April Meeting 2015

Old Business Thank you to everyone that helped set up the Umpqua Show, it was very well received. The "River Runs Through It" pieces will be displayed next at the Sutherlin Library. We decided to keep the "Fins, Feathers" & the "Flabergast" pieces together, and to seek out other venues at which to show them. Tracy will be storing them for us. New Business The Bandon Art Retreat is scheduled for Mon, Tues, Weds. June 22 -24. Talk to Amy to commit to going, money is due at the May meeting, the $100 is very in expensive for a retreat, and only covers the cost of the facilities. We will wait until June to have a new challenge. Get your ideas together. We will have an informal challenge for June through Sept. Then a formal challenge, that we would like everyone to participate in, for next year's quilt show in April. May's meeting Sue will show us how she does the large circular art bowls. We are planning a wet felting workshop at Amy's in June, and a dye workshop with Meredith in July. More info to come. Jana has asked if we want to participate in the Oakland Quilt Show in August, she will get us a booth to display and/or sell items. Tracy & Ryan have volunteered some display boards. We agreed to do this. Jana will have more info, as it gets closer. Show & Tell

Amy brought in the results of her washer/rust experiment. The fabric printed very well with all the circular patterns from the washers. It was discussed, to rinse it several times in a heavy salt solution to neutralize the rust.

Cheryl has been holding out on us, she has a blog craftcatcottage.blogspot.com We must all check this out for ourselves!! She has been busy with spinning some green dyed fibers, into a plied boucle yarn, and is knitting it into a vest for her daughter.

Lorraine received some wool felted slippers from her son in Afghanistan, who go them from an Afghan soldier. She is working on some Jacob sheep fleece with Cheryl.

Vera has been experimenting with the vinyl sulfon dyes she got overseas. She is steam setting them, but is checking the difference between soda ash and baking soda. Pat G. reports she is still working on her "Quilts of Valour" project. Landreth has an art piece in the Umpqua Valley Arts Center Show, that is going to be auctioned off.

Sue is taking a workshop in Clackamas using Jean Wells book on art quilting. This modern wall hanging is the result of her first class assignment.

Jana used a website with public domain photos to get the bird in the hand image. She used "inktense" watercolor pencils to draw the hand, and rubber stamped the saying.

The "Ocean" wall hanging, is strip pieced for Jana's sister, and rubber stamped and embellished with large sea shells.

Jana colored within the lines, when she made this shell sampler. The "Inktense" pencils added just the right amount of color, she doesn't know what she will make yet with this piece of fabric.

Last night Dorie got busy and made this vinyl pencil holder. She used the bright geometric fabric, that we made, in our group hands on project. The case holds some of her art supplies.

Vi was wearing a sweater she had embellished 30 years ago, somethings we just treasure forever. She made a small purse with a butterfly and the larger bag with an eagle centered in the design.

Tracy's husband Ryan joined us, and he wants to explore the definition of quilting, as three layers joined together. He has a new play toy, a Plasma cutter, and he showed us his wonderful cutouts done on rusty saws. He wants us to help collect rusty saws, wheelbarrows, shovels etc... for him to practice on. He has invited us out to their place, to try it out, sometime this summer.