More “Lily” Quilts

I have been working on more “Lily” fiber art.

This piece is for the 2015 SAQA Benefit Auction.

 The back label.

 

 And this piece that I’m working on is for a class sample.

Linking to:

SAQA With the Golden Triangle Quilters

I have enjoyed showing SAQA’s Trunk B at different venues in Mississippi.

 

The Golden Triangle Quilters in Starkville took turns sharing their thoughts about these pieces.

 

 

 

SAQA Auction -- Celebration

SAQA's 2014 online auction is going on NOW. My entry, "Celebration" is included in this week's auction. The price starts at $750 and goes down each day ... if it hasn't been purchased. So, to wait ... or not to wait????

"Celebration" for Sale at SAQA

SAQA's Annual Benefit Auction begins next week!  

This is your chance to own unique art quilts created by some of the world's finest artists.

Starting Monday, September 15, 2014, help support the art quilt movement by bidding on your favorite pieces.

Peg Pennell - "Bubbles"

Phillida Hargreaves - "Forever Car Ride"

Diane English - "Trees Aren't Always Green III"

And then ... here's your chance to own a piece of my artwork.

Celebration

Scroll down about 15 rows to find it.

You can also read more about this piece on my blog HERE.

SAQA’s Benefit Auction

SAQA’s signature fundraising event starts Sept 15!

This is your chance to own beautiful, unique art quilts by some of the world’s finest artists. Plus, your purchases help increase the recognition for art quilts and the artists who make them while supporting SAQA’s exhibitions, publications, and education outreach.

The Benefit Auction is run in three sections for 6 days each, with a special later section accompanying the International Quilt Festival in Houston. A different group of quilts is available for online bidding each week.

Make Mine Lime Green!  - curated by Martha Sielman. Lime green seems to be showing up all over, including in SAQA's Benefit Auction.

 Brooklyn #5 - Heather Dubreuil

 Bike Me - Gail Ramsay

 Modern Circles 3 - Terry Aske

 Joyful Colors - Diane Born

 On the Right Path - Dori Settles

 Trees Aren't Always Green III - Diane English

And then you can find my donation “Celebration” HERE. You have to scroll down about 15 rows.

SAQA Trunk Show

Pinch me! My little “Sailboat IV” is going to Australia. It is in Trunk G.

SAQA

“25th Anniversary Trunk Show

The trunk shows have started traveling!  It was so incredible to see all the pieces together at the conference.   Trunk G will be traveling throughout Australia:

Suzanne Mouton Riggio - The White Hat   ***   Ivy Jensen - Jewel Tones   ***   Julia Graber - Sailboat IV

If your area would like to borrow a trunk show, please contact your regional representative to make arrangements.

Trunk Show Schedule:

Trunk ASouth Carolina and Georgia, through October 2014
Massachusetts and Rhode Island, November 2014 - January 2015
Trunk B
Illinois and Wisconsin, through August 2014
Alabama/Arkansas/Mississippi/Louisiana, September - November 2014
Trunk C
Connecticut, through January 4, 2015
Trunk D
Burke Arts Council, Morganton, North Carolina, August 4 - October 1, 2014
Florida - October - December 2014
Trunk E
Curitiba, Brazil, August 27 - 30, 2014
Virginia and North Carolina, October - November 2014
Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah, December 2014 - February 2015
Trunk F
Western Canada, through April 2015
Trunk G
Australia, through April 2015
Trunk H
Oregon, August 2014”

Wheat Harvest and Wishful Quilting

Life …

I picked up Kirby and Stacy at 3025 and brought them home to play with Ashton.

… behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. –John 4:35

Cutting the first swath around the field.

Following Grampa.

Grampa showing our grandsons how it is done!

… as a Quilter

I received my “Spring Storm” quilt back from the SAQA exhibit Southern Voices, in Little Rock, Arkansas.

My design wall has been like this for weeks. I’m hoping I can work on it today.

“Indecision–The Storm Within” on Exhibit in Little Rock

Did you know …? I hope you can stop by.

My quilt “Indecision – The Storm Within”

is on exhibit at

Butler Center Galleries

Little Rock, Arkansas

Gallery Hours:
Monday-Saturday: 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Southern Voices

Southern Voices features contemporary textile works related to the folk art quilt tradition. This show is the regional exhibition of the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt through education, exhibition, professional development, documentation, and publications. SAQA defines an art quilt as "a creative visual work that is layered or stitched or that references this form of stitched layered structure." SAQA was founded in 1989 by a group of 50 artists and now has over 3,000 members.

Butler Center -- West Gallery
March 14 - May 24, 2014