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Letter From Our President,
Susan Allen
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As Fall arrives in our area, nature goes through the color-filled changes leading to rebirth! After years away from seasonal changes, I find it such a joy to see the tips of trees beginning to change from green, to gold and red!
For CFG, November 1 is the beginning of a new year! Membership renewals begin, new Board members take their places at the table, and upcoming programs are announced for the upcoming year!
We all want to extend congratulations to the outgoing Board for a job done well during the challenges of shut-down! It presented many challenges yet, persistence paid off! We continued to meet and offer workshops via Zoom! With money saved, we were able to offer on-line sessions for all Guild members, free of charge!
The Program Committee is busily finalizing the agenda and workshop registration procedures. Registration for workshops begins in December and you will be notified prior as to that date. Since our workshops do fill quickly, you are encouraged to register early!
Susan Allen, President
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Prevent ruler slippage
Dab a series of dots (about 2” apart) of hot glue on back of quilting ruler, press hot glue/ruler flat on parchment paper. These flattened dots help to reduce ruler slippage while you are cutting fabric.
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Seam guide
For about $4 or less, a magnetic seam guide for your sewing machine can be purchased to aid in stitching a straight line.
- Sew straight seams: place it as far from the needle as you want your line of stitching and it guides the fabric through perfectly as you sew
- Won't move or shift: Strong magnetic hold keeps this gauge in place for easy use
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Control spools of thread
Simple pony tail bands help keep thread from unraveling off your spools; and/or keeps your bobbin thread with the matching spool.
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From Susan Allen
CFG is forming a small group for lovers of hand stitching! Following the survey from the workshop with Susan Brandeis there seems to be a great deal of interest in doing this. You are invited to an “organizational” meeting as a Kick-Off.
It would be lovely if you bring the work you started in the workshop or any other work in progress. We can stitch as we talk about what you would like to get out of the group, and how to organize it: where is most convenient, how the meetings would be hosted going forward, day and time considerations, etc.
First meeting date, time and venue to be announced shortly. Watch your inbox!
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Exquisite Gorge Project 2 – Fiber Arts
from Katie Walwyn
The Exquisite Gorge Project: Fiber Arts featured 13 fiber artists from the Columbia River Gorge region working with local communities from the Willamette Confluence to the Snake River Confluence. The unveiling of the original artworks was held on the grounds of Maryhill Museum of Art in Goldendale, WA in early August. It was an event to behold as each artist assembled, placed within the 60’ long exhibit, and related the story and process of their work. The event began at 10 am and finished at 4 pm with projects under different stages of construction and discussion throughout the day.
While interesting to observe the assembly processes and ways of connecting the different segments of the Columbia River Gorge, it is even more impactful to see the EG I Project that was completed in 2019., consisting of wood block prints in combination with the EG 2 Project utilizing fiber art currently exhibited at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery at Lewis & Clark College. The exhibit will be displayed until December 15 and is the perfect opportunity to view the works of our CFG sponsored artist, Amanda Triplett, as well as Bonnie Meltzer, Xander Griffith and Tammy Jo Wilson & Owen Premore.”
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Above: beaded work by Bonnie Meltzer | |
Above: felted work by Kristy Kun | |
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Below: sturgeon by Tammy Jo Wilson
& Owen Premore
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Below: felted landscape
by Xander Griffith
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from Carolyn Walwyn
Starting November 1 you can pay your Columbia FiberArts Guild membership dues for the 2022-2023 year. Just sign onto our website and update your information. You can then pay online or send a check to our treasurer at : P.O. Box 19645, Portland, OR 97280.
The dues are $50 per year (students $25).
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Membership has its advantages:
· Three workshops with outstanding artists and teachers
· Four quarterly meetings with inspiring speakers
· Monthly newsletters and updates
· Service projects through Outreach
· Access to the special interest groups: Wearables, Surface Design and High Fiber Diet
· Promotion of your art through exhibits
· Opportunity to meet new people and connect with old friends.
