Embellished with Czech and Japanese seed beads, bugle beads, silver and bronze beads, vintage buttons, embroidery,sequins, tulle, fabric scraps and couching in acrylic yarn and lots of hand quilting. Batting is 1/4" thick and backed with purple and white gingham.
Posted by annaline on 2004-04-28 22:54:01
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If there is a coffeehouse or bookstore where she can post a flyer, that might help. Our stitch n bitch started when two women decided on a date, time and location and just put up flyers. we have had up to 20 people show up on any given night and meet weekly at one of our local coffeehouses. Another group I meet with met at the Studio Art Quilt Associates conference here in Athens and took it from there. If there are any shops, she can look/ask there or if there are any kind of exhibits there might be people there who would be interested.
Posted by craftfetish on 2006-10-31 09:38:34
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Could you piece together an art quilt wall hanging?
If the pieces are small, you could use them as a trim in the same style as your table runner, but on a smaller scale. Maybe coordinating placemats or napkins or napkin rings?
Some folks around here have made some really beautiful fabric flowers. Or maybe you could use that iron on thick-em maker stuff (I don't quilt - so I don't know the real name - but I'm sure you've used it) to make a fabric you could essentially do oragami with. A folded fabric bird might be a cool addition to any centerpiece you may use.
Posted by gladygirl on 2005-11-01 10:23:31
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Small world indeed...I went to CCAD and have taught there as an adjunct as well!
There is an annual event called the Quilt Surface Design Symposium (qsds.com) where art quilters come from all over the country and the world really for week-end and week-long classes. It was started about 15 years ago by Nancy Crow and Linda Fowler, who are big in the art quilt world.
I took a week-long class with Susan in 2004 and the whole thing was just amazing...the energy of all these creative women at different places in there lives was the most inspiring thing I've been involved with. Many of these people attend every year, and I probably will too.
Susan said that when she was an art student in the '70's a feminist speaker (I can't remember who) told her that women artists have a duty to tell women's stories, and I think that doing it in a traditionally "female" medium like sewing adds another layer. That's why I find it so cool that younger women are embracng things like sewing, quilting and knitting (and child rearing as well) and part of their feminist indentity. I don't remember that being the case so much when I was younger (I'm 37).
Posted by bessiemae on 2005-05-07 14:56:16
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One Day Crafty fixes:
- the #1 coin purse swap got me going on designing and embellishing...fun, fast, and cool..great 'lil gifts.
- beading jewelry..especially anklets on stretchy cord.
- collage..I like 5x7's, but ATC's are great fun, too.
- yummy quick breads/muffins..almost instant gratification. Cookies/brownies/and pies rank up there, as well.
- op art quilt blocks...the wave pattern is kinda tricky to work with (curves), but looks awesome when done. Make 'em into pot holders. Use contrasting colors for stars, pin wheels, or split rail for eye popping fun.
Posted by red_rosary on 2004-05-04 22:19:07
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Here's a link to an art quilt that my mother-in-law made post-9/11:
http://www.st-stephens-th.org/septembersouls.htm
(it's not a cheesy flag-draped thing either)
After her gently nagging me for a few years, I finally found a quilting project in one of her magazines today that I want to do- "single-image" quilting. Kind of like Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup cans in quilt form. :)
I don't think I have the patience for those incredible, multi-pieced art quilts.
Posted by cannibalsandwich on 2005-05-18 13:11:25
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the one with the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders doing scrapbooking was almost more than I could take.
I sooo don't regret not getting a satellite dish. (Sorry for garbling the English language. I writes like I speaks, and I'm from California.)
That being said, where's the Crafty Chica Hour? Maybe they don't want to turn off the tole painters by being too hip. How about something on the art quilt movement? Mosaic basics? Collage art that didn't start it's life in a scrapbooking store?
If GetCrafty gets to take over the DIY Network, I want to help!
