Artsy Saturday

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.” 
― Albert Einstein

     Last Saturday, North Texas SAQA met at Must Love Fabrics, a fabric shop in Grapevine Texas which has space for us to meet and  occasionally make stuff or have demos.  We had several new members/visitors and lots of "show and tell". At our last meeting, we decided to share with everyone our quilt/art beginnings!  Most of us started out as traditional quilters and branched out into becoming  fiber artist in different ways.

Andrea with her first quilt      

Andrea's first class- a Lone Star Quilt

A more recent art quilt of Andrea's from a class

Jenn showing some  of the fabric she dyed at our last meeting 

Jenn -with one of her art quilt

Natalie has always made art quilts and has a love
of all things Japanese

Natalie created a very graphic quilt-"Just One"

Diann with the help of Andrea, shows her two related
quilts, representing herself and  her identical twin.

Rhonda- showing one of her winning quilts

Dorene started out as a painter

Dorene now says she paints with fabric! Here
an incomplete work of hers.

Donna has always worked with art quilts,
creating her own patterns.

Donna shows a more recent work of her art in fabric

Cheryl, always working in fiber art, shows a
humorous quilt of a former workshop teacher.

Jessica shows a large piece of fabric she also dyed
at our May meeting

Jessica with an early work.

Carolyn, who works in fiber arts, shows her self portrait

Heather shows one of her early traditional quilts

One of Heather's most recent art quilts

I took the same class Andrea did...Lone Star,
my first quilt-traditioinal

And my first art quilt from a class at Arrowmont 

A fun meeting learning about our personal art journeys!  Then of course, a ver important part of our meetings....going to lunch. For July, we are going to the Dallas museum of art to see the Laura Owens exhibit.