GreatFul Threads October meeting re-cap

Thanks to all who attended the final GreatFul Threads meeting of 2015. We had a full house of members with three guest present.

Jackie Cory shared that she had won two blue ribbons at the Common Threads Quilt Show in Cleveland. Delores Dady had a Michael Miller Challenge quilt accepted to the upcoming Quilt Con in Pasadena. Hats off to those two exceptional quilters.

 Leader for 2016 will be Jackie Cory with Karen Sperry in charge of programs. Karen will also send notices about upcoming meetings. The new January meeting time will be 3:00 - 5:00 on the fourth Thursday of months January thru October.

 Kim Callaway won the monthly art give away made by Jackie (see pic below). Kim will make the give away for the 2016 January meeting.

The 2015 Bird Challenge quilts were exceptional. There was a great number of entries with some still in progress. See pics below.

Melissa Klingensmith had the program which was inspired by Irena Bluhm's book, "Quilts of a Different Color". The water color activator she used is 70% Jo Sonja's Textile Medium (Melissa substituted this for Americana Textile Medium), 20% Delta Ceramcoat Textile Medium and 10% Versatex Fixer. Members are encouraged to bring your finished piece to the January 2016 meeting.

 I hope everyone has a blessed upcoming holiday season. See you in January. If you have any pics or news to share send it and I will post it on the blog.

Denise Ohlman

Delores' Michael Miller Challenge accepted to Quilt Con

Kim won the Artist give away for the month. This one made by Jackie Cory

Melissa working on collage technique

Karen Young's Bird Challenge

Delores Dady's Bird Challenge

Miriam Duncan's Bird Challenge

Miriam's challenge up close 

Fabric Jackie had printed on Spoonflower

Jackie using Sharpie markers and alcohol 

Kim Callaway working on a Cathedral window

Jackie Cory's Bird  Challenge

Melissa Klingensmith's collage

Karen Sperry's Bird Challenge

June Lay's Bird Challenge

Melissa's watercolor pencils on fabric

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To activate and seal watercolor use: 10% Versatex Fixer, 20 % Delta Ceramcoat Textile
Medium, 70% Jo Sonja Textile Medium (can substitute Americana Fabric Painting Medium)

 

Fabric painting with watercolor pencils

October GreatFul Threads meeting

Fiber Artist,

Thursday, October 22, will be our last meeting for 2015. If you know where the year went please let me know so I can find it! It's been a good fiber year, look back at the pics on this blog to refresh your memory of all the wonderful art you (we) have made.

Melissa Klingensmith has the program for our October meeting. She has requested that you bring watercolor pencils and paint brushes. A one inch brush will come in handy along with very small sizes. If you do not have these supplies, do not purchase them,  those who have them will be happy to share. You might also want to bring a small container for paintbrush water and a rag to clean your brush off with.

Bring your ideas for 2016 programs. Your new leader, Jackie Cory, and her program coordinator, Karen Sperry, will be eager to begin planning for next year. Some fantastic program ideas were thrown out at the last meeting and they will want to get them on the calendar. I am eager to do one on Hopscotch, Danglers, and Tic- Tac- Toe, techniques I learned while taking a Dianne Hire class at AQS. Jackie has some great ideas to inspire our group; the grass will not grow under your feet with her at the helm!

You have one week to finish up your 2015 Bird Challenge. Bring it along with your recent Show 'N Tell.

See you 6:00 Thursday,

Denise

Recap of September meeting

• We had a wonderful September meeting. Thanks to Sandi Suggs for the excellent program on using alcohol ink to paint ceramic coaster tiles. They will make great gifts for the upcoming holiday season. 
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• There was lots of talk about the recent AQS show as well as the Community Quilt Show. Congrats to Sandi for teaching at the show and coordinating the highly successful 2nd annual Hamilton Place Mall Community Quilt Show.$3,000 was raised for The Next Door.   Congrats to Jackie Cory for winning the viewer's choice award. Thanks to our host, The Bernina Sew and Quilt Studio, for being a successful sponsor of both shows.
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• There were two visitors at the meeting, Martha Griffin and Rose Frances. 
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• Bird Challenge is due at the October meeting. Size 30 X 36..
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• October will be the final meeting for 2015. Jackie Cory will lead the meetings in 2016. During the October meeting Karen Sperry, program coordinator for 2016, will need your ideas and suggestions for 2016 programs.Give it serious thought and come with  enthusiastic ideas. Changing the meeting time to earlier than 6:00 was discussed.

  

  Delores' art give away that Jackie won

  
  

  

  Miriam's log cabin cross quilt

  
  

  

  Backing is also crosses

  
  

  

  Rose Frances with her personal journals wanting to know how to market them?

  
  

  

  One of Rose's personal journals

  
  

  

  Jackie's been screen printing

  
  

  

  Vista visited Fiber On A Whim's booth at AQS

  
  

  

  Vista asking "Is this red or brown?"

  
  

  

  It looks brown here!

  
  

  

  Sandi is using Wonderfil thread

  
  

  

  Melissa and Bill's home, in fabric

  
  

  

  Sandi's program on using alcohol inks to paint ceramic tiles

  
  
  

  

  Lovely coaster tiles

  
  

  

  Jackie's finished memory block

Re-cap of August meeting

Thanks to Karen Young for an excellent program on Photo Transfers. Karen showed examples of several techniques she has used. Her directions  made it simple enough to take our fright out of the process! Quilters are visual people, once we see, we can do.  Two of the products used are 606 Spray and Fix adhesive and TAP (Transfer Artist Paper)  with Leslie Riley, both are available at the Bernina Shop.

There is a new bead shop in downtown Chattanooga located at 400 E. Main Street called Bead Therapy suite 210-A, located across from the ChooChoo. Susan Council is the proprietor.

Diane Rose, The Blind Quilter, will be in the Chattanooga area soon, Look her up online and begin to save your scrap fabrics and thread, which she collects to maker her projects.

Be sure to volunteer on the sign up site for the AQS show, coming Sept. 16-19.

GT "Bird Challenge" due at October meeting.

See you next month,

Denise

Karen's fabric she had printed at Spoonflower

Karen presenting program on Photo Transfer to Fabric

Leslie Riley video on using TAP-Transfer Artist Paper

Catherine's latest project for her grandchildren

Karen's project from previous Memory Box program

Melissa took an Indigo Dye Class

More of Melissa's indigo dyed fabric

Vista's project with African fabrics to be auctioned for Honduran girl's school

More lovely indigo dyed fabric. Class at Chattanooga Work Space

Jackie's 3rd crazy quilt. It's "crazy" how good she is at it!

Miriam's bag from a jelly roll

Jackie's Christmas quilt with free form cut letters

Miriam's choice of colors are excellent

Denise has been working on more faces

Another of Vista's African fabric projects with hand quilting

Miriam's Judy N. pattern taught by Judy Wurm in Dalton

Give away for the month was a notebook and cover made by Sandi (outside)

(inside)