Art Quilts Maine and the Frayed Edges
Last weekend was fun…TWO quilty things! First things first: on Saturday, Art Quilts Maine met in the usual spot in Augusta (the state capitol, it’s on I-295, and is therefore fairly centrally located for most everyone…they say it’s an hour’s drive to anywhere in Maine, and they’re about right!). AQM is a state-wide chapter for art quilters that is part of a State-wide guild, the Pine Tree Quilters Guild. There are regional chapters throughout the state, plus a couple state-wide chapters…one for art quilts, one for crazy quilters, and not sure if there is another or not.
The first part of the meeting, a mini-workshop let by two AQM members had most folks working on free-motioning dragonflies on sheer fabric. Since I’ve done that sort of thing, I took advantage of being in Augusta and zipped over to Michael’s, where I was happy to find a few remaining bottles of Liqui-Fuse (see Terry Grant’s blog for a fabulous tutorial) and an Aleene’s repositionable adhesive that looked intriguing. If you think you’d like to try her method, you can use either the remaining Liqui-Fuse or the “new” Liquid Thread by Beacon (same item, different name, smaller bottle, same price…sigh). Then, a dash into Barnes and Noble, which also has a Starbucks! Venti Latte, whole milk, lots of chocolate powder, please!
The next part of the meeting was business, but went fairly well, and Anne Walker shared her contribution to the AQM “Clothesline” challenge. She was inspired by the outdoor art shows where artworks are displayed on clotheslines….she made each of those little pieces hanging from the line, and each one is smaller than a postcard. Fun! (that’s her behind the quilt!)
Then, well…guess what. I think I’ll post about the Frayed Edges in the next installment since this has gotten wordy (sigh…can’t help it….. as Voltaire said , or at least I think it was Voltaire, forgive me for writing a long letter since I don’t have time to write a short one).
June 28th, 2006 at 4:58 pm
Thanks for adding me to your bloggerly contacts, just found the link on my nightly rounds… Of course it means you are ‘open season’ next time I am in Camden! Sandy the Dino