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In this class, Barb Persing will share what the term 'Partial Custom Quilting'. Find out what it is and learn why it might be the best choice for your quilt.
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We saw this great info on Carol Ann Waugh's blog recently. "I’ve been thinking about how to attract the “modern quilter” to explore Stupendous Stitching techniques for their projects and give their “esthetic”. Here’s how the “Modern Quilt Guild” defines the characteristics of a “Modern Quilt”. Carol Ann Waugh (Episode 1011)
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Follow along as Susan Shie (Episode 1013) shares how she creates her 'soft paintings' on fabric, many of which are later quilted and bound.
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TQS Member, Carol Moellers, was kind enough to send us wonderful photographs from the recent International Quilt Festival of Ireland. These photos include quilts from some of the fascinating exhibits at the show including:
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The San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles wants you to participate in their 5th annual High Fiber Under Five benefit exhibition and sale that runs from October 20, 2012 to November 4, 2012. This exhibition and sale helps to support fiber artists and the Museum.
What you can do - submit an item of fiber work that the museum can offer for sale for between $100 and $300. There is a one-time submission fee of $10. They welcome submissions of all kinds including basketry, jewelry, knitting, sculpture, quilts, wearable art, tapestries, and mixed-media pieces in which fiber plays a prominent role.
Artist’s entries are due by Monday, August 13, 2012.
If you have any questions, please contact the museum at highfiber@sjquiltmuseum.org or by calling 1-408-971-0323 x25.
High Fiber Under Five 2012: Call for Entries Instructions and Application Form
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Time for Summer School! Here are some classes you can take:
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles:
July 15, 2012 - Tapestry: Design and Conception presented by Yael Luri and Jean Pierre Larochette
Learn about the process of making and creating tapestries. Experience the designing process thru the eyes of renowned artists, Larochette and Lurie. Enjoy a presentation on the history of cartoon design and tapestry making, followed by a discussion about the design process and the different contemporary approaches to tapestry making.
To find out more, click here.
or how about...
(Dancing in the Light Detail - Ellen Anne Eddy - from the National Quilt Museum)
The National Quilt Museum:
August 9-11, 2012 - Thread Magic Garden presented by Ellen Anne Eddy
Based on her new book Thread Magic Garden, students will learn how to build their design using thread. If you've fallen in love with thread, don't miss the workshop that steps you through how to create unique designs.
To find out more, click here.
And don't forget all of the wonderful classes at TQS! Currently in the classroom, free to all Star Members, are classes from instructors including:
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Do you know about the Quilt Index a joint project of The Alliance for American Quilts, MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University and the Michigan State University Museum. Read more about the history? It represents years of research and development to bring together quilt information in a centralized online tool for education, research, and public access.
The Quilt Index aims to be a central resource that incorporates a wide variety of sources and information on quilts, quiltmakers and quiltmaking.
This will include:
This website currently features images and information, provided by an array of contributors, on thousands of quilts from documentation projects, museums, libraries, and private collections.
And, you can take it with you!
The Quilt Index to Go Mobile app features a quilt of the day and endless access to images from the Quilt Index. New features will include quicker response time and searching directly from the app. iPad and Android versions are coming soon and it's only 99 cents! Click here to get the app.
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Here is one of Susan Shie's older pieces from 2006, Greetings from Wooster. It is 50" x 75" and is a a whole cloth painting on fabric. The colors were airbrushed on and then she used airpen drawing and writing on fabric. It is machine crazy grid quilted with one row of hand sewing on the inside edge of the border. There is ons Gree Temple Buddha Boy bead and one Peacy Cozy applique.
Of course, there is a story to the quilt. See the the story below from Susan's website.
Greetings from Wooster - 35 pieces non-rotating
Greetings from Wooster - 35 pieces rotating
Greetings from Wooster - 96 pieces non-rotating
Greetings from Wooster - 96 pieces rotating
Greetings from Wooster - 300 pieces non-rotating
Greetings from Wooster - 300 pieces rotating
I made this piece for the Quilt Art email listserv's challenge about our hometowns - The Travel Challenge. There will soon be a page of all the art quilts made for this show online. Stay tuned.
Wooster, Ohio is one of those energy meridian intersections. The three main Native American trails in Ohio cross here, and Wooster was selected by the men who surveyed Ohio in the early 1800s, as the place they would live out their lives. We have the largest Amish population in the world in our county and the next one south of us (Wayne and Holmes Counties), and we're a Nuclear Free Zone. Less than 30,000 people live in Wooster, in the gently rolling farmland in the bottom left corner of Northeast Ohio. It's a really friendly and peaceful place to live and make ar!
Wooster was chosen as an All American City in 1975, and the first Christmas Tree in the Midwest was in Wooster. We were the world headquarters for Rubbermaid for over 50 years, and we still have many really cool industries. My favorite places in Wooster are shown in this piece, along with a map of downtown Wooster. My friend Early's antique mall, Uptown/Downtown; The Parlor; The Food Co-op; The Big Picture; The Art Center; our house; Laura's Shoe Store; Matsos' Greek Restaurant; The Courthouse; The College of Wooster; and former Rubbermaid. I wrote stories off the top of my head, about each place, and also about some of the adventures my family and I have had there. I threw in some Wooster history, too.
I guess of all of these, I'd always pick Wooster Natural Foods, which used to be called The Wooster Food Co-op, as my total favorite. I've been involved with it since its start in the late 60s, and have been on the council most of the time. Am now the council president, and my brother Jimmy has been the assistant manager since 1987. Over half of the food co-ops have faded away, but ours is going strong! You can get really good organic eggs, organic milk, local honey, and so many other good things there. I love the co-op!
I think my second favorite place is a tie between Matsos, The Parlor, Early's store, and the Art Center. I graduated from The College of Wooster in 1981, so that's right up there, too, and there are lots of places I love which didn't make it onto this piece, though some are on the map.
The OARDC Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center is here, along with The ATI Agricultural and Technical Institute, a part of The Ohio State University. Wayne County is called "Ohio's Foremost Agricultural Area," and everyone goes to the County Fair. Everyone! But I am so glad The College of Wooster is here, too, along with a nice mix of Unitarians and Quakers, to keep the liberal side of things alive.
I wrote a little book called My Own Private Wooster a few years ago, and made a quilt to go with it. It's a tour guide of Wooster, and I think this new quilt is another aspect of that book. I could make a big quilt about each one of so many places. There are tons of good stories about this town. Jimmy and I both grew up around here and know lots of wonderful folks. It's a place you don't get tired of.
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Nothing feels like summer more than a visit to a county fair. The blazing sun, BBQ, 4H stalls, smell of cotton candy, and wonderful home arts exhibits bring us back to a simpler time. Here's a quick visit to the San Mateo County Fair in San Mateo, CA where more than 350 quilts were on exhibit, along with a few pigs, some go-karts, and of course, a ferris wheel.
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Unpacking carefully is important. Sometimes there are gifts to be distributed. One gift is for me and maybe I'll share the other. Thank you to my Wisconsin friends who visited Omaha and brought the product of local artisans.
It was a great time in Omaha. More on that after unpacking.
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