May WAV meeting

May WAV Meeting

Held at 2914 First Avenue North (Elements Gallery)

Business meeting: The following changes have been made to the calendar:

June meeting - June 15 - Linda Roberts to host. Location Elements Gallery
Bring your Second Closure Challenge piece

July/August meeting - July 27 at Elements Gallery
Cynthia St Charles to host.
Bring small black and white images to create screens for printing. Cynthia will bring her Thermofax machine. Watch the blog for specific instructions.

September meeting - September 14 at the Yellowstone Quilt Fest in Cody, WY
Linda MacDonald to host.

Jeanne offers instruction and opportunity to try a new tool for free motion quilting.

Jane shows off her second "Closure" Challenge, made with Brooke's giveaway fabric and some antique closures.

Linda shared two very interesting art quilts - one is from a "Word Challenge" sponsored by her guild in Cody.

Kathy's "Word Challenge" quilt - challenge from her quilt guild based in Cody, WY.

Kathy shows a scarf made from her llama's wool. A friend took some of the raw wool, which she spun into yarn, then made a scarf for Kathy.

Linda R's latest works in progress. The image below is Linda's "Word Challenge" piece.

June WAV Meeting - More from the Book Challenge

Joe Madl gave a talk on book binding. He brought his press, handouts, and some incredible examples to the meeting. Check out Joe's blog.

Brooke Atherton's challenge piece. She used a pieced project she found at the Rescue Mission as the foundation for this piece. It turned out to be something Cheryl (seated next to Brooke) had made years before.

Cheryl Wittmayer's book was a gardening book.

Jeanne Knudsen's Book Challenge

Book: Mutant Message Down Under

Author: Marlo Morgan

Line: They have music every day because it is necessary to keep facts fresh in the memory, to tell their entire history takes about a year.

The quilting in the music lines is the History of my life, m from my childhood thru to my own 2 boys and what they are doing now. The large note opens to pictures of me growing up and my family then.

Kathy Lichtendahl's Book Challenge turned out to be a jacket!

Book: National Geographic Society’s 1973 Wilderness U.S.A.

Line: Fat moon in the afternoon

More information about the materials and additional views can be seen on my blog at www.quiltedkat.blogspot.com

Wanda Nelson shared the design for her challenge piece.