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July 13, 2009 • Laura Wasilowski

A PowerPoint guided tour of ―The Chicago School of Fusing, showing her own work and that of other CSOF ―faculty members. This mythological university is devoted to the promotion of the fine art of fusing, a non-traditional method of assembling quilts with fusible web. There are only two prerequisites to take classes at this university. You have to own an iron and be able to find Chicago on a map. Meeting those two requirements the school will take everybody from the timid to the overbearing and for those who get glue all over their irons there is also the Remedial School of Fusing. The campus tour may also include the Tomb of the Unknown Sewer. Laura is a textile artist, author, teacher, creator of hand-dyed fabrics and threads, and one of the most entertaining speakers traveling the quilt circuit. She has a playful sense of humor and a smile that shows off her dimples. She has an under-graduate degree in Costuming from the College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN and a Master of Art degree in Fiber from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. Laura combines vivid fabrics to make pictorial art quilts based on the whimsical stories of family, home and friends. She has a series of small quilts called Colleen’s Calling Birds, Betty’s Bloomers (her sisters) and the Housing Department quilts. Each wall piece is her own design of fused appliqué, hand stitched and machine quilted. Her new book is titled Fuse and Tell. A trunk show of fused art quilts, hand dyed fabrics and threads from ARTFABRIK dyers are included in the program. Laura will also do two different workshops. The workshop on Sunday, July 12 is titled Object Lesson. Woodcuts will be presented on Monday before our evening meeting. Both classes filled quickly and we have names already on the waiting list.

 

Standing Rule Change Proposal voted on at the August general meeting see page 8 on the proposed By Laws click here.

 

August 10, 2009 • Denise Labadie: “ Irish Landscapes"

Denise’s quilts are most typically images of Irish megalithic stones and landscapes —a theme that is central to her quilting. She custom hand paints and quilts each stone to achieve the most realistic look possible. Her abstract landscapes use the tones and hues common to Irish vistas.

 

2009/2010 Officer Elections August 10, 2009

Our president, Cookie Warner, appointed Caroline Myers to be the Nominating Commit-tee Chair at our June 8 meeting. Members are asked to contact Caroline or the committee members with officer nominations, which the committee will present at the July 13 meeting. At that meeting additional nominations may be made from the floor, with the prior acceptance of the nominee. Then nominations will be closed and the slate of officers will be accepted. Officers being elected are: President, Vice-President – one year term, Vice-President – two year term, Secretary, and Treasurer. The election will be held at the August Guild meeting. Members will receive a written ballot upon signing into the meeting. The slate of officers will be introduced at the beginning of the meeting, and voting will be by ballot. A mail-in, signed ballot will be available in the August newsletter for members unable to at-tend the August Guild meeting. The deadline for receipt of the ballot to the guild post office box will be noted on the ballot. Newly elected officers will be announced at the end of the August meeting and installed at the September meeting. You may contact Caroline Myers at 970-221-1598, or Cookie Warner at 970-223-1966 for further information.

 

September 14, 2009 • Marta Amundson • “A Cowgirl’s Journey in the Quilt World.”

What do you do when you live on the Lazy Eight Two Ranch outside Riverton, Wyoming—“seven cattle guards from civilization?” You ski, fly fish, kayak and make quilts featuring wildlife. Making pretty designs with cloth has never been enough for Marta. “I make quilts to express my views about things I care about…It’s hard to live in a place like Wyoming and not be very aware of the environment.” Marta will also present a workshop from “The Cowgirl’s Book of Machine Quilting.”

 

October 12, 2009 • Kate Cox

Kate is a British textile artist now living in south-central Colorado. Se will bring a trunk show and talk about the contrasts between her life as an art quilter in England and in the U.S.

 

November 9, 2009 „ Finishing Touches - Monday Night Sampler

Those in the know will demonstrate a variety of ―Finishing Touches - including everything from binding to hanging your quilt.