Recap of October meeting

What a fantastic GreatFul Threads October meeting. Thanks to Melissa for inviting local artist and teacher, Larry Bullington, who spoke to us on the subject of  "Selling our art".  Mr. Bullington is a wealth of experience and information, and we thank him for sharing it so freely with our group.  Melissa takes classes from him weekly. He handed out gift certificates for a free 2 hour class-woohoo! More importantly, he works with children who are in need of art supplies. Our group is very generous, so set aside any paint, brushes, colored pencils, masking and duct tape, yarn, string, soap, art books, glue and National Geographic magazines you might have and we will see that he gets them.

The nametag challenges were lovely and what a joy we will have seeing them every month. It's important that visitors and new members put a name to a face. It makes them feel more welcome and at ease when they can call you by the proper name without worry of offending you with the wrong name. Our challenge was beautiful and functional.

Our 2014 challenge will be a "Self Portrait". The rules are as follows"
1. At least 1/2 of the art quilt should be appliqued or pieced.
2. Size should be 11 X 14.
3. Put a sleeve on the back.

We passed the basket last night and chose our individual techniques for the January 2014 meeting. For those who were not there I have the basket and will gladly pull two out  for you, simply contact me. Each month you will add a different technique to your quilt, making a truly mixed media art quilt. The 30 techniques range from applique to painted surface. You can start with a center block of your choosing and add to it each month or you can make individual blocks each month and put them together at the end OR you can come up with your own plan of action. What's important is that you do the technique each month and explain how you went about doing it and why.

I hope each of you have clicked the button to have the blog sent to you when something new is posted. I will add pics from last night's meeting as soon as Catherine sends them.

Take time to create each day, it's less expensive than therapy,
Denise

October Meeting

Today is the last GreatFul Threads meeting for 2013. Due to Thanksgiving and Christmas falling during the same time of the month we do not meet during November and December. 

Members do not forget to bring your nametag challenge, time is up.   Melissa is in charge of the program tonight and has invited artist and art instructor, Larry Bullington, to speak. This will be an informative meeting that you will not want to miss. We will also draw our January 2014 program "out of the hat" and discuss our options for 2014 challenges. Which I am telling you so that if you have never been to our meetings or have not been in a while and would like to get started back, tonight would be a good time to be there. Do not forget to bring your show n tell. We meet at Bernina Sew N and Quilt Studio, 5950 Shallowford Rd., 6:00.

See you there,
Denise