Umpqua Valley Quilters' Guild Show 2016

Every year the Umpqua Valley Quilters' Guild saves two spaces for us at their quilt show. We really appreciate the opportunity to display our work. This year they had moved the venue into the BIG Douglas Hall at the Douglas Co. fairgrounds. We displayed our two challenges that we had this year for the group. The first challenge is the Oregon State motto, "She Flies with Her Own Wings."

We had several art quilts to display, but we have a diverse group of artists so other media were acceptable. We consider paper a fiber, so include paper based artwork too. We also have several weavers, spinners and knitters in the group, many of us work in more than one medium.

Vi entered two soft sculpture to the show, "Dragonella" was jointed and had impressive wings, which were hard to display.

"Angel Wings" sculpture by Vi, is done in delicate shades of white, with lots of lace and embellishments.

The beautiful blue shawl is knit by Cheryl from a pattern called "Angel Wing" and the purse by Amy is made with bird and butterfly fabrics.

Pat G.'s "Harry the Hummingbird" is made with ultra suedes on a synthetic fur backing.

Jana has been excelling at her thread painting, the crow has numerous thread colors skillfully blended. The poem has been rubber stamped on strips of fabric.

Lorraine's miniature bird's nest is a wonderfully delicate piece of art.

Sara's "Birds in Space" has many metallic elements and beading, the title is in French and I don't have it spelled out, so can't record it here.

Cheryl has been taking an internet pastels class, her "Two Parrots" is softly shaded and framed for her husbands office.

Amy's fun scene "She Flies with Chickens" is of her cousin's granddaughter sitting in the grass with real feathers in her hand as she dreams of flying away with her pets. Fabric collage with raw edge applique was created from a photo.

Our second challenge is "A Path Less Traveled," the lay out was designed so the pieces went together with a wavy edge like a jig saw puzzle, and there is a continuous path that runs through all the pieces. It was a stunning display.
Dorie's "Hello Spring" is a fabric collage with applique frogs frolicking, embellished with many silk flowers and beads.
As the path winds through an abstract of hand dyed fabric, the black cat sits and watches, in Meredith's "Beware Should a Black Cat Cross Your Path."
Pat W.'s "In My Own Backyard" has natural elements that embellish her art piece. She has used Birch bark, moss and twigs as the focal point.

Lorraine's path is based on a class with Laura Wasilowski, the many hand dyed fabrics are fused with detailed embroidery stitches adding detail and texture.

Tracy has shaded water and sand together to create the "Boat Basin Beach."

Ryan's impressive FIRST QUILT "Learning Something New" is composed of flowing lines in an abstract landscape.

Vi's "A Walk in the Woods" is a collaged landscape with embellished details.

Sara's "Accessibility" has a wheelchair along the path going across the meadow to the city in the distance, with sparkly beads highlighting a night sky.

Amy's "Fork in the Road" is created with her photographs of cutlery and road signs printed on fabric on her computer. Major life decisions that change the direction of your life are printed through the art piece.

Peggy's "Emily Carr's Totem Walk" is based on the book of Emily Carr's adventures through the Pacific Northwest with her dog, in search of native American's ancient totem poles. It has many textural embellishments to create the lush woodland.

Cheryl's needle felted extravaganza "Into the Deep" has many colorful images, many of them 3-D. An Atlantean temple, scuba diver, tropical fish and corals, all create a detailed underwater scene.

Sue C.'s "A Path Less Traveled" is a moody scene with hand dyed fabrics, stitched and embroidered trees and other embellished details.

To finish off our display we had a decorated table with our flyers, business cards, and info about our workshops and other activities. Lorraine's 3-d vessels are created with different shapes and embellishments, Amy's bowls are made with fabric covered paper mache embellished with a ring of blue buttons.

Cheryl has needle felted a menagerie of whimsical creatures, a mouse asleep in a moss basket, sheep, whale, frogs and an owl are a few of the fun creatures she made, to teach classes at the Knotty Lady Shop downtown Roseburg.

We also displayed some of the ragged patchwork sweatshirts Amy, Sara and Peggy made in a Playday Workshop. I am linking this to Nina-Marie's "Off the Wall Friday" click here see what other talented textile artists have been doing this week.