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.
- 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.
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.
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.
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| Examples of beads |
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| The problem with polyester thread |
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| Painting table |
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| A bit of Christmas cheer |
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| Beads to share |
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| Threads, skewers etc. |
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| Before heating |
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| After heating |
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| Undecorate pink but so nicely melted! |
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| 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.
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