Finland's museum features Quilt Visions exhibit and Texas SAQA Member Heather Pregger

The Oulu Museum of Art in Finland is currently exhibiting Quilt Visions ---  the most extensive exhibition of modern American quilt art to date in Northern Europe. In Finland, modern international quilt art has been exhibited in art museums only seldom. 

The exhibition runs through through August 30 and features SAQA Texas member Heather Pregger and eight other artists.

We congratulate Heather on this outstanding opportunity!

Heather even traveled to Finland for the opening ceremony and took these photos.

 

Suzan Engler named Superior Star

SAQA Texas member and former Texas Co-Rep Suzan Engler has recently been named a Superior Star by Superior Threads.

We're so proud of her accomplishments and this recognition by a major company in our industry. Congratulations Susan!

Read more (click this link) to go to the Superior blog

Meeting in La Grange Sat, July 11, Round Top July 14

Texas SAQA Members

This Saturday, July 11, fellow SAQA member Judith Content will give a talk in conjunction with her new solo exhibition at the Texas Quilt Museum in La Grange.

Free admission to the Texas Quilt Museum begins at 2:00 p.m. - event begins at 3:00 p.m. Everyone is invited, including family and friends.

Immediately after the gallery talk, Judith will offer a “dry” dye demonstration with a wide selection of arashi-shibori dyed silks and she will unveil her latest dyed creations right in front of everyone.

Hope to see you there!

More info: http://www.texasquiltmuseum.org/

Next Tuesday, July 14, all Texas members are invited to Round Top to hear Copper Shade Tree co-owner Gerald Tobola give a talk about showing your work in galleries and how to market your work.

Show your support for a gallery that has supported our fellow artists for many years.  For more information and to register, please go to http://saqa-texas.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html

Kumiko Frydl featured in QuiltMania!

SAQA Texas member Kumiko Frydl is featured in the current edition of the international quilt magazine - QuiltMania!  Our Houston circle member is even mentioned on the front cover.

We're so proud of her! In fact, many of our Houston members attended our meeting in 2014 where Kumiko shared some of her expertise with the group and explained some of her techniques in working in miniature.

Be sure to get a copy of the May June 2015 edition of QuiltMania.

Through The Needle's Eye

Embroiderer's Guild of America

May 3 – September 6

Museum of Texas Tech University - Gallery 1

The Embroiderer's Guild of America's 20th National Exhibit Through the Needle's Eye, is a showcase of the best in artistic and technical embroidery. This juried exhibit features contemporary embroidery from across the nation. The works include both traditional and contemporary embroidery techniques employed to create clothing, wall-pieces, jewelry, vessels and sculpture. The exhibition shows the diversity of embroidery and how this age old art form continues to be practiced by artists of the 21st century. 

For the Museum of Texas Tech venue the works will be complimented by pieces made by skilled embroiderers from the region, many of whom are master embroiderers. Embroidered pieces from the Clothing and Textile Collection of the Museum of Texas Tech University will round out the offerings -- wonderful 1820s school girl samplers, 18th century embroidered purses, embroidered household linens and other works from the permanent collection will be showcased.

In conjunction with the exhibit, Sue Spargo will give a lecture and trunk show on Wednesday, July 1 at 7 pm. Admission is free and open to the public. Click on the flyer below to enlarge.

Work by Heather Pregger on view at Elm Street Studio

North Texas rep Heather Pregger's quilts will be shown at Elm Street Studio in Keller, Texas, starting January 6, 2015.  The reception will be held on January 16, and all Texas SAQA members are invited!

The Art in Fiber 2015 Exhibit in Round Top

Congratulations to our SAQA Texas members whose work

is included in The Art in Fiber 2015!

Annie Smith

Bobbe Nolan

Ginny Eckley

Hope Wilmarth

Jo Sweet

Suzan Engler 

 

Please join us for the Artist Reception

Saturday, January 31, from 2 - 6 pm 

Copper Shade Tree Gallery

Round Top, TX

Carolyn Crump's "Telling the Story through Art” Art Exhibit at HCC

“Telling the Story through Art” Art Exhibit by Carolyn Crump

Exhibit will run through July 11, 2014.  Houston Community College Northeast invites the community to the Art Hub Gallery to attend the opening and view the exhibit, “Telling the Story Through Art” on Thursday, June 19, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. at the Northeast Campus, 555 Community College Drive, 77013. For details, call Dr. Hilda A. Gentry at 713.718.8329.

Member News!

 Thiel Silcox Fine Art Exhibit and Competition   

October 22nd 2011 - December 10th, 2011

Killeen Civic & Conference Center3601 South W S Young Dr Killeen TX 76542-2805
Phone:  (817) 698-3833

URL:    http://www.kcag.net

The Killeen Civic Art Guild proudly presents
the 2011 Annual Thiel Silcox Fine Art Exhibition
to promote and encourage interest in the fine arts.
Fiber Artist Pauline Barrett is among
those whose work will be on display. 

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Gallery Opening:

West Texas:  A Mystic Journey

Art Quilts by:  Ellie Kreneck

Opening Reception

Thursday October 13, 2011

5-7pm

Semmes Gallery

University of the Incarnate Word

4301 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209

Displayed Oct 13 - Nov 11 

M-F 10 - 5pm

For Information, Please Call (210) 829-3855

Member News

Now that the holidays are over, I’m looking forward to getting back in the studio.  I hope you are too.