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News From Our Program Committee | |
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2023 Workshops and Workshop Registration
More information will be forthcoming through CFG's website and social media, meanwhile, put the registration date on your calendar: we've included website addresses for your early perusal.
March 9-10 workshop: Carol Anne Grotrain - Boro & Kantha: Hand Stitched Traditions
https://www.carolannegrotrian.com/home
June 15-16 Workshop: Susan Brubaker Knapp - Whole cloth painting from original photos
https://susanbrubakerknapp.com
Sept 14-16 workshop: Paula Kovarik - At Play in the Garden of Stitch
https://www.paulakovarik.com
Registration for all three workshops will open on Sunday, December 11 at noon PST.
Registration will begin in Eventbrite where it will remain open for 30 days.
After 30 days, Eventbrite will close registration.
After Eventbrite closes, attendees need to contact program committee to register or make changes.
Payment for workshops is via PayPal.
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Next Quarterly Meeting,
December 14 on Zoom
Neroli Henderson, Australian textile artist, from St Kilda, Melbourne is often called an Artivist creating feminist, political and other artwork focusing on the human condition and fighting for social change.
An accident at home severely restricted her ability to move for 7 years until her mum dragged her to a quilting exhibition and her love of stitch began.
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As a woman, Neroli recognized women often encounter phrases aimed at their gender which seem innocuous, but each leaves its mark, tainting one’s ego, personality and sense of self. Comments about how her work has positively affected viewers matter more to her than any other element in an art piece. Her challenge is trying to turn a feeling into a work of beauty.
When planning a quilt, she asks “What do I want it to say? How do I want it to look?” then, sketches a design. Technique is last often resulting with various combinations. Recently, she has favored painting, using photos, embellishing with stitch & metal foil, often including machine trapunto.
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The Churning
by Neroli Henderson
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Neroli Henderson art
Her work regularly features nude images.
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Future Quarterly Meeting Speakers
March 8, 2023 Carol Anne Grotrian - Lecture: Shibori and Me.
June 14, 2023 Susan Brubaker Knapp - Lecture: Wholecloth Painting.
September 13, 2023 Paula Kovarik - Lecture: At Play in the Garden of Stitch.
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We hope you were able to see the presentation by Susan Brandeis on Hand Stitching at the September CFG meeting. What a talented artist she is. Hand Stitching is certainly having a resurgence and has moved solidly into an art form. Some of us have embraced it as a meditative practice. Others as a rewarding small activity with lots of scraps and found things. We have had enough interest from guild members to schedule an introductory meeting of a new Interest Group. Read about this exciting opportunity elsewhere in this newsletter. | |
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A Matter of Perspective
by Jo Noble
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Upcoming online gallery call for entry
We would love to have you share your hand work in our digital gallery with the theme of Hand Stitching. The Online Committee is interested in seeing work that is entirely by hand, that which combines surface design with hand stitches, or works that have both free motion and hand stitching. You may submit up to 3 entries of any type of fiber art.
For the submission form:
You will need to have 2 photographs – one full and one detail of the hand work.
- The full shot must be oriented correctly, and show all edges of the work in a JPG (no TIFF files). The longest side of the ‘live’ area of the artwork (not including background) should be at least 2100 pixels. Larger is fine so long as the longest side of the overall image does not exceed 4200 pixels. If you have trouble with the pixels, ask for help from a friend, and be sure to give us your best photographs.
- Please fill out separate submission forms for second and third entries.
The link to the submission form will arrive to your cell, iPad or desktop on October 30 via an eBlast. Submissions are due November 1-30. The artworks will be up on the website in mid January and be featured for six months.
We look forward to seeing your work.
Further questions can be directed to Jill Hoddick hoddick@up.edu
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News from Kathie Kerler
Kathie Kerler received the Award of Excellence for best original quilt design at the International Quilt & Fiber Fest Show sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Art Museum for her triptych, P is for Poppy and Periwinkle. She received a 2nd place in the Traditional category for Baltimore Wreaths & Roses.
