November

We are back on a sombre day, Remembrance Day.  Two minutes of silence was observed as we considered the signifigance of the day.  

Housekeeping was first up.    Elisabeth will be leading a Christmas craft and there will be a thread painting demo.  Bring your show and tell also.

We will be having our usual pot luck lunch.  There is cutlery in the kitchen but bring paper plates.  There is an oven if you need to keep something warm or a microwave to just heat up.  Please list the ingredients in your offerings as there are some sensitivities and allergies.  Also please No Mushrooms.  

The proposal to display our Trailblazing Women quilts at Gallery Vertigo has been handed in.  We will know if we are accepted by December 15.

Susan Wilson has proposed a challenge to all the VSSQ women, Not Playing With a Full Deck.  It is based on playing cards and would require making a mixed media quilt 18"x24".  Shirley will be emailing information out separately.  Susan is proposing to have it displayed at the Armstrong Museum and Art Gallery.  When you get the information you can let Susan know if you are interested in participating.

This was posted by Susan on Facebook today, in Quilting in Canada.

I am posting to see if there is an interest in creating a collection of quilts for an exhibit. I will be putting in a proposal "Not Playing With A Full Deck" to a local Art Gallery and if the project is accepted would be looking for contributions. The ask:

Draw a card from the deck in person or virtual.
Interpret that card in any manner making a minimum of three layered quilt.
Size: 28" high x 18" wide with rounded corners like a playing card.
Finished and ready to hang with a sleeve at least 2" wide.
Deadline would be determined if show is accepted and based on date assigned for the showing.
Be prepared to send with return costs for the show. Show length is usually about one month.

Please message if you are interested with email contact information. (My deadline for proposal drop off is Nov. 28.)

Linda K. told us about the Holiday Artisan Market in Vernon on November 29th.

Show and Tell

Christine played with the lemon scorching on some fabric and finished a boho bead as well.

Sandi found her lemon juice wouldn't stay in place so she used it as a background for a single stitched poppy.

 

Linda K. has some wonderful results using lemon juice on paper.  Some done with stensils and other pieces were stamped.

Cath has done a few more pages for her accordion book.  There is flower pounding using two of her Christmas cactus flowers, a lemon scorched fish and a cheesecloth poppy for Remembrance Day.

Bev also made a cheesecloth flower for Remembrance Day.

 

Jan has finished the top for a quilt for a granddaughter.  Beautiful butterflies!

Suzanne has worked on a sphere, she can share the pattern, which can be sized down,  if you want to make one.  She also made her own picture frames.

Shirley found this very cute flower, doll from a street vendor in Lima.  There are video's on how to make one on YouTube. 

Beads

We moved on to Tyvek beads led by Linda W.  She had really done her homework and presented us with a comprehensive tutorial and then all the supplies needed to make our own beads.  With carefull preparation we managed to come out of it unscathed!  Heat guns are tricky to use.

Examples of beads

The problem with polyester thread

Painting table

A bit of Christmas cheer

Beads to share

Threads, skewers etc.

 

Before heating

 

After heating 

Undecorate pink but so nicely melted!

Endy has a very elaborate bead!

Toolbox Tuesday

We looked at using Cheesecloth in your artwork this month.  Based on techniques learned from Mary Pal in an online class we looked at using cheesecloth for portraits and then tried our hand at making a tree.  There was a line drawing to give you the outline, encased in a page protector.  You worked on the plastic with your watered down white glue and coloured or white cheesecloth.  

Mary Pal has a great website and her online class is only $50 to learn both the portrait and the tree.

https://www.marypaldesigns.com/

Works in progress.  

October

 It was a cold start to the day but a warm welcome for some new members.

Kay has joined us again, welcome back.  We also had Valerie, Deborah, Karen and Rita join in for the fun.

Joan would like to remind you that the yearly dues can be paid to her at the meeting.  

We talked about the VSSQ Quilt Show and the positive reactions we got about our work.  Well done all of you who helped set up, take down and host!   Of course we would be thrilled to display in the Sunset Room again but who knows what the next show will bring.  There was a suggestion of another QuArtz sign and possibly a larger discription of our display and we will work on those over the next few years.

The poposal for a showing at Gallery Vertigo is ongoing and so is the article for Canadian Quilter Magazine.  

Linda W. had talked to Janet Scruggs and she tells us that there is online teaching available. She is also a member of a fibre art group in Kamloops.                 https://www.janetscruggs.com/

Just a reminder that our Challenge for this season is  HOME.  Displayed on a 18"x 24" canvas in landscape orientation.   You may wrap the art around the canvas or paint it if displaying smaller pieces on it.  The choice of colour if painting is up to the individual artist.  Due in June 2026.

There is a display of Emily Fraser's work at the Armstrong Museum and Art Gallery from Oct 30 to Nov 22.   It is called Tethered: Reflections in Fibre.  

Cards for the outgoing organizers.  Elisabeth has made cards for Christine, Sandie and Jeanette to thank them for their years of work.   We all had a chance to write a thank you note on them.  

Christine's card

Jeanette's card

Sandie's card

Show and Tell

Brigitte showed us some sashiko stitching from a workshop at Gallery Vertigo, two samples and then the piece she made.  She also made a piece based on a favourite quote of her father's:  The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on:  a quote by Omar Khayyam.  

Linda W.

Linda has been busy doing some eco printing, flower pounding, and block printing.  Lovely!

Linda K.  turned her veggie printing and flower pounding into a cute wall hanging.

Karen, one of our new members, showed us some of her previous works.

Lena is back and brought her 12x12 guild challenge piece to share.

Cathy has been very busy.  She has already started on her accordion book and made a quilt for her sister.

Quilt for her sister using the neurographic knots.

Cath had brought the front page of her accordion book, made from a picture created in an AI program.

Christine has been playing with Susan Purney Mark's technique to make tissue paper fabric.  Tissue paper layered and painted with matt medium and paints.

Joan has her accordion book ready to take samples as we make them.  She also played with some lace pieces and a thrift store find that she turned into a wall hanging.

Shirley P. shared a book she found in the Vernon public library on making faces.  

Bev played with some fun foam leaves,  and did some stamping on fabric and paper.

Deborah had a binder showcasing some previous works.  These are just a couple.

Beads

We are looking at Beads this year.  Sandie led us in putting together a Boho Bead.  There were lots of fuzzy yarns and an amazing array of beads to choose from.

Toolbox Tuesday

This month is Lemon Scorching.  Shirley led us into an exploration of different ways to use lemon juice on fabric.  It is either stamped, dropped or use a stencil to add the lemon juice, let it dry and then iron it between pieces of parchment paper to save your iron from damage.  The results are interesting and had varying degrees of success.