- 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.
- 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.
- There were two visitors at the meeting, Martha Griffin and Rose Frances.
- Bird Challenge is due at the October meeting. Size 30 X 36..
- 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
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.
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Recap of September meeting
Saturday, August 29, 2015
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
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
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| Karen's fabric she had printed at Spoonflower |
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| Karen presenting program on Photo Transfer to Fabric |
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| Leslie Riley video on using TAP-Transfer Artist Paper |
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| Catherine's latest project for her grandchildren |
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| Karen's project from previous Memory Box program |
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| Melissa took an Indigo Dye Class |
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| More of Melissa's indigo dyed fabric |
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| Vista's project with African fabrics to be auctioned for Honduran girl's school |
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| More lovely indigo dyed fabric. Class at Chattanooga Work Space |
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| Jackie's 3rd crazy quilt. It's "crazy" how good she is at it! |
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| Miriam's bag from a jelly roll |
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| Jackie's Christmas quilt with free form cut letters |
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| Miriam's choice of colors are excellent |
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| Denise has been working on more faces |
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| Another of Vista's African fabric projects with hand quilting |
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| Miriam's Judy N. pattern taught by Judy Wurm in Dalton |
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| Give away for the month was a notebook and cover made by Sandi (outside) |
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| (inside) |
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Next meeting August 27
GreatFul Threads will meet Thursday evening, August 27 at 6:00. The program will be photo transfers on fabric. Bring your recent art quilt projects for show 'n tell.
Denise
Denise
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Recap of July Meeting
We had an informative GreatFul Threads meeting for July. It
was wonderful to hear the list of all
our local quilting friends who have been accepted into the Septmeber AQS show:
Fran Randolph
Judy Wurm
Mary Keasler
Veronica Hofman-Ortega
Jean Larson
Patricia Steadman
Nancy Packard
Vista Mahan
Karen Sperry
Melissa Klingensmith
Jody Birch
Sandi Suggs-will be the Special Exhibit in the Chattanooga
show with 25 quilts.
Jackie Cory presented the program of embroidery stitching
with silk ribbons. She taught Decorative Spider Web Rose, Loop Flower Stitch,
Ribbon Stitch/Japanese Rice. The majority of members had never practiced silk
ribbon embroidery before, it was a great learning experience. Members left
excited to use the technique .
Don’t forget to
submit your 4-patch to the Mall Show by or before August 1
Sandi won the give away for July so she will bring the
August give away.
Upcoming Programs:
August 27- Karen Young
September 24- Melissa Klingensmith
October 22- Sandi Suggs
Denise
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| Jackie and her stack of handmade fabric books |
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| Delores' handmade market bag |
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| June's project from July program |
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| June's triangle zippy bag |
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| Top half of Sandi's "Tetras Wall hanging" |
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| Sandi's "Tetras" |
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| Back of Sandi's convergence quilt |
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| Sandi's Ricky Timms onvergence quilt |
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| Jackie's fabric Christmas book (work in progress) |
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| Page from Jackie's Christmas book |
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| Pages from Jackie's fabric books |
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| More pages from Jackie's fabric books |
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| Another of Jackie's fabric books |
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| Jackie's fabric book #4 |
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| Pages from Jackie's fabric book #4 |
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| Karen's project from month of June |
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| One of Karen's 4 patch submissions |
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| Miriam's gorgeous Redwork |
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| Vista's retreat project |
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| Vista's decorative stitching |
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| More of Vista's decorative stitching |
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| Vista's Christmas stockings with decorative stitching |
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| Sandi won the giveaway provided by Denise |
Saturday, July 18, 2015
July GT meeting
This Thursday the 23rd is our scheduled July meeting of GreatFul Threads. It's hard to believe that we only have 4 more meetings left in this year. We have to make the most of them!
Jackie Cory will have the program on decorative stitches. She is asking for you to bring in any decorative stitch work you might have as well as any books on decorative stitches. Also bring in an embroidery needle or a chenille needle (size 20 or up to size 24). I have been using a sashiko needle lately and am finding it quite useful. If you still have the ribbon floss I shared several months back bring that if not, we will have some to share. A small embroidery hoop would prove useful but is not a necessity. Jackie has cut small fabric practice squares.
