May Meeting 2016

Old Business The Bandon Art retreat is June 20-23, contact Amy for details. New Business Need to set up demos for our future meetings, and choose a new theme for next year's challenges. It was suggested we continue with a "wings" type theme as people had unfinished projects, good intentions and more ideas for that theme. A round robin tote bag was discussed, instead of a vest or other wearable art. Look for a favorite pattern we can use. Show & Tell

Vi brought two books on Indigo and Sun Printing for us to look at, she also wore her sun dyed vest again.

Barb is making progress on her moonlit Mardi Gras flowers wall hanging for her friend.

She has used many different techniques to make bright 3-D flowers, some have beads in the center and other details.

Sara brought her beaded Kumihimo bracelets, they are so intricate and feel slinky on your wrists. She will show us how she does it when Corienne does the Kumihimo Japanese braiding demo. Jana has been working on her dog quilt after finishing the thread painted portraits of her two dogs. She has also been doing a lot of spinning.

Lorraine and Pat G. went to the Empty Spools Conference at Asilomar, Lorraine took a class from Pam Holland of Australia in thread painting. She was to bring a photo of a person or pet. She took a pic of her dog. They built up layer and layer of thread, which at first did not look like much, until magically the layers began to look like something. The work was very intense with an open toed sewing foot on her machine.

Pat G. took a class from Lenore Crawford of Michigan. She was to bring an enlarged picture in black and white to work from, and fabric in colors to match the picture. They enlarged the picture on plastic by tracing it, and used up to 5 yards of fusible, as they layered fabric to create their scene.

This is the black and white that Pat made her pattern from. Nancy has been busy sewing a prom dress for a family member. She also told us about the new Roseburg magazine "Verve," free copies are available all over town.

Corienne has made some beautiful shimmery ice dyed raw silk to make a jacket for the big weavers show coming up in Portland. She used black, bronze and blue/green Procion dyes. Pat W. has been very busy with visiting family.

Clare has been busy making felted bead wool necklaces in a rainbow of colors. She is also working on her tapestry loom making the panels of her sunset view that she has been planning.

Clare's felt and wool seascape is compressed into a picture frame with glass. Meredith climbed the 1500 steps of the old town wall on her month long trip to Croatia, Slovenia and Montenegro. She is very glad to be home and hopes not to take such a long trip away from home again. She would like us to come down to her place as the weather cools in the fall for a dye workshop.