The Common Thread Chronicle

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1 The Common Thread Chronicle SPECIAL POINT S OF I NTER EST: Next Meeting May 8, 6:30pm Location Parker Adventist Hospital Inspiration A C H E C K L I S T : Nametag Show and Tell Bags for the Hospital Spice Challenge May Meeting M A Y The next meeting of CTQC is a bit different than the usual. The Quilt Show (Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims) has given us permission to show one of their segments to the club. If you liked Simply Quilts, you will love this next generation of quilt education that they have produced. The segments run longer, giving them time to explore subject matter more in depth. As can be expected of Alex Anderson, she does a good job at steering the subject matter in an interesting direction, as does Ricky Tims. The show has given our club passes to access their show online for a month. In addition, they have sent along a DVD of one season of The Quilt Show to be given as a door prize to one member that night. So, you won t want to miss the chance to win the DVD! The segment being shown on May 8 is a presentation by Sue Spargo: Folk Art in Fabric: Inspirations and Techniques. Her style is colorful, whimsical, and full of techniques that would be easy to add to your own repertoire of skills. While she primarily works in wool, most of what she does can easily translate to cotton fabrics. Though Sue grew up in South Africa, she has been in the US for many years. She teaches classes around the country, teaches on Craftsy, has published patterns and books. For more on her techniques, resources, class schedule, supplies, and blog please visit her website at: suespargo.com/index.php (Continued Page 5)

2 Looking Ahead May 2017 Program--The Quilt Show: Sue Spargo 2nd Challenge Reveal: Spices June 2017 Program--Antique Quilts: Members Sharing Their Own Quilts -- This is a night to bring a quilt (or several!) that you have in the family or have collected which fall into the category of several generations old. Basket Giveaway July 2017 Program--Judi Maxwell Doll Quilts -- Come see these quilts Judi has collected over the years before she donates them to the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. 3rd Challenge Reveal Programs are planned for the upcoming months (but not set in stone yet) with antique quilts, quick techniques, more trunk shows, and a program by the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. May 2017 Web Wanderings - by Ethel Swartley Quilters Club of America For those of you who go to the computer when you need a break from the sewing machine, the Quilters Club of America might be a place you want to explore. The site is a gathering of quilters around the country who blog, share patterns, ask for and offer helpful advice, and show off their latest creations. The club offers mystery quilt projects that have inspired more than 100,000 posts and message boards on various quilting topics. In short, it is a place where you can say, Help! I ve made a mistake, or where you can look for new ideas to inspire you again. It s a fun site to explore while you drink your morning coffee (which, of course, you wouldn t drink while you are sewing!) P A G E 2

3 International Quilt Study Center & Museum Quilt of the Month May 2017 Winter s Gate Linda Colsh Everberg, Belgium Dated x 9 inches IQSCM A screen printed and gelatin plate monoprint on cotton muslin, Winter s Gate was created by American artist Linda Colsh while she was living in Belgium. This piece was made with cotton fabric, gelatin-plate monoprint printed by the artist, screenprinting made by the artist from computer-altered photos and acrylic paints with invisible polyester thread. Winter's Gate: End of autumn, they approach winter's bare and frosted gate and continue down the path. The series for which my work is best known focuses on the elderly. I collect images of real people, taking inspiration from the streets. In places where I have traveled and lived (America, Asia, Europe), I notice people who others ignore: the invisible ones who blend into the background noise of busy lives. Anonymous to me, I develop their characters in my imagination, on my computer, and in my notebooks. Starting with plain cloth, I dye, paint and print backgrounds and images. Each artwork is a drama: I place a character in a setting and add props that express plot, personality and themes. I design with large shapes or wholecloth and simple machine quilting. Here, I screenprinted the figures and bare tree on a gelatin-plate printed background. The subject is three views of an old woman, who I photographed years ago in Berlin. She walked into my viewfinder as I was photographing above-ground pipes. She has become a beloved alter ego onto whom I can project my own thoughts and who carries my stories to those who view my work. - Artist Statement Winter s Gate joined the International Quilt Study Center & Museum s Permanent Collection in 2010 as part of collection of Studio Art Quilt Associates member works, each measuring 9 x 9 inches and mounted for display. A selection of Colsh s recent work is on display at the museum April 11-July 9, 2017, in Like Breath on Glass: Studio Work by Linda Colsh. Visit the artist's website for more information. P A G E 3

