Reminder of an Important Opportunity for all SAQA Members

SAQA 2014 Anniversary Trunk Show Open to all SAQA Members Join SAQA in celebrating our 25th amazing year with your trunk show submission! This traveling exhibition asks SAQA members to create a 10" x 7" art quilt that showcases their artistic expression. The 2014 Anniversary Trunk Show will premiere at the 2014 SAQA conference in Washington, DC, and then travel all across the United States and around the world. A group of quilts from this exhibition will be chosen by jurors Linda Colsh and Margaret "Peg" Keeney to become a permanent part of the collection of the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky. Submissions for the 2014 Anniversary Trunk Show must meet the following criteria: *Quilted pieces must have three layers, and measure 10" high x 7" wide (25.4 x 17.8 cm) in a PORTRAIT orientation. All embellishments must fit within the 10" x 7" size.  *SAQA will mount artwork on a 12 x 9" black backing board.   *Quilts could travel for up to three years. They must stay with the Trunk during the entire exhibition period.  *Participation fee is $10 to cover cost of materials and return shipping.  *If you wish your quilt to be for sale, please indicate its price on the entry form.  *Due to the constraints of international travel costs, SAQA will not be insuring this exhibition. An insurance waiver is included in the form. Quilts are due no later than Friday, January 31, 2014 to the SAQA 2014 Trunk Show Coordinator, Eileen Doughty. Full details and link to the entry form may be found here: http://www.saqa.com/members.php?ID=2419

 

Christmas Fibre Art - Nancy Elaschuk, Moncton, New Brunswick

Sometimes Christmas gifts are wonderful pieces of fibre art from good friends..

This year I was the recipient of this beautifully stitched sketchbook cover by Nancy Elaschuk.

Using felt and fabric paint, silks and batiks, and those shiny threads I so love, she stitched feather motifs, straight lines, swirls and curls over the surface. 

How lucky can one girl get?

What’s on your wall? Penny Berens, Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia

Writing a journal has never been part of my daily routine, so it was quite a surprise when two years ago I decided to start a stitched journal.

The plan was to stitch a row every day just recording the passing of time.

But it wasn’t long before I felt the need to record daily events such as the day we had my Handy Hubby’s golfing buddies and their wives round for dinner

or the day in February the redpolls returned.

After two years of daily stitching I have amassed quite a few yards of hand stitched daily life!  Recently I have been wondering if this should be my last year; but I would miss it, so it will probably continue. 

My purpose in starting was to make my art more personal and in that I have succeeded for it is certainly well entrenched in my daily routine and in my psyche.