June

 We welcomed a visitor today, hello Ella!  She is considering coming back next month as well.

There was a lot of talk about the quilt show and more to come.  We have confirmed tables for the 3D display.  Sandie has volunteered to do intake at the show and Jeanette will be there for the pick up at the end.  A sign up sheet went around with a lot of slots signed for.  It will be available next month as well.  

 We are asked to bring our scrolls to the August meeting so we can decide how to hang them.  Don't forget that they do need a label on the back.  

Shirley has made a vase to display spirals at the entrance to our area.  She needs some more flowers, leaves and butterflies to decorate it.  She is also looking for more spirals, if you are interested in making one talk to Shirley W.  

We can have a personal artist statement with our Trailblazing Women quilts so if you hadn't written one on your entry form you can get it to Jeanette by the August meeting and she will have it printed for you.

We were told that the Fibre Art Network (FAN) has a half price membership offer on from July 1 to September 30.  That makes the cost for a new member only $30 for the first year.  

There is a call for entry out for the Grand National 2026 - Textures of Canada, Comtemporary Fibre Artists Explore Canadian Identity.  

 

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Our July meeting will be gelli plate printing.  Sandie will be sending out an email with a recipe for making your own gelli plate and some suggestions on what to bring along.  There is an article in the Summer 2025 issue of Quilting Arts, Gel Printing in Layers.  Sandie suggests looking into it in advance so you have an idea of what we will be doing.

We had 4 Trailblazing Women presented and all were interesting and inspiring.  There will be information on them up on the blog in the next day or so.  

Linda K. presented  Hide Hyoid Shimizu

Linda W. presented Phyllis Monday

Bev  presented  Sveva Caetani

Endy presented The Flying Seven

We had a lot of the quilts for the Trailblazing Women at the meeting but only 3 were complete.  The rest were in various stages of completion so I haven't put pictures up yet.  Sorry Christine.                       They are all looking good and so very different!

Show and Tell  

Cathy brought in a finished cyanotype from a class she took in Vernon and her collage piece.  She also showed us a pop up book bought for her granddaughter, a whole doll house!

Jan had her collage piece from last month.

Endy showed us her silk fusion and two collage pieces.

Jeanette turned her inset circle into a lovely finished piece and had done another covered rock as a gift for a friend.

Brigitte also had silk fusion and her collage.

Sandie has turned her collage into a book.

Linda W.  showed her silk fusion and two collage pieces.

Bev had treasures from her trip to India and her collage as well as a small painting from a recent class.

Stitched scarf, she was lucky to keep a hold of this one!

Stamps

Pigments

Elisabeth showed her silk fusion, collage and her Piecemakers challenge for the main guild.

Linda K.  also brought silk fusion and her collage.

Cath played with the dendritic printing that Janet Scruggs talked about.  She also finished a small card holder from her silk fusion and a sketchbook cover from another piece of silk fusion.  She made a sketchbook cover from a piece of fabric that had been airbrushed with ink using a stencil.

May

Another beautiful day and another fun day at QuArtz!

Housekeeping to start:

Quilt Show Registration reminder.  Your paperwork must be in by June 5.  You can drop it off at the main guild meeting or ask someone else to do that for you.  You have to fill in a form for each piece you are entering.  There is a box to check for a QuArtz entry.  A photograph must accompany your registration form.  

We are entering our Trailblazing Women of BC, our scrolls, a 3D piece and one of your previous pieces of your choice.  The piece of your choice cannot be any wider than 24".  

We will be having the REVEAL of the Trailblazing Women of BC at our June meeting.  Not a problem if it is still in progress, just bring it along and show the group how you are doing.

Christine, Sandie and Jeanette have been leading the group so well for many years but it has come time for someone else to step up and do some organizing.  You don't have to do it alone, two or three together is a great idea as some of us do like to travel for part of the year.  You will have lots of help from everyone else as well.  Please consider  trying it out for a season or two.  I will be glad to stay on as note taker and do the blog.

On to our main event!

JANET SCRUGGS TRUNK SHOW AND WORKSHOP

 https://www.janetscruggs.com/

Quote from her excellent website:

"I am drawn to textiles of all varieties by an overwheming pull to explore and create.  'What would happen if' is a question I constantly find moves me into yet another adventure of techniques and materials.  This curiosity has led me down many a rabbit hole in my textile travels.  Sometimes I discover something new and fabulous and other times are simply classified as a 'learning experience.'  From surface design to mixed media techniques to digital enhancements, using hand or machine, incorporating dye, paint, pencil crayon, paper, found and recycled objecs, each piece is a testament to my passion.  With each new textile or fibre work I learn and discover."

Janet started off with a trunk show and had so many amazing works for us to admire.  I will post pictures here but I do suggest you look at her website as it has better pictures and a link to her blog with great information on the techniques used.

These are made with the technique she is showing us today, Paper Fabric.

Whew!  What a wonderful trunk show and she graciously answered many questions about how she did each piece.  Then a short demo and she put us to work.

Janet demonstrating using Inktense blocks

Janet used one of these brushes on her Inktense and a stencil.  Very nice tool.

Ink Blending Brush for Card Making