Tribe.net. Local Connections marion http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net/thread/e6ea0983-5778-4b83-941c-450269a475f0 2007-11-26T09:32:16Z 2007-11-26T09:32:16Z

<div>I'm marion, or artmixter, scottish artist living and working in Norfolk UK. I work mostly in textiles, am finishing a book on Lutradur with Dijanne Cevaal, the australian quilter, and generally keep myself busy with an etsy shop and lots of networks... http://artmixter.etsy.com is my shop, there's lots of examples of my work there, http://artmixter.blogspot.com is my main art blog, ditto! Hoping to get to know some new folks here...and to work out how to post pictures, too!!! <br/>marion</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net">Art Quilts and Fiber Art</a> - 0 replies </div>

marion 2007-11-26T09:32:16Z AimTrue http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net/thread/69cbdd50-4ade-4391-9e32-7207616bf177 2007-01-11T05:10:06Z 2006-11-16T01:55:32Z

<div>The Studio for Southern California History invites <br/>you to help create a friendship-style quilt for its <br/>upcoming exhibition: Los Angeles Women: A <br/>Record of Experience <br/> <br/>Anyone can participate by creating one (or more) <br/>quilt block. The block must be 12 square inches, <br/>include a theme fabric that will be provided by the Studio, <br/>and machine washable. Other than these requirements, <br/>you have complete creative freedom. We would love to <br/>see blocks that memorialize and celebrate friends and <br/>loved ones, heroines, role models, and historical figures. <br/>This quilt is dedicated to local women who have made a <br/>positive influence in the lives of others. <br/> <br/>Write, call, or email the Studio to receive your <br/>quilt block packet, which will include an instruction <br/>sheet and a piece of theme fabric. Be sure to provide <br/>us with an address to send your packet to. Or, pickup <br/>your packet at the Studio and visit our current exhibit, <br/>Work in Southern California: A Retrospective. <br/> <br/>Contact Information: <br/>Email: participate@socalstudio.org <br/>Call: 213-229-8890 <br/>Mail: P.O. Box 8665, Los Angeles, CA 90012 <br/>Visit: 525 Alpine Street, Suite 103, Los Angeles, CA 90012 <br/> <br/>To be included, completed blocks must be received <br/>by the Studio by 6 p.m. on December 11, 2006. <br/> <br/>The quilt will be on display from January 13 to <br/>May 31, 2007. All participants will receive posted <br/>recognition. <br/> <br/>Feel free to pass the word! We want to include as <br/>many entries and voices as possible.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net">Art Quilts and Fiber Art</a> - 1 reply </div>

AimTrue 2006-11-16T01:55:32Z bitchkitty http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net/thread/e0c4dfa6-2548-4094-a1f7-84a3acf14021 2007-01-01T20:03:19Z 2006-12-31T05:39:37Z

<div>Greetings All... <br/>So what is everyone working on???</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net">Art Quilts and Fiber Art</a> - 1 reply </div>

bitchkitty 2006-12-31T05:39:37Z sluggo_von_hoth http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net/thread/98ad096c-4d61-458f-bdae-20b99b26d44e 2005-09-04T00:12:17Z 2005-09-04T00:12:17Z

