Exhibition Year Archives

Chairs

Wendy Carpenter

/ WGNS Hand woven. My fiber woven “chairs” wall hanging reveals my personal expressionism style derived from the Asian culture. The chairs are hand woven with wool and a silk table cloth from China.

Savanna Oak Tree

Wendy Carpenter

/ WGNS Basketry coiling. My hand woven “Savannah Oak” fiber and metal sculpture reveals my personal expressionism style derived from nature and expressed through form, color and tactile fiber and natural found objects.

A Poppy

Wendy Carpenter

/ WGNS Hand woven, basketry coiling. My “Poppy” tapestry reveals my personal expressionism style derived from nature. I created “A Poppy” from simply playing with the flower petals on my glass top table!

Star Path for Pep

Patti Carrington

Machine pieced & quilted. This was pieced as the mystery quilt at the 2014 Quilt-In retreat. Quilted by Sue DiVarco with stars, planets & space ships. Star fabric & backing glow in the dark.

in Love

Hyangsook Cho

Sewing on rice paper, organza. The words come from when feel love. In shift with Korean and English.

Chinese Coins

Lynn Dykstra Davis

Machine pieced, machine quilted, wool batt. Made with scraps from 6 generations of my family. A gift for my daughter’s college graduation. Note story book type fabrics on back. Quilted by Sue DiVarco.

Life Force

Roslyn DeBoer

Hand woven, machine-couching of yarns & ribbons also function as quilting rows. Water is vital to all life-forms. Here a variety of fabrics in a wide range of blues evoke an underwater world teeming with unseen life. Apparent calm on the surface hints at mystery, movement and activity down deep.

Dusk

Roslyn DeBoer

Fabric manipulation techniques including couching, gathering, pleating, shrinking, cording & wrapping strips. Hand & machine stitching. I love taking flat pieces of fabric & manipulating them in as many different ways as I can think of to create depth & texture in my nature-inspired art work.

Pick Up Sticks

Chris Deering

Machine pieced and quilted. I was attracted to collections of fabric designed by Marcia Derst. They were not my usual type of fabric, but I was really drawn to them. I think I found the perfect pattern to make the most of these fabrics.

My Monet

Donna Derstadt

Shredded fabric technique originated by Noriko Endo, taught by Lenore Crawford. A great use for fabric scraps, and a very fun technique!

Poppy in the Sky

Donna Derstadt

Fusible applique, longarm machine quilted. From Lenore Crawford’s workshop on Fusing & Fabric painting to create realistic fabric art.

Wool Sampler

Sue DiVarco

Wool applique on batik. Longarm quilted with wool batting. A kit from Acorn Quilt Shop in Rockford, IL. Pattern is “Fit to Frame – #13” by Lori Smith.

Great Wall – Fragment

Helen Downie

Machine pieced by Helen Downie. Machine quilted by Deb Ramsey. A huge stack of Oriental fabric strips was the inspiration for this quilt. The ease of construction was another point in its favor. The biggest plus – it was a lot of fun to make! Note the lovely Oriental-style border quilted by Deb Ramsey.

The Grange

Helen Downie

Machine pieced by Helen Downie. Machine quilted by Deb Ramsey. A fascination with the Pine Burr or Japanese Puzzle pattern encouraged a tryout with leftover green and orange fabrics (‘Grange’). The results were better than expected, and Deb Ramsey’s beautiful quilting really enhances this smaller quilt.

Sunbonnet Sue

Helen Downie

Hand applique, hand embroidery by unknown person. Machine piecing by Helen Downie, hand quilting by Mary Stori. These “Sues” were found wadded up at the bottom of a box of ’30s fabric scraps bought at a flea market! “Sue” has been a bit overdone, but the blocks were so nice they deserved their very ownContinue reading “Sunbonnet Sue

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