KVQG KAW Postings

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Trees

Above, two from the Miniquilt auction at the quilt show last spring.

The Sewhatevers minigroup has made a Christmas quilt to donate for the Festival of Trees that benefits the Shelter. The auction is in November.

Have any other groups made quilts to donate to this event at Liberty Hall in Lawrence?

The major focus is decorated trees but Christmas-themed quilts sell well too.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Jen

Scrabble Quilt, a wedding gift

Jen Dixon Perkins is relatively new to quilting.

This may be one of her first quilts.

Foster's quilt

Painted Fish

She has a blog. Don't You Think It Should Be My Blog. http://shouldbemyblog.blogspot.com/

Here's a blurry picture of her from the September retreat.

She's teaching herself embroidery with this necktie quilt.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Friday, October 15, 2010

More Birds From the Quilt Show

Miniquilts from last spring's quilt show.

Are you working on your miniquilts for the April, 2011 show?

Monday, October 11, 2010

Deb's Quilts

Barkley's Birds 2005

Here's a short retrospective of Deb Rowden's quilts:

Ocean Waves

She's always loved small pieces and she often looks to vintage quilts for inspiration.

Postage Stamp

In the past few years she's been doing less planning and more impulse piecing.

The yellow nine-patches with the blue centers are vintage blocks from about 1950.

She pieced the setting strips.

She collects impulsive quilts and potholders with faces on them.

Here's a combination of both influences.

She donated this to the Lawrence Humane Society auction last month.

See her blog: Deb Rowden's Thrift Shop Quilts

http://debrowden.blogspot.com/

Friday, October 8, 2010

More from the EDGE exhibit

David Brackett, Lawrence, Dragonfly Effect

Brackett, who spoke at KVQG this summer, juried the show for the Kansas Art Quilters

"What's Up" by EDGE: Exhibiting Artists of the Kansas Art Quilters is up at the Merriam Art Gallery,
5701 Merriam Drive until October 30th.

Sharon Bass, Lawrence, Organic Matters

Sharon Bass organized the show.

Ruth Powers, Carbondale, Nasturtiums

Several KVQG members have pieces in the exhibit.

Nancy Eha, Minnesota, Just Spinning My Wheels

You don't have to live in Kansas to be a member of the Kansas Art Quilters

Click here to see their webpage: http://www.kansasartquilters.org/

Janet Perkins, Lawrence, Crossing the Line

Rayna Gilman, New Jersey, Jazzfest

See more pictures of the installation and scroll down to see the pieces at this webpage:

http://www.merriam.org/park/Gallery/current-show.htm

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

EDGE Exhibit

Prairie Rainbows by Carol Watkins,

Boulder, Colorado

"What's Up" by EDGE: The Exhibiting Artists of Kansas Art Quilters
September 30-October 30
at the Irene B. French Commmunity Center Art Gallery, 5701 Merriam Drive in Merriam KS.
Opening Reception, Thursday, September 30, 7-9

Observations #1 by Karen Stiehl Osborn

Omaha, Nebraska

Gallery Hours
Monday-Thursday 9-8
Friday 9-4
Saturday 9-3
Sunday 2-4

http://www.merriam.org/park/Gallery/current-show.htm

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

September Retreat

There was a whole lot of binding going on.

Here Jillann has Tom-Sawyered Ferrol into helping her.

Beth is finishing a long-term project: A scarecrow picture pieced of 300 log cabins that are 3" square.

Jen worked on her hand-embroidered neck tie quilt.

Deb brought a giant roll of batting to sell by the yard to benefit the guild.

Jeannie doesn't need much of it for what she's working on.

Jerrye likes to work on that scale too.

Kathe and Barbara brought fabric scraps to sell.

Altogether batting and scraps brought in $170.79 for guild projects.

Rosie brought a sewing bird pincushion to donate to the guild table.

"I don't know where I got the idea."

Thanks to Nancy and her committee for making the retreat a lot of fun.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Georgann Eglinski

Japanese Medallion

by Georgann Eglinski

Georgann Eglinski is responsible for this year's opportunity quilt on the left. She did the applique and border.

Here are a few more of her quilts.

Indiana Puzzle

She's a retired lawyer and professor at the K.U. Law School. She has two boys, one our city auditor another an accomplished chef. She also has two young grandchildren.