It is warming up out there! We were back together again and had a visitor, Lena. She is checking us out to see if she would like to join in. Cathy sent a hello from France, she is Nimes the home of denim.
It was agreed that Christine, Sandie and Jeanette would take the triangle pieces to the guild meeting on Thursday and give a short introduction including how we started the pieces. The pieces then would be laid out on tables for the members to view and ask questions about.
Joyce gave us an update on Lorraine's stash. The School Board will take over the running of the event which will be held at Trinity Church on April 29, 1 - 4pm. There is a meeting on Monday, March 20 when many things will be finalized. In the meantime there is on going discussion on how the 17 wearables will be displayed and how they will be sold, whether through silent auction, donation etc. It has yet to be decided by Dave as to whether the ribbons will accompany the clothing. The School Board are looking for a recipient of the award who will follow a textile career.
We were reminded of the the trunk show that will be held at the April meeting and we all signed a card to give to Anette as a thank you. It will be a potluck lunch and everyone is reminded again of no shellfish, please.
Show and Tell
Tassels
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| Joyce |
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There were a few things without pictures but obviously everyone is still enjoying being creative!
Brigitte is doing many, many butterflies, needs to make 1000.
Elisabeth is working on this year's Trendtex project. She also talked about another way to use scrap fabric, called Kawandi, although she didn't like it as much as the triangle process.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFd0xEfKeto
Sandie is working on her Whispers Challenge. Linda will be doing her's as well.
Whispers Challenge
Sandie will be sending hers along to Joyce for April. Linda passes it along to Christine.
Shirley showed a piece she had made using her embroidery machine to stitch all over with a pattern she had purchased. It was make in 6 pieces and then joined together.
Bev showed us a bargello quilt that she will hang for spring. She also showed a round robin challenge that Debbie McCleaod had been involved in as she thought it could be an idea we could use for a future challenge.
Joyce is busy with Community Care and Jeanette is painting.
Raising the Surface
Painting Pellon
Use fabric paints to paint Pellon then use stitch to add, blend, alter colour. These can then be used to cut into shapes and draped over the straws before stitching down.
Straws
Paint straws with acrylic paints or similar. The straws must be paper or similar so that the paint will adhere. Here are some idea's for using them:
Couch them to the background. Stitch some suitable shaped pieces over the top of the straws.
Use space dyed thread and use couching stitches to secure the straw to the background. Add beads as you go.
Wind strips of fabric round the straws before couching them down.
Wrap the straws with wire and add beads as you go along.
Take a chiffon sandwich and a pieces of backing fabric. Stitch lines slightly wider than the straws and put a straw in each pocket These pockets could be zapped with a heat gun to expose the straw(which in turn could be decorated with wire and beads as above.)
Chiffon Sandwich
Press a piece of steam-a-seam to a piece of chiffon/cheesecloth. Tear off paper and adhere foil, then place another layer of chiffon/cheesecloth over the top and press down with an iron.
The day ended with lunch and a trip out to Gallery Vertigo to the FAN exhibit, Threads of Hope. Very inspiring! This is it's last stop after touring for a couple of years.
