April 2015

Susan Schwarting shared the round-robin quilt that she and a bay-area friend made. Susan started in the middle and sent it by mail; the friend added a border and sent it back. The quilt was sent back and forth about six times before Susan finished it. Great teamwork!

Our newest member, Willie Beaudet, shared some of her recent work, including two Sand Castle designs...

...And a turtle.

Lori Wisheropp finished a rag quilt for her husband, made with fabric from various trips to Alaska.

Helen Burke showed us a bag that someone made for her.

Sheila Green led us in a discussion about the
 nature of Art vs. Craft.

Self Portraits

Here we are, all completed, our best idea of what we look like.

Pins and Needles April 2014 Meeting

Very informative evening, with lots to learn and share.

First up, we shared some of our recent work.

Artist: B. J. Bailey

Artist: B. J. Bailey 

Linda Bergman's quilt was featured
 in the QuiltArt 2015 Calendar

Linda Bergman's featured quilt:
the Fractured Star

Artist Marie Nelson
Handbag

Sandra Torguson shared her Gelli Plate results.

More of Sandra's Gelli Plate results

More of Sandra's work. The Gelli Plate was sprayed with
water before printing.

More of Sandra's work. This one was also sprayed with
water before printing. 

Sandra's Gelli Plate again.

Another Gelli Plate print from Sandra.

Artist Sandra Torguson. Hand dyed and beaded silk.

Artist: Sandra Torguson. Hand dyed and painted.

Artist: Lori Wisheropp

Elizabeth McInnis presented a demo on designing collage quilts.

Start with a good stash, save all the tiny pieces.

Fussy cut pieces

Just because the fussy cut piece is a flower
doesn't mean you can't use it in a fish!

Elizabeth's collage quilt

Elizabeth asked us to share some of our own collage examples: 

Artist: Jan Soules

Artist: Kathy Orsburn

Artist: Kathy Orsburn

Artist: Kari Bauer

Artist: Phyllis McCalla

Artist: Kari Bauer

And we all had fun, which is the whole point!

March Meeting 2014

 Sheila Green demonstrated the Art of Scherenschnitte 

Which is the art of paper cutting

Sheila's quilt using the technique

Another of Sheila's Quilts

Sheila provided paper and fabric for us to experiment with 

And we created:

This  

Became this

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Show and Tell

One of our favorite parts of the meeting

Artist Sandra Torguson from the Carol Taylor Workshop

Artist Denise Schmidt from the Carol Taylor Workshop 

Artist Denise Schmidt from the Carol Taylor Workshop

Artist Marie Nelson from the Carol Taylor Workshop

Artist Sandra Torguson, kaleidoscope with beads

Artist Sandra Torguson's hand dyed silk 

Artist Sandra Torguson from pencil sketch 

Artist Elizabeth McInnes

Artist Marie Nelson Miniature 

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Our Monthly Share Table
All this lovely treasure from Donna Hussien who is reorganizing.

Thank you Donna!