Lucy in the Sky

Peggy has finished another Beatles challenge piece, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." She is a true artist, breaking rules to create a beautiful piece. It is about 16" square (rules 12") and has multiple techniques, photo transfer, Angelina fibers, raw edge applique, and free motion quilting. We will have a great display at the Sutherlin Library, as everyone keeps making additional pieces.

June 2012 Meeting

OLD BUSINESS Pat's Play Day has been moved to Tuesday June 26, at 9am, we will be doing a variety of things, it will be a sewing machine day, we'll start with Journal Covers, to sew and embellish, a materials list was emailed to everyone. Amy will demo and do a hands on workshop on "skinny strip inserts" to embellish and save "unimpressive" hand dyes or printed fabric. Kay was asked to do some natural materials weaving, like she taught the kids in Alaska, if you have any materials on hand bring them, other wise we'll prowl the acreage for grasses and twigs, etc.. bring a Brown bag lunch. Sylvia's picnic is on hold, TBA for July. We discussed ordering from Dharma silk scarves for the ice dyeing, I'll email everyone details. Call Jana or Peggy to RSVP for the Black Sheep festival, they are going Friday, June 22, we may have 2 carloads going. Please get hold of Pat or Amy if you have textiles for display or sale at the Garden Tour this Saturday, more items are needed! NEW BUSINESSThere is a textile exhibit from the art group at Debbie's quilt shop in Drain, at the Elkton Butterfly Garden's library. www.elktonbutterflies.com/ Also an "Artists Day in the Garden" event July 21, artists are welcome to spend the day in the garden painting, photography, etc.. for an Art Show later in August. I am thinking of going to this and doing Gelatin prints with the botanicals there, also photography with quilt making in mind, and Peggy wants to paint. Let me know if you'd like to join us. SHOW AND TELL I apologize for the lack of photos, I was so busy admiring the items and forgot to take pics. I'll try to get a few more pics at the garden tour. Corrienne was at the "Gathering of the Guilds" in Portland the first weekend in May, she showed her handwoven items, among the many wonderful things at the show. The show is a mixture of the Portland area Potter's Guild, Weavers Guild, Glassblowers, Woodworkers, and Fine Jewelry artists, and is a huge annual event at the Convention Center. Nancy showed her second pillow for her couch, with beautiful tranpunto on black corduroy. It is very soft and textural. Jana finished her Beatles Challenge "Here Comes the Sun" with an applique sun on the side of a richly colored batik, shading to darkness on the right, she added lyrics in gold paint on various areas of the piece. Pat's challenge was "Yellow Submarine" (unfortunately no picture) her husband Bob designed the submarine for her, she appliqued and embroidered it on an underwater fabric, with waves, she mounted it on a wood frame, which she has taken a liking to doing. Pat also brought a guest, a family friend Betty, visiting from Homer, Alaska, she likes to do art quilts, and has a vision for her next project, a group of darting snowshoe hares, that she keeps encountering in her driveway. She wants to use shear fabrics to layer the hares ala "Pignatelli." Maureen has been sewing onesies for her great granddaughter, and working with the Master Gardeners. She has trays and combs we can borrow for our marbling project. Peggy created "Eleanor Rigby" for her challenge, with inspiration from Deidra Doan, she was featured at "Art & Soul" workshops at Portland last year, and Peggy missed the opportunity to attend the class. She layered many different embellishments to create a rich mixture of color and texture, a photo of "Eleanor's face in a jar by the door" was a key element. Kay brought a sample she made of a rubbing from a relief ceramic tile she got from Home Depot for 39 cents. She made the original rubbing with a red crayon, and colored in areas with "Neocolor II, water soluble crayons" She says the oil based crayons are brighter than the standard watercolor pencils. Her Beatles Challenge is "Blackbird" (sorry no photo) a silky black bird with a real feather, on a background of hand dyed fabric, covered in folded layers of black tulle, distressed with a heat gun, and embellished with gold cording and more feathers. Amy brought her grove of birch trees with the quilting done, no binding yet, lots of texture with rayon threads. Her Beatles challenge is "Strawberry Fields Forever" the fabric top from last meeting, was quilted in rayon with a batik strawberry print backing. Also a sample of the "Skinny Strips" techniques she will demo at Pat's play day. A demo was done by Amy, at Peggy's request, to show how she made 3-D thread painted draonflies amysetcetera.blogspot.com You can find a complete "How To" on Amy's blog. Made with rayon threads on layers of tulle, Solvy, and chiffon or organza, they are thread painted and cut out, to add as decorative elements to art quilts. All the Beatles challenges included lyrics from the songs either on the back of the art or incorporated into the front, the lyrics seamed to have lasting impression on the artists and not just the song title. The Sutherlin Library has said they would love to hang the Beatles Challenge on display, so if you did not finish your piece or did not attend the meeting, you still have an opportunity to do something. Also several people indicated they are inspired to make a second piece, as it was difficult to choose just one song. Photographs: 1. Nancy's trapunto pillow 2. Jana's "Here Comes the Sun" 3. Peggy's "Eleanor Rigby" 4. close up 5. Amy's skinny strips 6. Amy's "Strawberry Fields Forever" 7. Amy's Birch Grove 8, 9 & 10. Thread painted dragonfly demo