It has been a beautiful month so far with the usual mixed bag of May weather but Spring is here!
Whispers update: Myrna and Jeanette are working on their pieces and they are the final participants. The grand reveal will be at the June meeting, Tuesday June 13. If you can't make the meeting please arrange to deliver your piece to one of the other members so we can have all of them for display. Bring them in a pillow case, no peaking until the end!
Art Walk
Cathy and Sandie are working on our application which will be due in June. We haven't set a price for the items yet but agreed that the same price would apply to all that are for sale.
Lorraine's Sale
The sale was well attended and it seems approximately three quarters of the items sold that day. There were also donations made to the scholarship fund. Hopefully we will have more details in the next while.
Beaded Tassels
Elisabeth showed us beaded thread tassels and here is the link to the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1dvBKU17bY
Show and Tell
Bev and Shirley both brought in fidget quilts they have made with the VSSQ. They are planned to be used in the counsellor's office when young children are talking to a counsellor for a variety of reasons. More focused on texture than things to do. The guild is still looking for more to be made or 6" blocks to be donated.
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| Shirley's fidget quilt |
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| Bev's fidget quilt |
Bev also had a lovely baby quilt. She really does have a great eye for colour!
Cath showed her first try on doing a fussy pieced sky. She took an online class with Vicki Conley to learn the technique.
https://www.vicki-conley.com/
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| Cape Mudge Lighthouse, Quadra Island |
Joan is working on another wonderful dog quilt but no pictures yet. He is coming along very well!
Cathy had a lovely collection of tassels she found in Morocco. She had also played with some birch bark biting but using paper and carbon paper. If you scroll back in previous blogs you will find the original post about the Native biting technique or Google it. She had also been playing around with some blackwork, interesting stitching. Finally she found a great book called Organic Embroidery by Meredith Woolnough and tried out the technique on a large lemon slice.
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| Moroccan tassels |
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| Birch biting practice |
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| Blackwork |
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| Organic Embroidery sample |
Brigitte brought in a quilt she had made for the prompt Balance. She used Inktense pencils on the black and white fabric of the face and arms to tone it down some. She is also still making butterflies and appreciates the ones given to her by other members.
Linda continues to make monthly Journals and showed us a couple of her recent ones.
Christine also had a journal from her trip to Vancouver Island last summer. She used Inktense pencils for some of her sketches. What a great memento of a lovely holiday.
Shirley then lead is in exploring Inktense pencils and block. She had an impressive array of work done and supplies for us to use. An excellent handout as well and if you missed it you can get a copy from her. A very well done and comprehensive presentation.
A few examples of Inktense projects:
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| The variety of colours! |
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| Linda kept track of how the pencils respond to different mediums and the order of application. |
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| Cath stitched first and used fabric medium to blend her colours. |
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| Outline pencil on fabric |
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| Sunflower on dry |
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| Stitched first and then rubbed with block |
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| Some hand stitching started |
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| Rubbing over bubble wrap |
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| Rubbing then stitched |
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| Drawn postcard turned into a small bag |
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| Rubbing |
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| Stitched and coloured in |
And to finish it off Shirley showed us the fun she is having making these cute animals! (They are all amazing but my personal favourite is the longhorn cow!)
What will you do with your Intense pencils? We are looking forward to seeing future creations!
