March 2012 Meeting

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1 &2. Amy's Gelli Prints Journal Pages.
3. Amy's Daffodils and Crocus.
4.Vera's Oregon State of Diversity.
5. Vera's Malaysian batik.
6 & 7. Peggy's gelatin prints.
8 & 9 Maureen's twisty bag and apron.
10. Marsha's coin purse.
11, 12 & 13. Dori's purse and sunflower.
14. Corienne's collagegraphs.


Business - There was lots going on at our March meeting. Reminders: the Portland Sewing Expo is March 29-31 at the Expo Center, anyone interested in, going contact Amy for carpools. Entries are due April 6th at the Arts Center for the Umpqua Valley Quilters' Show at the Douglas Co. Fairgrounds, April 13-15. We will NOT have a separate display this year at the quilt show. Umpqua Valley Arts Center is having a fundraiser "All For One" on May 5th, three of our members have donated 4 Art pieces for the event, Georgia & Vera have 12" x 12" art quilts and Corrienne has a handwoven scarf. Tickets are on sale at the Arts Center. Our pieces for the "What's My Line?" Challenge are still up at the Sutherlin Library, they are very well received and will be up through March.

Play Day @ Vera's - Tuesday March 27 @9am we will have a play day at Vera's, for directions or carpooling or to RSVP, contact Amy or Vera. We will be "doing your own thing" bring something to work on, get help with, or discuss techniques, any ideas for a group project are welcome, we may be doing some "Gelli Printing." Bring a bag lunch. We will save the marbling project for our summer dye weekend.




Show and Tell - Corienne had made some collagegraph printing plates, after our hands on demo last month. She also liked to use the woodfiller to make raised patterns from stencils. She tried them out as rubbing plates on paper to get the hang of it. Maureen made a Twisty- Pointy Bag from our January meeting, and made a beautiful batik fabric apron. Dori had finished her shaggy wool sweater bag that she felted, and found the perfect clasp, everyone wanted to feel it. She is also working on a needle felted wallhanging of a sunflower, and wanted some advice on stitching and what threads to use. The center is couched ribbon and very nubbly textured. Marsha had made a small coin purse with a tapestry challenge fabric, she was given the piece of fabric and had to make something to hold money, for it's small size it even has several inside pockets. Vera shared about her trip to Malaysia to visit with her daughter, she brought back a 2 yard piece of batik fabric handmade by a lady she met, it has sea turtles on it, the turtle is the "State animal" of the area she was in. She explained that the batik resist is made from a combination of wax and resin, and boiled to remove the wax/resin. They come in 2 and 4 yard pieces, the 4 yard being more expensive because it takes two people to dip it into the boiling water. She also asked for advice on re-doing her "Oregon, State of Diversity" entry from the SAQA challenge. She took it apart and is going to work on it as individual blocks. Peggy brought several "Gelatin printed" blocks to show, she followed the directions in Feb Quilting Arts Magazine, to make her own gelatin plate, and made a set of six house/tree/butterfly prints. She also had a set of 4 blue/green undersea gelatin prints with fish and stamped seaweed, that were set with sashing to make a small wall hanging. Amy finished her daffodil and crocus photograph quilted wall hanging. It is thread painted in rayon threads to outline and highlight the photographs. She also brought quiet a few "Gelli Prints" that she made with a commercial product called "Gelli Plate" it acts as gelatin, for printing with acrylic paints. Her prints were much heavier with paint than Peggy's watery looking pieces. We can play with these techniques at Vera's play day. Also visit Amy's blog @ Amysetcetera.blogspot.com for more on the gellatin printing she and Peggy did.