SAQA Events at IQF-Houston

Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 5:30 PM:
SAQA get-together in our exhibition space.  No food or drink is allowed, but it's a great chance to meet your fellow SAQA members.

Friday, November 4, 2011 at 8:00 AM:
Martha Sielman is giving a lecture on "40 Masters of Art Quilting."  NOTE: This is class #551 and it has an $8 fee. You can pay at the door or sign-up ahead of time through Quilts, Inc.

Friday, November 4, 2011 at 10:30 AM:
Martha Sielman is giving a FREE gallery walk through "Masters 2."  Many of the artists will be there to talk about their work.

Friday, November 4, 2011 at 2:00 PM:
Nancy Bavor, curator for "Sense of Adventure" is giving a FREE gallery walk through the exhibit.  Many of the artists will be there to talk about their work.

Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 10:30 AM:
Martha Sielman is giving a FREE gallery walk through "Masters 2."  Many of the artists will be there to talk about their work.

Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 2:00 PM:
Nancy Bavor, curator for "Sense of Adventure" is giving a FREE gallery walk through the exhibit.  Many of the artists will be there to talk about their work.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SAQA BOOTH AT HOUSTON IQF!

Volunteers are needed for the SAQA booth at Festival in Houston. Can you spare an hour or two? Please check your schedule and join us. It is a great time to meet members and network.
We need at least two people in the booth at all time slots. Let's work together to have a great representation of members working the booth at Festival!


If you work a 2-hour shift, you will get in the show free on the day you work.


 So, email Heather at heatherpregger@sbcglobal.net and let us know when you can work!

SAQA-Houston - FAQs

Thank you for the questions about the exhibit.  A couple of things to clarify.

1.  The exhibit behind the booth last year was so popular, we were invited by Quilts Inc. to do it again this year and that the quilts could be for sale.
2. This exhibit is not juried and is not an official SAQA sponsored exhibit.
3. The received by date of October 17 is for the quilt(s), entry form and check. 
4.  I would appreciate an email at houstonsaqa@gmail.com before that time if you plan to participate.

Mary Ann

Call for Entry SAQA-TX @ Houston 2011

The Call for Entry for the TX-Mini Quilt Exhibit/Sale at International Quilt Festival-Houston is now available for download from the SAQA Texas Regional Page.  I've included two file formats there for your convenience:

WORD document compatible with earlier versions of WORD. You can type in your information and submit by email.

PDF document, which you can print and complete. You may scan and submit by email.

We look forward to another exciting display at the SAQA booth.  In order to have an idea how many quilts will be coming, I would appreciate your sending me an email by October 1 with the number you intend to submit.

If you have any questions or cannot download from Regional Page, please contact me.

Mary Ann Littlejohn
Co-Rep Texas
Studio Art Quilt Associates
houstonsaqa@gmail.com

Texas Reps Meet in Austin

The four Texas co-reps met this  past weekend at Lynne Allen's lovely home in Austin.  We enjoyed getting to know each other and catching up on what SAQA is doing in different areas of the state. 

Lynne Allen, Mary Ann Littlejohn, Kathy Mayhew, Heather Pregger

Among the items discussed was the SAQA trunk show which will be travelling to as many different venues as we can schedule. We are finalizing the Call for Entries for the SAQA-TX @ Houston 2011.  The details will be announced soon so you can start working on ideas for your entries.  We think you will be happy to know that your work will be for sale this year.

The SAQA-TX 2010 trunk show may be going to one more venue, after which the quilts will be returned to the artists.

We welcome announcements to post on this blog about interesting art events in your community and honors or exhibits including our members     Please send details to Kathy or Mary Ann.

SAQA-TX Mini Quilts want to travel

Our Mini Quilt Exhibit at Houston was a great success.  There were many requests to purchase them.  Karey Bressenhan has asked that we do this again next year and that they be for sale.  Details will be coming soon so you can start working toward that goal a year away.

The quilts looked great hanging behind the SAQA Booth.  If you would like to schedule these quilts as a trunk show for your fiber group, please contact a one of the Reps.  So far they are scheduled for

February 12           Caprock Art Quilters  
  March 1 - April 25     Dallas Area Fiber Artists

The schedule will be available on the right here in the blog sidebar.

International Quilt Festival

Channel 2 caught Mary Ann Littlejohn for a brief interview in the Creative Force exhibit last Thursday.  You probably weren’t watching television that night, but you can still view it at http://www.click2houston.com/video/25638601/index.html

SAQA-TX @Houston

Sharron Evans and I unpacked all the wonderful mini quilts last week and prepped them to hang on the wall behind our booth at Festival.  There are about 50 pieces. They look super - a good mix to show what we are all doing.  Thank you all for your contributions.  I think you'll be proud of our exhibit.

Look forward to seeing you there and thanks again for all the volunteers at the booth.

October Member News

Barb Forrister:  Houston, Texas .  Besides “Pixel Perfect” in the IQA World of Beauty (Group Quilts), she will have 4 pieces at the International Quilt Festival Special Exhibits:

Beneath The Surface: “Treasured Waters”

West Coast Wonders: “Ruby In The Emerald Forest

Text On Textiles: “Welcome To My Garden”

On Wednesday, November 3, Ami Simms will kick off the Alzheimers Art Quilt Initiative (AAQI) where Tranquility by Barb Forrister can be purchased along with so many more wonderful art quilts. Please join the cause and help support AAQI. All profits fund Alzheimer’s research.