4 Quilt Museums--Western US Quilt Happenings Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum rmqm.org SAQA s Under the Western Sun & Buffalo Bill: Quilting the Wild West Through July 22 San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles sjquiltmuseum.org Modern Quilt Guild Three Left Coast Artists: Linda Gass, Linda MacDonald, and Gyongy Laky Quilts of Caohagan Quiltbeast Through July 16 Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA quiltvisions.org/ Complementary Colors Through July 2 Selections from the Permanent Collection Through July 2 Earth, Wind, Water (Charlotte Ziebarth) Through July 2 Anatomy of Nature (Jean Wells) Through July 2 Pacific Northwest Quilts & Fiber Arts Museum (formerly La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum) La Conner, WA qfamuseum.org For the Love of Children; Miwako Kimura & Students Through June 25 Marginalia: Tapestries, Sarah Swett Through July 30 From Thread to Ink, Kristin Loffer Theiss Through May 28 Making It My Own, Creative Knitting Exhibit May 31 - June 25 International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Lincoln, NE quiltstudy.org Layered Voices Through July 30 Quilt Japan Through May 21 Like Breath on Glass by Linda Colsh Check with Museum Passages for close of exhibits Joan White Collection Upcoming: Quilts by Edyta Sitar (July 11-October 8, 2017) and many more! Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, TX Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry: 40 Years of Color, Light and Motion Through June 25 Along the Spice Route Through June 25 Upcoming (June 29 - Oct. 1): Dynamic Diversity: Quilts by African-American Artists Art Quilts of the Midwest, guest curator Linzee Kull McCray Hearts and Flowers: Antique Quilts from the International Quilt Study Center & Museum P A G E 4

5 May 8 Meeting--Continued Spices Challenge Due The second challenge for 2017 is due the night of the next meeting. The theme of the challenge is based on the theme of Spices, and you are free to interpret it any way you think is interesting, as long as it fits the 9 x 12 size (portrait or landscape orientation), is a fabric sandwich containing a front, back and batting. A prize will be awarded for the favorite. In addition, please bring: Show and Tell (spring theme especially appreciated!) Nametag Any bags you may have sewn for the hospital Quilts of Valor blocks (12 square, finished--see website for exact block specifications) Announcements Front Range Modern Quilt Guild is having a quilt show in the park in Monument, CO, June 17th. Please call me with any questions. Thank you! Sally Leavitt President - Front Range Modern Quilt Guild Quilts in the Aspens THE 11TH Annual quilt show of Quilter s Above the Clouds Guild is August 12th, 2017 from 9-4 at the middle School, 600 E. Kelly s Road, Woodland Park. More than 150 quilts and quilted items will be featured in nine categories. Vintage quits will be shown in an old-fashion bed turning. Vendors will offer items for sale and guild members will demonstrate various quilting techniques. A boutique will feature quilted and handmade items for sale. Admission $5, and under age 16 free. We are excited to invite you to the Star Valley Quilt Trail, a unique quilt show featuring quilt exhibits in 5 towns along Scenic Byway, Highway 89 in Star Valley, Wyoming. This inaugural quilt show will be held August 17, 18, 19, 2017, at the community centers in Afton, Thayne, Star Valley Ranch, Etna and Alpine, Wyoming. Ricky Tims will be here for a 6-hour Master Class and evening concert. Ricky, a rock-star in the quilt world, is a bestselling author, enthusiastic teacher, award-winning quilter, fabric designer and talented musician. The Quilt Trail will feature judged quilts, a quilt challenge, historic quilts, youth quilts, Quilts of Valor, and lots of vendors. Featured judges will be Linda Taylor & Stevii Graves, both internationally and nationally known award winning professional quilters, teachers, judges and authors. Our theme and Challenge Quilt - Solar Eclipse - highlights this Quilt Trail weekend. On August 21st there will be a total solar eclipse over Western Wyoming. Ground zero will be the Tetons in Grand Teton National Park just 45 minutes north of the valley. We need your help to put on this special quilt show. We would love to have your guild members submit quilts, as well as join the many opportunities to become a team leader or a team member, quilt set-up and take -down, white glove ambassadors, and more. Visit our website, or Facebook page. Don t hesitate to contact us with any questions, P.S. Lodging in Star Valley is limited, so if you are considering attending get your reservations early. P A G E 5

6 April Program - Jananne s Quilts Jananne presents her quilts for the April Program April Photos P A G E 6

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14 Nancy Zieman (Nancy s Notions nancysnotions.com) and her staff did a study of different types of water used in irons and came up with some conclusions. Stockings for Sharon in honor of her move. P A G E 14

15 Calendar of Events May th Leadership Meeting 6:00 pm at Park Meadows Mall Food Court 8 th Common Thread Meeting 6:30pm June st Leadership Meeting 6:00 pm at Park Meadows Mall Food Court 12 th Common Thread Meeting 6:30pm Antique Quilts July th Leadership Meeting 6:00 pm at Park Meadows Mall Food Court 10 th Common Thread Meeting 6:30pm Doll Quilts August rd Leadership Meeting 6:00 pm at Park Meadows Mall Food Court 14 th Common Thread Meeting 6:30pm The Common Thread Chronicle Editor: Sharon Vaninger The Common Thread Quilters are a quilt group based in Parker, Colorado. Meetings are held at: Parker Adventist Hospital 9395 Crown Crest Blvd Parker, CO Unless otherwise notified. More information about the group can be found at our website: CommonThreadQuiltClub.com Account: $1, Dues: $30.00 per year We currently have 31 members Membership Cards SAMPLE Contributions to the newsletter should be sent to: Vaninger.s@gmail.com P A G E 15