I would love to have some Member News to report for January.  If you have information about shows or exhibits in your area, mail details to Mary Ann Littlejohn.  Please include a photo and/or link if applicable.

SAQA-Tx at IQF Long Beach

Many Texas members are represented at the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach this month.

BARB FORRISTER:

Treasured Waters is one of the quilts featured on IQF Festival at Home Beneath The Surface special exhibit

Ruby In The Emerald Forest is part of West Coast Wonders special exhibit and can also be seen on IQF Festival at Home

Ruthie Powers Workshop – Houston

Houston Area Fiber Artists
PRINT PLAY WITH DYE  with  Ruthie Powers 
Saturday, March 13, 2010 
9 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Bayland Community Center
6400 Bissonnet , Houston, TX 77074
$40/50 (members/non-members) Workshop Fee
$20 Materials Fee (incl. 3 yds. PFD Cotton)

We will use various printing techniques to dye cotton fabric, including stamping with sponges, rubber stamps(including some large format of her own design) and household items to create patterns in multiple colors and layers. You will end up with a bag of fabric to take home
to "batch" overnight, then wash out in the morning.

This workshop is great for those who have never dyed as well as more experienced dyers who want to learn new techniques with a group. We will play and have fun.  
                                                                                                  
At the workshop, Ruthie will have cotton PFD (prepared for dyeing) fabric in two weaves for $5.00 per yard, plus some silk scarves at cost.    

For samples of her work see her blog at http://ruthiepowers.blogspot.com/         
Her rubber stamps can be seen at www.nextsignals.com  
                                                    
To sign up for this workshop or more information, email Mary Ann Littlejohn at malittlej@earthlink.net .

MEMBER NEWS - January

Susie Monday was recently published in the November-December issue of Quilting Arts magazine with an article about printing fabric using water soluble media and polymer medium. Susie has also been invited to be part of the next season of taping for the PBS Quilting Arts television series which will go into production this March in the Cleveland production studio.

Sample from Quilting Arts article on water-soluble
media  screen-printing by Susie Monday

Member News for January

Does anyone have news they would like to add to the blog?  Please send text, links, and photos if you have them to me

MEMBER NEWS - December

 Deborah Boschert is published in two new magazines. The Winter 2009 Art Quilting Studio includes a profile of Deborah and several pictures from her studio. She also wrote an article about improvisational embroidery for the All By Hand section called "Composing Spontaneity." The Winter 2009 issue of Sew Somerset also includes Deborah's work. She wrote a how-to article titled "Mushroom Story Scrolls." Both of these new magazines include an inspiring variety of artists, styles and techniques for art quilters and fiber artists.

Member News

Deborah Boschert 
Visual Arts Society of Texas
"From Quilter to Fiber Artist"
Thursday, November 5 at 7 pm
Center for Visual Arts, Denton, TX
400 East Hickory
Free for VAST members, $3 for guests

I'll be sharing my journey as an art quilter and talking about the many techniques and materials I use in my work.

If any SAQA members attend, you must come say "hi" to me personally!

Member News – September 2009

Salli McQuaid has just published two of her early quilts , “Nine-eleven” (#4, 2006) and “USNA Reunion” (#7, 2006), in the following book:

Judy Howard: Thanking Our Troops: God Bless America Touring Quilts, Dorcas Publishing, Oklahoma City, OK: 2010, pp. 59 & 60. $19.95.

This is a lovely book literally thanking our troops and containing color images of over 80 patriotic quilts. Each quilt is accompanied by an encouraging quote from the Bible and a statement about the quilt. At the back, there are even patterns to create your own military quilt. The book would make an excellent gift for a service person or a friend interested in quilts.

All profits from the sale of this book go toward providing quilts to the wounded. At our last meeting, a Guild member explained how much our service people appreciate receiving a simple card from people they don’t even know, thanking them for their efforts. They live and work under dreadful conditions, with temperatures reaching 140 degrees. Just imagine how much this book or a hand-created quilt especially made for a wounded person would mean to them.

She will have copies of the book available for $25, including postage and handling. Just let me know by email that you want one.

Ginny Eckley says..Stop by my booth and say “Hi”. I will be both at Quilt Market and Quilt Festival in the same location: Booth 1250. My main products are silk dye and silkscreens- Look forward to visiting the other SAQA artists

Barb Forrister as two pieces in West Coast Wonders II which opened in Long Beach, California. Emerald Treasures was featured in the show catalogue (please see attachment) and also on the IQF site as both a live vidcast http://www.quilts.com/lbqf09/enVivo/vidcasts.html and also under Quilt Festival at Home, Selected Exhibits http://www.quilts.com/lbqf09/enVivo/vidcasts.html This piece has a very special story. It was nearly destroyed in transit on it's way home from An American Legacy Show in Georgia where it had placed second in the Art Quilt category. Upon receiving it, I took it to an appraiser who deemed it irreparable. When I got news that it had been accepted into West Coast Wonders II, I knew I had to fix it somehow. I replaced the mother's head and began rebuilding her shell. The six holes that extended from the front through all three layers were patched with Misty Fuse. Finally, she was ready to travel once more. I am thrilled that the repairs were successful and that she is being received well.

Also, the Austin Fiber Artists have a show at The Austin Bergstrom International Airport which will be up through November 3rd in the Airside West Gallery for visitors travelling to and from Austin. Little Boy Blue is the featured quilt on their website http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/austinairport/nr_fabric_909.htm