SAQA-CT meeting in Watertown

Recently the Studio Art Quilt Associates, Connecticut group, met in Watertown for a general meeting. We love to see what everyone is working on. Here are some of the members with their Show-and-Tell.

Saving the Planet One Scrap at a Time

Anyone who works with fabric has scraps. Some people throw them out, some folks give them away, and other people (like me) are willing to use my own and accept OPF (Other People's Fabric)!

The image below shows just one of the simple ways I re-purpose the itty-bitty pieces that might otherwise end up in a landfill. 

Mug Mats by Mary Lachman

To Make One...

Supplies:

• One 5-inch square of fabric (anything! as this will be the back)
• One 5-inch square of batting
• Assorted scrap fabrics. No piece is too small. 
• Sewing machine, etc.

Assembly:

• Just stitch the scraps, one at a time, creating an abstract layered collage as you go. 
• To finish just bind it as you would a small quilt or just zigzag around the edges. 

Push your creative juices

Italian Coastline (in progress) -Acrylic on paper by Mary Lachman

I love fabric and yarn. They are typically are my 'go tos' when I want to create, but why not stretch my creative spirit?

 I have all the supplies to paint so why not play with something new?  This is the start of a little painting I am working on. It is based on a photo taken by my DH a few years ago near Cinque Terre, Italy.  I will post my progress.

What are you working on to push your creativity in 2020?  Let me know. I would love to hear about it.

Happy New Year

Here we are in 2020. Who knew it would come so quickly when we were back in October!

In January of each new year I find a word the indicates what I would like to embrace for the coming months. This year my word is CONNECTION. I want to connect with friends who are on the same wavelength for fun and food.

Back in the studio at home I am finishing some projects including:

The binding is on the hexagon quilt I laid out in the Kaffe Fassett/Brandon Mambly class in October in Colchester.

Here it is at the end of the workshop, the turquoise blue will be the inner border and the spiral reds the outer border. 

I assembled a sampler of sorts from some orphan blocks. I think the binding and the black accents really kick this piece up a notch.

Over the balcony as viewed from below.

What would you like to learn or do in 2020? Do you pick a word to inspire you?