News from Barbara Dierolf: Westalee Template Quilting Made Easy

News from Barbara Dierolf:
 I will be teaching a Westalee Template Quilting Made Easy event on June 7th and 8th for Murray’s Sewing Fabrics on the Cape in Orleans, MA. Pre-registration is required.
There may still be space available if you are interested. Sign up through the store (508) 255-0653. If you tend to send your quilts out to be quilted, ruler template quilting is a great way for you to quilt your piece using your own quilting voice without relying on a longarmer. This method is easy to learn and very accurate while allowing you freedom to create your own original designs.

News from Allison Wilbur: Machine Quilting Retreat

Machine Quilting Retreat with Allison Wilbur

August 16 - 18
Allison Wilbur Quilts and Meraki Stitch Studio
30 Cutler Street, Studio 101A & B, Warren RI 

Take your machine quilting to the next level! This three day retreat will give you the skills, techniques and design ideas to confidently quilt complex motifs on your home sewing machine. Learn to respond to tension problems under the guidance of an experienced teacher. Topics include materials (thread, batting, needles), machine set up, walking foot designs, meandering variations, feathers, machine trapunto, continuous curves, micro fill and design elements. Slide shows, videos and on-machine exercises help teach concepts in a variety of ways to solidify your understanding.  


Allison’s approach to quilting is based on the belief that quilting is half the creative processor making a quilt.  As a machine quilting teacher, longarm quilter, pattern designer, and art quilter, Allison helps quilters build a quilting “vocabulary” of designs and motifs that fit into a variety of quilts. To sign up or for more info, contact Allison Wilbur at allisonquilt@me.com. $285 fee includes 15 hours of instruction and 3 meals (Friday night dinner, lunch Saturday and Sunday). Fri, Aug 16 5:30 - 8:30, Sat & Sun, Aug 17 & 18, 9:00 - 5:00

News From Diane English

News From Diane English:

 “What Would Klee Say" accepted into: COLOR MY WORLD at the Cape Cod Cultural Center which runs from June 5-30, 2019. The reception is on Friday, June 7, 2019 from 5-7pm The Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 307 Old Main Street, South Yarmouth, MA

Member News from Dawn Allen

Great American Road Trip

Opening Reception July 11, 2019

Amherst Town Hall

4 Boltwood Ave, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002 

 

"Please join me at the Amherst town hall for the opening of my art exhibit during the Thursday Art Walk. 

"The Great American Road Trip" series features art pieces colorfully depicting vintage cars and trucks “traveling” all over the United States. 

The inspiration behind the show is my experience as a mother of young children, feeling trapped at times, lacking the freedom to go where-ever, when-ever! I chose to feature vehicles because the car is a symbol of total freedom. You can jump in and go anywhere at a moment’s notice. The nostalgia of the antique vehicles from 1940-1970 is an important aspect of my work. The intention is to evoke a sense of “the good old days”. Conveying the idea of being young and free and perhaps of “simpler” times. " 

Member news from Anne Brauer

News from Ann Brauer:

First two of my quilts will be sent to the Residence of the US Ambassador to Guyana as part of the Art in the Embassies Program. The show at the embassy is designed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of walking on the moon as a rock from the moon was presented to the government of Guyana.

The two quilts are “green circle” copyright Ann Brauer 2015. Photo by John Polak. 40x40”

And Pluto is a planet”. 40x40 inches. Copyright Ann Brauer 2015. Image by John Polak.

In addition I will be showing at the Paradise City Arts Festival in Northampton, MA on May 25-27. For more infowww.paradisecityarts.com

Finally I will be joining in the 10th anniversary celebration of the Federal District Court House in Springfield, MA which includes twelve of my quilts specially designed for the space.

 

Ann Brauer

Shelburne Falls, MA 01370

www.annbrauer.com

Contemporary art quilts

Member News from Ann Ribbens

News From Ann Ribbens: 

Ann has been accepted into a  juried exhibition  called "Journeys Onward". It was a call open to veterans and their immediate families by the Wickford (RI) Art Association. Her husband was a Vietnam veteran and is featured in the quilt that she entered. 

The exhibit which runs from May 17th thru June 16th, 2019. The opening reception on Sunday, May 19th, 1 -3 PM, at the WAA Gallery, 36 Beach Street, North Kingstown, RI.

Meet New Member Rebecca Linson Szetela

Meet New Member Rebecca Linson Szetela:

1: When did you start making art quilts?

December 2018

2: What type of work do you do - abstract/realist/representational...? What styles or techniques do you use?

This is hard to answer sine I have one quilt done and one in the design stage, but I guess somewhat realistic and somewhat representational. I start with a real image or images and then through the design process I work with changing the color to work with the design rather than to be truly realistic.

3: How did you learn the techniques you use? (Did you study with a mentor, self-taught, etc?)

My first (and only so far!) art quilt was inspired by Susan Carlson. I went to the N.E.Quilt Museum in Lowell during Susan's exhibit and I was blown away by her work. I was so excited by her quilts that I went back to the museum 2 more times, bought her two books, found YouTube videos she had made, started to design an art quilt of my own and then bought her online master class. The art quilt I designed and created (which is my first ever) was inspired by my understanding of how she creates her designs.  

6: How do you work?  Give us some insight into your design process?

I take a lot of pictures of flowers, birds, outdoor scenes and then I print them out and think about them. Then the most promising I trace to see what the lines look like and when I think I have a good design and picture I use photoshop and publisher to print it our full size in tiles. Then I do a color sketch, copy to muslin and start picking out fabrics.

8: What are your sources of inspiration?

The natural world is my source of inspiration but only as a starting point.

9: What is your studio like and when do you like to work?

My studio is also my business: Create!® Sewing Studio where I am owner, manager and sewing instructor. I have big tables, lots of sewing machines, good light, music peace and quiet and it is NOT in my house which is a major plus!

10: What are your goals or aspirations for your art?

I would like to make more art quilts! A major goal is to have enough of a body of work to have a one person show, but an intermediate goal is to be in a group show. My biggest challenge is time. Because I run the sewing studio and teach, it's challenging to find times that are free to to work (and make a mess!).

Make sure you also include the following:

Your Name: Rebecca Linson Szetela

Your Website:  www.createsew.com 

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