SAQA member, Allison Wilbur, The Advocacy Project (AP) and Quilt for Change worked together to develop an exciting new partnership between survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) in Mali and quilters in the Global North. Under the initiative, known as Sister Artists, survivors have produced around 40 embroidered blocks depicting their life in Mali. Many of the quilt artists are SAQA members and live in the New England area.

The quilts will be on display at the New England Quilt Museum April 1 - April 4, 2020.

On Thursday, April 2, 12:30  The museum will have a Brown Bag Lunch talk. This takes place in the Genre Gallery.

On Saturday, April 4 - Hollis Chatelain will be speaking about her Stories of West Africa exhibit. Hollis will also be announcing the quilts she has selected for recognition. In addition three quilts were selected for Viewer’s Choice in the Washington, DC exhibit.

For photos and more information, please visit
https://www.advocacynet.org/sister-artists-2/

Next Meeting March 21, 2020

Next Meeting March 21, 2020 - Meraki Stitch Studio, 30 Cutler Street,#101B in the Cutler Mills complex,  Warren RI Speaker: Rochelle Blease - Starting your own business, growing your business. Starts at 10 AM.

Go to the end of the building and take a left drive to very back of the building.  Enter the door at the end of the building, inside the door take a left, first door on left is Allison Wilbur's studio, second door on left is Miraki Stitch Studio. There is a video on their website where there location is https://www.merakiatcutler.com/ 

"Flight of Ideas," our regional trunk show, opened February 2, 2020 at the Eastham Public Library. It will be on view through the month of February. Thanks to Judy Gaynes Sebastian, who arranged the exhibit, and Elaine Cominos Hickey, Exhibition Committee Chairperson and co-hanger!

Discovering Surface Design with Block Printing - WORKSHOP SPACES AVAILABLE!!

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Liz Shepherd, a nationally known printmaker, will be working with Quilters' Connection on developing skills in Surface Design including carving blocks and learning the ins and outs of using those images to create unique and personal textiles.  Learning the elements of surface design will be a key focus in discovery of the many ways a printed textile can be designed.  Workshop will be held in West Newton at Shepherd & Maudsleigh Studios.

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2 spaces still available in the Friday, February 28 workshop!!  Members and Non-members welcome!

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Contact betsy@betsyhabich.com to sign up.

Paper Piecing with a Modern Aesthetic - WORKSHOP SPACES AVAILABLE!

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If you follow Sarah Bond on Instagram you know how she has taken traditional patterns and turned them into beautiful modern looking quilts.  This workshop includes working with paper piecing, curved piecing, quick strip piecing as well as color and design.  Experience with paper piecing is not required.  This is two one day workshops with Sarah - New York Beauty and Coming Full Circle.  Take one or both!

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2-one day workshops.  March 20 and 21st.  Take one or both!

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Contact betsy@betsyhabich.com to sign up.

On Monday, January 13, 2020, 12:38:52 PM EST, SAQA MA/RI <ma-ri@saqa.com> wrote:

Thread Painting Workshop

Thread Painting

Some news from Concord Piecemakers quilt guild. Betsey Habich will be the speaker on Wednesday April 15 and will give a workshop on Saturday April 18. Betsey will be teaching thread painting and this workshop is open to all for $80 including two kits. Please contact Elana Schreiber for more details: lahsch@verizon.net

Sew Many Shows Announcement

Sew Many Shows Announcement

Sew Many Shows is a monthly newsletter and online calendar listing area quilt shows. They are trying to reach out to non-quilters by creating a brochure to distribute to places like senior centers, retirement communities, and other places that arrange trips so that these organizations might look to Sew Many Shows as a resource for exploring local art. 

Sew Many Shows would like to include some images of art quilts in this brochure, so they are inviting MA/ RI SAQA members to submit photos of their quilts for consideration. 

Here is a link to check out their plans (and sign up for their newsletter if you don’t already receive it).  Sew Many Shows  

For information on their upcoming brochure, check out Brochure description.

If you would like one of your quilts to be considered for use in the brochure or if you have questions, please send your photo, name, and contact information to Erica at questions@sewmanyshows.com by Dec. 31.  If your quilt is selected, you will be contacted and asked to fill out a form giving them permission to use it.

News from Salley Mavor

News from Salley Mavor

SALLEY MAVOR: Once Upon a Stitch

Dec. 12, 2019 – Jan. 26, 2020
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
Opening Reception: Friday, Dec. 13 – 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm ~ Artist Gallery Talk at 4:00pm

This exhibition is an opportunity to see the fine detail and 3-dimensional quality of Salley Mavor’s bas-relief sculptural embroideries. A wide selection of her charming hand stitched artwork will be shown, inviting visitors into a world full of childhood wonder. On display are a number of scenes from her award-winning picture book, Pocketful of Posies, as well as other titles from Ms. Mavor’s 25 year career illustrating children’s books. Several of the works in the show are on loan from private collections. The exhibition and accompanying scavenger hunt are sure to appeal to families and anyone with a penchant for miniatures and/or needlework. 

Photo credit – Rob Goldsborough. Detail from Mary Had a Lamb, ©1995