Thursday, June 25 will be the next GreatFul Threads meeting. Jackie Cory has the program and we will be making memory boxes. Bring a small box, 4" X 4"approximately, along with the following supplies:
Elmer's glue
decorative paper, personal pics, or magazine pics
small bits of fabric
modge podge
paint brushes or foam brushes (nothing expensive)
small mementos, jewelry, beads, goodies to attach to your box
Remember to bring Show 'N Tell and the project you made with last months reverse applique technique.
Penny Lane has our give away for the month. You can't win if you are not there!
Denise
Welcome to GreatFul Threads. We are an art quilting group located in the North Georgia/Chattanooga, Tennessee area. Our group is composed of 21 active members and we meet the 4th Thursday, January-October. Meetings are from 3:00 - 5:00 PM and are held at Bernina Sew and Quilt Studio located at 5950 Shallowford Road in Chattanooga. GreatFul Threads is open to anyone interested in art quilting.
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Friday, June 5, 2015
GreatFul Threads May 2015 Meeting Recap
Nine members and one guest were present for the May GT meeting. The guest was Penny Lane brought by Susan Cooper.
Sandi Suggs will be teaching four classes during September's AQS show in Chattanooga this year. All members are encouraged to enter a quilt in the exhibit that Sandi is putting together at the Mall. It is a juried exhibit with the theme of "4-Patch". If you did not receive an email invite with rules to submit a quilt, please contact Sandi and one will be forwarded to you.
Bird Challenge due in October, size 30" X 36".
Box project will be the June program, Jackie Cory is in charge. Bring any size small box with ephemera/found objects to permanently attach.
We now have business size cards with GT info for members to hand out. The cards include our meeting time and location so that perspective members can have a permanent reminder of our group.
Visitor, Penny Lane, won our drawing for the month. See the pic below of Miriam Duncan's beautiful necklace made with alcohol inks and Modge Podge Dimensional Magic. Because Penny won this months she is expected to make the give away for June.
The upcoming program list is a s follows:
June 25-Jackie, box project
July 23-Kim
August 27, Karen Young
September 24-Melissa
October 22-Sandi
Show 'N Tell was spectacular as always, the following pics back me up.
See you later this month on the 25th,
Denise
Sandi Suggs will be teaching four classes during September's AQS show in Chattanooga this year. All members are encouraged to enter a quilt in the exhibit that Sandi is putting together at the Mall. It is a juried exhibit with the theme of "4-Patch". If you did not receive an email invite with rules to submit a quilt, please contact Sandi and one will be forwarded to you.
Bird Challenge due in October, size 30" X 36".
Box project will be the June program, Jackie Cory is in charge. Bring any size small box with ephemera/found objects to permanently attach.
We now have business size cards with GT info for members to hand out. The cards include our meeting time and location so that perspective members can have a permanent reminder of our group.
Visitor, Penny Lane, won our drawing for the month. See the pic below of Miriam Duncan's beautiful necklace made with alcohol inks and Modge Podge Dimensional Magic. Because Penny won this months she is expected to make the give away for June.
The upcoming program list is a s follows:
June 25-Jackie, box project
July 23-Kim
August 27, Karen Young
September 24-Melissa
October 22-Sandi
Show 'N Tell was spectacular as always, the following pics back me up.
See you later this month on the 25th,
Denise
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| Sandi's Modern Butterfly Haven |
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| Sandi having fun with modern |
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| Sandi's prayer flag. |
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| Sandi's Lil'Bit made by Susan Cooper |
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| Miriam's May project on reverse applique |
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| Vista's International Fabric potholders, a charity project. |
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| Sorry about the closed eyes Vista. I'm a better quilter than photographer. |
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| More International fabric |
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| June's take on Butterfly Haven. |
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| Vista's May program reverse applique using less fabric. |
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| Karen Sperry's working on a Modern Mystery. |
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| Reverse applique |
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| Karen S. reverse applique. |
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| Reverse applique |
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| More reverse applique. |
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| Susan Cooper's thread painting. A hint to her Bird Challenge. |
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| Susan using her Father-In-Law's ties. |
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| More ties, image is a tattoo silhouette. |
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| Susan's baby quilt in progress. She needed advice on couching the Bible Verse. |
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| The back of Susan's Iris/TN quilt. |
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