<div>(Also see http://quilting.about.com for the original item) <br/> <br/>QUILTERS COMFORT AMERICA <br/>A Cooperative Project <br/>To Comfort Victims of Hurricane Katrina <br/> <br/> <br/>To quilters everywhere: The devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast is beyond belief. Here in Houston our hearts are heavy with sorrow for all the horrible losses, and we are preparing to welcome the thousands of refugees that are being bussed to us because they have lost their homes or have no access to whatever is left of their homes. Like so many other people, we want to help. Knowing quilters, we think you want to help, too, because there are no more generous, giving, open-hearted people than quilters. <br/> <br/>Therefore, we are launching a two-part drive for Hurricane Katrina relief, and we urge you to join us in this project. We're calling it QUILTERS COMFORT AMERICA. <br/> <br/>PART 1: Urgent Donations to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. We will match EVERY donation made by quilters to the American Red Cross, up to a maximum of $10,000, on a dollar for dollar basis. In other words, if you make a $25 donation, we'll match that with another $25 donation. If you make a $100 donation, we'll match that with another $100 donation, right up to the maximum. To avoid delays in your donations reaching the Red Cross, and because we have trusted quilters for more than 30 years now, just email us with the amount of your donation that you sent to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. Every penny of every donation--up to $10,000--will be matched by International Quilt Festival. You have my word on that. Please use this email address: exec5@quilts.com and use the subject line: RED CROSS DONATION. <br/> <br/>PART 2: QUILTS FOR COMFORT Many thousands of the Katrina refugees are being sent to Houston RIGHT NOW, and no one knows how long they will have to be here. Most of them escaped the hurricane's fury with only the clothes on their backs--nothing more--and they may have absolutely nothing to go home to. They don't even know. The Astrodome is ready as temporary housing, but there is a serious shortage of bedding. Part 2 of QUILTERS COMFORT AMERICA is the collection of quilts of all kinds to be distributed to the refugees here in Houston so that they have something soft to sleep on instead of the hard concrete floors of the temporary shelters and something warm to cover up with against the chill of otherwise welcome air-conditioning (we've been in the 90s and 100s for weeks now). <br/> <br/>Many of us have unfinished projects filling our closets and cupboards. Get out one of those projects--twin size preferred but no smaller than baby quilt size, please--and finish it up for this. Use lightweight batting--do whatever binding is the quickest, even a close zigzag stitch. You don't have to quilt it--tie it! If you have only small projects, add borders. Think about a mother lying on the floor cradling her baby--that's the size quilt we need to provide. These quilts are not meant to be heirlooms, although they will probably be treasured for many years as a symbol of the caring of strangers. Tie them, machine quilt them, work in a group with your friends and finish several on an assembly line, do whatever it takes to get these finished quickly. THE NEED FOR THESE QUILTS IS RIGHT NOW! If you already have some finished pieces that you don't have plans for, send them too, as long as they are no smaller than baby quilt size. If you are a professional, you may have sample quilts that have become shop-worn or faded but are still clean and very usable in an emergency--send them!--we are IN an emergency! Be sure to put a label on the back of your quilt or sign it with a kind thought and your name and date. Every piece will go to a refugee family driven from their homes by the hurricane. <br/> <br/>To participate in QUILTERS COMFORT AMERICA, send an email to exec5@quilts.com (subject line: COMFORT AMERICA) to let us know how many quilts you are sending. That will help us help the Red Cross in its planning. Please do not expect a confirmation that your quilt has been received or any kind of nice thank-you. Sometimes we just have to do things because they are the RIGHT things to do--this is one of those times. People need help...the kind of help WE can give. <br/> <br/>Use this address to send your quilt/s: COMFORT AMERICA PROJECT c/o International Festival 7660 Woodway, Suite 550 Houston, TX 77063 Please note: for security, do NOT use the word 'quilt' ANYWHERE in your address label! <br/> <br/>Many of us have also amassed linen closets full of old but completely usable sheets--perhaps a size you no longer use, or juvenile prints that your college age kids don't like anymore. Clean sheets and blankets are also most welcome to QUILTERS COMFORT AMERICA. Naturally, everything should be clean and fresh. These folks have lived with enough mud and dirt to last them the rest of their lives--let's give them a clean bed to rest in. Please note that we cannot use fabric, patterns, scraps, etc. <br/> <br/>Quilt Festival will serve as the collection point for these quilts, and we will deliver them DAILY to the American Red Cross staffing the refugee centers in Houston, where they will be distributed by the Red Cross volunteers. Because we are right here in Houston where more than 25,000 of the refugees will be, we can make a difference RIGHT NOW...if you'll help. <br/> <br/>Time is critical--the need is NOW! People are arriving by the hour, children are bedding down on the cold concrete, bedding is needed by people of all ages who have lost everything in this horrible storm. Please help if you can. If you live in or around Houston, you are welcome to hand deliver your donations to us. Our address is 7660 Woodway, Suite 550, Houston 77063. You can find it on Mapquest. Please note that this is one block of Woodway that runs perpendicular to all the rest of Woodway. <br/> <br/>Thanks to everyone! <br/> <br/>QUILTERS COMFORT AMERICA. <br/>Karey Patterson Bresenhan <br/>Director, International Quilt Festival--Houston and Chicago <br/>http://www.quilts.com</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net">Art Quilts and Fiber Art</a> - 0 replies </div>

sluggo_von_hoth 2005-09-04T00:12:17Z katcrz http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net/thread/cf115bd9-3331-4aac-bf78-e88f5495a658 2005-07-20T22:07:10Z 2005-07-19T16:20:33Z

<div>does any one know where i could sell my quilt tops??? i hate putting the layers together. so now i have all these quilt tops sitting in boxes. gggrrrrrr. </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net">Art Quilts and Fiber Art</a> - 3 replies </div>

katcrz 2005-07-19T16:20:33Z bitchkitty http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net/thread/bfd72568-64e2-4c9e-8710-b503d67a2624 2005-05-20T03:02:54Z 2005-05-14T01:14:48Z

<div>I just posted a couple of my quilts. Let's see what everyone else is creating! Is anyone out there doing wearables? I would LOVE to see it! Come on, show us all the eye candy! <br/>Sharon</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net">Art Quilts and Fiber Art</a> - 2 replies </div>

bitchkitty 2005-05-14T01:14:48Z amyirish http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net/thread/f020d5f0-3d26-424b-afab-e4d108c1af71 2005-05-14T01:29:47Z 2004-05-10T01:18:37Z

<div>is there anybody out there? are you sewing, crafting or just dreaming of crafting? tell me, what are you working on lately?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net">Art Quilts and Fiber Art</a> - 3 replies </div>

amyirish 2004-05-10T01:18:37Z katcrz http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net/thread/e6a09cca-d002-49b5-9c8f-3ebd66d83167 2004-08-25T17:23:14Z 2004-02-04T20:06:19Z

<div>i love quilts to make and look at. <br/>&amp;lt;br>what do you enjoy? </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net">Art Quilts and Fiber Art</a> - 6 replies </div>

katcrz 2004-02-04T20:06:19Z katcrz http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net/thread/b853fff6-376f-4237-8d1d-b78b05ae067b 2004-06-29T14:42:41Z 2004-06-28T19:38:14Z

<div>a friend gave me a box of craft stuff. christmas in june!! there are several large pieces of metallic matterial in there. any one know how to work with it?? it is thin and frays easy. i want to make quilt yo-yo's and put on black matterial, but the needle is tearing it. or cut strips and put on black matterial.. when i look at the matterial i keep thinking underwater, so i want some kind of underwater quilt i can use any suggestions. </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net">Art Quilts and Fiber Art</a> - 2 replies </div>

katcrz 2004-06-28T19:38:14Z thwhitetigress http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net/thread/ccd2ab4a-dcb5-4eb7-8604-f0083cf65ee7 2004-06-25T00:02:54Z 2004-06-25T00:02:54Z

<div>check this out... <br/> <br/>http://www.patchworks-et-boutons.com/english/quilts/bom/painters/index.html</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://fiberartquilts.tribe.net">Art Quilts and Fiber Art</a> - 0 replies </div>

thwhitetigress 2004-06-25T00:02:54Z