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Due to circumstances beyond my control, this was the first meeting I attended since April<\/a>. The meetings are only every other month, so if I miss one, time passes quickly. I like these meetings, because I always go home wanting to sew. I also feel like people genuinely like me and that is always good for my ego.<\/p>\n

There were no new members this time, but lots of new faces that were new since I last attended. I also re-met Lynette who I know from back in the dark ages when I first got on the Internet. She hosted a local Bay Area quilt listserve and we met up a few times to put names and projects to faces. Back then we could only describe our work. There wasn’t really any economical way to post photos.<\/p>\n

\"Maureen's<\/a>
Maureen’s Strata Quilt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A number of the members have quilts in shows: Maureen has a quilt in Strata, which I think is an SAQA related show. Maureen started her piece at the most recent retreat<\/a>, so I was glad to see what happened with the work. Ann M. will be at PIQF. She has a one woman show there. Dolores has a quilt coming back from a show in Brazil and also sold a piece!<\/p>\n

A number of the members are selling their pieces at various local events, too. One is the Book Arts Jam<\/a>. Because of the bookmaking I have done (and want to do more of), I would like to attend this event. We’ll see if I can fit it in.<\/p>\n

As usual, Show and Tell was awesome. This part of the meeting is what makes excited to go home and sew. People in this group are so unbelievably creative! I also sort of feel, sometimes, that I couldn’t do what they are doing. Don’t worry, I don’t let that stop me!<\/p>\n

\"Gerre<\/a>
Gerre & Dolores with Peace Monument Quilt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dolores brought a quilt that was inspired by the Peace Monument in Paris. Some of the fabric for the steps is hand-dyed fabric. She told us that she made a conscious decision to use commercial fabric for the other parts of the quilt. I was really impressed with her people. They are simple, but clearly people, too. The whole piece is simple, in a way, but encouraged me to look and look. She did a great job.<\/p>\n

Jen made a piece that made me think of my Change of Seasons <\/a>piece. I have wanted to do more pieces like this where there are 4 parts of one image. It is on the list. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

\"Jen's<\/a>
Jen’s piece<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jen’s piece was inspired by a call for quilts for a show. I am not sure what show.<\/p>\n

Jen does spinning so there is often yarn type fiber attached to her quilts. She also does a lot of fabric manipulation: painting, stamping, couching, etc. This quilt is no exception. She painted part behind the tree and the pipes on the left are twisted newspaper, a fair trade product from India. The aerial views behind the tree and the building relate each other IMO, but are not traditional backgrounds. I think the whole piece works really well and it makes me think of my own piece again.<\/p>\n

Amy brought one of her nature pieces, this time an abstract artichoke. She had an interesting idea for machine quilting practice: copy part of your piece on to fabric and machine quilt that as practice. Later you can use it as a small wall hanging, cubicle art or cut it up and make ATCs. I never thought of that and thought it was a great idea.<\/p>\n

I accidentally agreed to run the ATCs swap. Oops! It went fine and Maureen, who is a real pro, had to do some treasurer stuff, so I was happy to do it.<\/p>\n