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P is for Poppy and Perwinkles
by Kathie Kerler
67" x 39.5"
Photo credit: Kayley Hoddick
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Baltimore Wreaths and Roses
by Kathie Kerler
53.5" x 53.5"
Photo credit: Kayley Hoddick
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News from Carla Osterby
Carla writes: "Packaging the Future: A Global Opportunity made page 60 and 61 in the SAQA sustainABILITY catalog. I’m very excited to be part of this Global Exhibition. The show opened October 5 at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts.
The picture of Amazon Prime envelopes is the other side of the 3D art quilt. This side was not shown in the catalog due to size constraints."
https://www.saqa.com/art/exhibitions/sustainability-saqa-global-exhibition
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Packaging the Future: A Global Opportunity
by Carla Osterby
textile side
40"x31"x4"
Photo credit: Allison Larimore
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Packaging the Future: A Global Opportunity
by Carla Osterby
plastic envelope side
40"x31"x4"
Photo credit: Allison Larimore
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Exhibition catalog
front cover
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Artist statement from the catalog | | |
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High Fiber Diet has two shows coming up this November and December on the coast.
Can You Hear It? will be at the Latimer Quilt & Textile Center in Tillamook. The opening reception is November 6, 12-4.
Our small show titled What’s Your 8? will be at the Fiber Arts Studio Gallery in the Lincoln City Cultural Center in Lincoln City through Christmas.
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Our 2023 show, Tightwire, will be opening at Mt Hood Community College, January 30 - February 22, 2023.
The opening reception will be on February 2, 2023.
The HFD October meeting will be in person on October 18 starting at 1.30pm at the Grant Park Baptist Church, 2728 NE 34th Ave, Portland. Bring more of your What’s Your 8? pieces to turn in and remember that the artist’s entry fee is $5 for as many pieces as you want to enter. So make lots. We hope to be selling many and we will need replacement art as they sell.
October weather is often lovely and conducive to in-person meeting, but we have some issues to discuss about future directions for HFD including whether we want to return to Zoom meetings this winter. So please join the fun in person.
For questions or further information contact Pam Pilcher at pilcherpam@gmail.com
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Creative Wearables has been invited to exhibit garments at Clark County Quilters Quilt Show this month. The garments created for this year's challenge will be on display for their Quiltfest Northwest Oct 20-22.
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Lincoln City Cultural Center has invited us to show our garments in their very large Fiber Arts Studio Gallery from Jan 6 through March 19. We are gathering garments from Metaphors on Marriage, Stand Alone Skirts and Dare to Lead as well as the garments from the challenges this year in order to fill the space. The opening reception will be on Friday evening, January 6. | |
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Surface Design is a group of fiber artists focused on all facets of applied design, where members inspire creativity and innovation in textile art through workshops, demonstrations, speakers, and field trips along with sharing of each other's work and problem-solving techniques. | |
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Our October meeting featured Carla Osterby who presented Nancy Crawford design principles.
A review of the Susan Brandeis workshop along with a sharing of samples from the workshop was discussed.
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News from Linda Hansen
Business for Sale - women's accessories from recycled materials: magnetic flower brooches, collars, cuffs, necklaces, scarves and headbands, boutonnieres with coordinated pocket squares.
Check out the fashions at instagram.com/tootsielarue72
Contact Linda Hansen at tootsielaruecreations@gmail.com
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From Ann Johnston
Beyond the Book: Paint & Print with Dye, by Ann Johnston, 8 video lessons now available online.
About a year ago Ann got the bright idea it was finally time to make teaching videos to elaborate on her book, Color by Design: Paint and Print with Dye, like those she made for her little yellow book, Color by Accident: Low-Water Immersion Dyeing. This project felt necessary because she wants people to be able to easily combine painting and printing with low-water immersion for their fiber art projects. Now, both courses can be found directly on her video platform, annjohnston.podia.com
Her remodeled website also has new links, including a page listing Design and Dye Resources with free videos, articles, and handouts for your use: annjohnston-resources
Find Ann on Instagram @annjohnstonquilts.
