishing options. We currently have over twenty dedicated members from varied backgrounds. We challenge our group monthly to try new techniques, or themes, to explore mixed media options, and to share new discoveries.

Our group’s work is regularly shown at the River City Quilter’s Guild annual show in Sacramento, California. Our members’ work has also been shown at several national and international shows, as well as in local venues.


Monday, October 5, 2015

August 2015

FENCES CHALLENGE REVEAL

Our challenge was to create a horizontal or vertical 12"x18" art quilt with a "fence" running edge to edge, with no border or binding. We were very surprised at the variety of interpretations of a fence!
Back: BJ, Sunni, Helen, Linda, Sheila, Lori, Joy, Denise
Front:
Kari, Elizabeth, Cindy

Artist: Linda Bergman
Linda used real straw sticking out of the scarecrow.
Artist: Sheila Green
Artist: Lori Wisheropp
Artist: Joy Valenton
Joy used sticks to create the wooden fence.
Artist: Denise Schmidt
Denise found some construction fencing for her piece.
Artist: Kari Bauer
Artist: Elizabeth McInnes
Elizabeth captured memories of Christo's "Running Fence" created in the Bay Area in the 1970's.
Artist: Cindy Minoli
Cindy made this years ago, and it fit exactly in the perameters of our challenge.

SHOW AND TELL
Some of our recent works

Artist: BJ Bailey
Artist: Helen Burke
Artist: Linda Bergman
Artist: Elizabeth McInnes
Elizabeth took a workshop with Valerie Goodwin, and created this Map Collage of Fort Ord, Monterey
Artist: Sunni Hamilton
Sunni has had works accepted in 5 shows, and has sold 4 pieces! This 3-dimensional art piece is titled Tide Pool.
Artist: Lori Wisheropp
This is Lori's Guild Member Challenge piece.
Artist: Lori Wisheropp
Lori created this for the Michael Miller Fabric Challenge. She echo quilted in the center black area to match the design of the challenge fabric.
Artist: Marie Nelson
Marie created Two Tulips inspired by a Ricky Tims design.
Artist: Marie Nelson
Marie has been whittling down her UFO list, including this Japanese fabric top she made years ago, and finally quilted it.
Artist: Sandra Torguson
Celebration
Hand-dyed and commercial fabric, hand and machine quilting, beading and multi-colored yarn embellishments.
Artist: Sandra Torguson
Sandra made this from hand dyed cottons and silks along with commercial fabric. She "wove the background, fused the flower and leaves, and then added accents by thread painting," according to her web site at sandrasmixedbag.blogspot.com 

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