If you have finished your memory box from last month bring it and your show and tell.
See you Thursday,
Denise
Remaining schedule:
August 27-Karen Young
September 24-Melissa
October 22-Sandi
Jackie Cory will have the program on decorative stitches. She is asking for you to bring in any decorative stitch work you might have as well as any books on decorative stitches. Also bring in an embroidery needle or a chenille needle (size 20 or up to size 24). I have been using a sashiko needle lately and am finding it quite useful. If you still have the ribbon floss I shared several months back bring that if not, we will have some to share. A small embroidery hoop would prove useful but is not a necessity. Jackie has cut small fabric practice squares.
If you have finished your memory box from last month bring it and your show and tell.
See you Thursday,
Denise
Remaining schedule:
August 27-Karen Young
September 24-Melissa
October 22-Sandi
Sunday, July 5, 2015
June meeting update
Ladies,
Good news and bad news. Good news is we had a fantastic time making our memory boxes at the June meeting. Thank you Jackie. Bad news is, I was having such a great time I completely forgot to take pics!!! I have never claimed to be great at multi-tasking. In fact, I am currently practicing mindfulness, which is the opposite of multi-tasking! So, if those who attended would like to send me a pic of your box, finished or unfinished, I will put it on the blog. You can send it to my email or text it.
We had little business to conduct at the meeting. Bill showed us the latest Q20. If you are thinking about a mid-arm, do check it out. It is easy to quilt on and easy to work on. It comes with it's own set of tools, you will be able to make your own adjustments.
Thanks to Pennie Layne for supplying the art give away for June. I am proud to say I won it, pic below, and am most happy to have done so. I will be supplying the give away for July and am working on it now..hint, I am into handwork lately.
There is a slight change in our program for July. Due to Kim beginning a new job, congrats to her, she cannot be in charge of the program. Jackie took on the task with help from Vista and myself. We will be demonstrating Hand Stitching: Embroidery, Decorative and Functional. Sounds like fun, eh?
Don't forget the following:
Applications for the Hamilton Place Mall show are due August 1. Read the rules and regulations in your email from Sandi.
Bird Challenge due October, size 30 X 36
Sign up for AQS classes now
Any questions about the June meeting, future meetings, or the GreatFul Threads group, give me a call.
Denise
706.934,3761
Good news and bad news. Good news is we had a fantastic time making our memory boxes at the June meeting. Thank you Jackie. Bad news is, I was having such a great time I completely forgot to take pics!!! I have never claimed to be great at multi-tasking. In fact, I am currently practicing mindfulness, which is the opposite of multi-tasking! So, if those who attended would like to send me a pic of your box, finished or unfinished, I will put it on the blog. You can send it to my email or text it.
We had little business to conduct at the meeting. Bill showed us the latest Q20. If you are thinking about a mid-arm, do check it out. It is easy to quilt on and easy to work on. It comes with it's own set of tools, you will be able to make your own adjustments.
Thanks to Pennie Layne for supplying the art give away for June. I am proud to say I won it, pic below, and am most happy to have done so. I will be supplying the give away for July and am working on it now..hint, I am into handwork lately.
There is a slight change in our program for July. Due to Kim beginning a new job, congrats to her, she cannot be in charge of the program. Jackie took on the task with help from Vista and myself. We will be demonstrating Hand Stitching: Embroidery, Decorative and Functional. Sounds like fun, eh?
Don't forget the following:
Applications for the Hamilton Place Mall show are due August 1. Read the rules and regulations in your email from Sandi.
Bird Challenge due October, size 30 X 36
Sign up for AQS classes now
Any questions about the June meeting, future meetings, or the GreatFul Threads group, give me a call.
Denise
706.934,3761
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| Denise's unfinished boxes |
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| Pennie Layne's give away...cute and functional |
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