If you have any questions or suggestions, email Ann at annjohnstonquilts@gmail.com
Game Pieces below was part of Ann's Game Board Series.This quilt is the title image for Beyond the Book: Paint & Print with Dye. It incorporates many different surface techniques and low-water immersion, and quite accidentally, the composition has unity in spite of all its variety.
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Game Pieces
34"x41"
by Ann Johnston
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Game Pieces
by Ann Johnston
detail
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From Sue Redhead
Susan Allen asked me to write a little about my experience with hurricane Ian since I am living in Lake County, central Florida at present. Thank you to everyone who checked in with me during and after the hurricane.
A major hurricane was not a new experience I had been hoping for when I moved to Florida in March for a year. However, I don't think I was ever feeling panicked watching the painfully slow progression of Ian towards Florida because I trusted what my long time Floridian friend and quilter here had assured me of: that hurricanes lose so much energy once they hit land and we are centrally located so it wouldn't be bad here. We aren't in a concrete jungle either so there are more places for water to drain away than say Orlando. In fact the weather reporters were so animated and excited to report on something big, I found myself tuned into a local news app most of the time. There was some panic buying of food and toilet paper (no surprise) and the grocery store was packed on the Saturday afterwards! We had been told to stay home for two days and all stores, etc were closed, including Starbucks, so we were feeling deprived of the shopping experience!
Tavares, where I live suffered minor damage: I have noticed trees down in nature reserves and there is a lot of flooding at my favorite one so it is largely closed. Orlando, only about 40 mins away had terrible flooding. It's still quite bad at Mead Botanical Gardens in Orlando where I ventured at the weekend and the cute little pond there has turned into a messy lake with one bench far out in the water that a mom and daughter had waded out to sit on. However the trip was well worth it as I saw a painted bunting for the first time. I am getting closer to my goal of 181 bird species this year.
We did not lose power around here which is amazing since we've lost it for much less before. The wind was wild but I did manage to sleep on the sofa (not on my bed under a window) through the worst and my cats didn't bat an eyelid. I woke up to messages from my sister and cousin in England asking if I was OK, well hours later when they were probably freaked out that I hadn't responded, I woke up and replied. I was almost glad the fridge here makes a lot of noise that masked out the wild wind. So I feel very fortunate relative to so many.
I am moving back to Oregon, to Veneta, in about March 2023.That was always my plan, hurricane Ian or not.
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The Fine Print
Please send items for publication in the newsletter to:
columbiafiberartsnews@gmail.com
The Columbia FiberArts Guild meets quarterly in March, June, September and December. No newsletter is published in those months. The newsletter is published seven times a year: October, November, January, February, April, May, July/August. Deadline for articles is around the 10th of the month of publication and will be detailed in the email reminder for articles.
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2021-2022 Executive Board & Committee Chairs
President: Susan Allen
President Elect: Jane Wolfe
Past President: Cheri Jolivette
Secretary: Linda Dyer
Treasurer: Beth Wells
Online Exhibits: Jill Hoddick
Membership: Carolyn Walwyn
Newsletter: Sue Redhead
Outreach: Karin Graves
Program: Lottie Smith, Emily Stevens, Carol Anderson
Program Elect: Laura Lehroff, Marnie Murray, Sally Trude
Publicity:
Webmaster: Doug Garnett &
Judith Quinn Garnett
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CFG Board Meetings
Meetings are held monthly on the first Monday when there is no quarterly meeting and are open to the membership to attend. Contact the President for more information.
Committees are: Exhibits, Membership, Newsletter, Outreach, Programs, Publicity and Webmaster
Minutes of meetings are posted in the CFG Newsletter.
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