November 6, 2010: Quilting Arts Make It University Open Studios from 12-2 p.m. Barb Forrister will be demonstrating  how to make 3Dimensional fiber art trees at the International Quilt Festival. Should be a lot of fun!  Please stop by and say hello. I would love to meet you!

Gay Young Ousley also will have three pieces included in the AAQI exhibit:  Mnemosyne:  Goddess of Memory; Late Bloomer; and Autumn Glow. 

Houston Volunteers – Full slate

I am really getting excited about the Houston Show. The slate of volunteers is now complete with more than two weeks to Festival. Thank you all. Even if you aren’t volunteering please come by and visit.  Remember there will be a  SAQA Meet and Greet Thursday at 5:00 at the booth. 

SAQA-TX @Houston 2010 – NEW DEADLINE

looking forward to receiving more. If you need a couple more days, you have time to keep working on them.

We’re extending the RECEIVED BY deadline through Saturday, October 23.

If you have any questions please email Mary Ann Littlejohn.

IQF-Houston: Meet and Greet

If you're going to IQF-Houston, please meet your fellow SAQA members in the SAQA exhibition space on Thursday evening at 5:00 for a meet-and-greet get-together.

If you will be in Houston and have a piece in either "Sightlines" or "Creative Force 2010," please let Martha Sielman know (msielman@sbcglobal.net).  She will be organizing gallery walks on Friday and Saturday at 10:30 and would like to have you be a part of one or both and to speak about your work.

SAQA Booth @ IQF Houston Volunteers

Volunteers are needed for the SAQA booth at Festival in Houston.  Can you spare an hour or two?  Please check your schedule and join us.  It is a great time to meet members and network.

We need at least two people in the booth at all time slots.  The times that are empty or thin are highlighted in blue.   Let's work together to have a great representation of members working the booth at Festival! 

If you work a 2-hour shift, you will get in the show free on the day you work and working 6 hours will entitle you to early registration next year!  So, email Mary Ann at malittlej@earthlink.net ASAP to get the shift or shifts that you desire. 

THE UPDATED SCHEDULE IS IN THE RIGHT HAND SIDEBAR.

Call for Entries: “SAQA Texas @ Houston 2010”

All Texas members of SAQA are invited to exhibit one or more mini-quilts in an exhibit to hang behind the SAQA Booth at IQF-Houston. The booth is right outside the SAQA “Creative Force 2010” and “Sightlines” exhibits, which will draw a lot of visitors.

This is a showcase for Texas SAQA members. There is no specific theme. It is your choice. This is your chance to get your work seen by up to 50,000 visitors to the Houston show.

After Quilt Festival, the exhibit will circulate around TX to the SAQA Circle meetings, and other Fiber Artists groups.

If you are able to send more than one, the merrier. Should we not be able to hang all at one time, they will be rotated in and out through the days of Quilt Festival.

Entry Fee: $5 to cover return shipping

Size: 9 x 12 – Portrait
A hanging sleeve is not required, but if you already have one on your work, that is okay.

Important Dates:
September 15 Email your intent
October 15 Deadline for receipt of quilts
November 3 Preview night for IQF
November 4-7 Houston Show

NOTIFY: To get an idea of how many quilts to expect, please email your intent to Mary Ann Littlejohn by September 15.

Guidelines are available on the SAQA Wiki.

SAQA@20 and Sense of Humor

Photos of the winning quilts at IQF and the Special Exhibits (including selections from SAQA@20 and Sense of Humor) are on the Quilt Festival @ Home site.  There are several videos available also.

Exhibit Catalog Available

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can see the wonderful SAQA@20: Art & Excellence and Sense of Humor quilts in a two sided catalog available from SAQA.  SAQA@20 is on one cover and then you flip it over and Sense of Humor is on the other side.   The photos in the book are better than you could have taken if photography had been permitted and it's only $20 + S/H

Portfolio 16 is now available also.

SAQA Booth at Houston

My thanks to all of you who generously gave up your time shopping and viewing quilts to work in the booth.  I had fun visiting with everybody and the sales were great.  We couldn't have done it without each and every one of you. 

The Art & Excellence and Sense of Humor Exhibit seemed to be one of the most popular at Festival (from my eye anyway).  We can be proud of our organization and the quilters exhibited in particular.

I hope to see you again next year.

Volunteers Still Needed for Quilt Festival

We are still in need of more volunteers in the SAQA booth in Houston. Can you spare an hour or two? Please check your schedule and join us. It is a great time to meet members and network.

NOTE: The Gala on the Green (Saturday @ 7:30pm) replaces the SAQA/Quiltart Reception in previous years.  It is free, but enrollment required. Event #770.

We need at least two people in the booth for the other time slots. We are thin on Wednesday, Preview Night.  Times we are thin or empty are highlighted in BLUE the sidebar on the right.  Let's work together to have a great representation of members working the booth at Festival!

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