July 2013

This month's lesson was on Contrast.



Phyllis and Pegee discussed museums and galleries they have contacted about hanging our show: Stretching Boundaries, A Decade of Textile Art.

Cynthia suggested those of us who are SAQA members make our challenge pieces as 12 inch squares so they can be sent to the SAQA auction next year.

May 2013, Challenge due

ARTIST'S CANVAS CHALLENGE DUE

There were seven of us present, and we displayed our Challenge pieces.  The beautiful pieces show the diversity of this talented group.  We decided not to post photos of them at this time.  Let Cynthia know of any venues you wish to consider for showing these.  Marybeth suggested Plaza Diane in Powell as one of the venues.

Laura wore a beautiful Shakespearean-looking coat that a friend made for her from recycled sweaters and garments, so I will use that as our photo for this month.

Just learned that Brooke won Best of Show at Quilt National 2013.  Congrats Brooke!

April 2013, Line

The April Design Element was Line

WAV members experimented with Line for this month's lesson.  The photo shows each member's interpretation, including: a line drawing of a NYC skyline; movement created by line; visual texture created by shadows of the quilt lines, positive and negative expressions of lines, etc.

Since Cheryl missed last month's meeting, she showed us both Line and Color this month.
She mentioned color quantity and ratios when describing her Color piece (upper left corner), which was a new concept to some of us and a good refresher for others.

Pegee provided a program on Pieced Strips, as taught by Carol Taylor.  This is another way to include line in quilts.

Cynthia reminded us that our Challenge on the artist canvases are due next meeting.  One should be 24" x 36" and the companion piece is 8" x 10", vertical orientation.