Meeting Minutes from final 2024 Meeting

 

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Meeting Minutes from September 16, 2024

 Mary Koenig ran the meeting to order as Barbara was out of town. Carmen Clayton took minutes. 

A number of new people were in attendance so we all went around and introduced ourselves.

Judy and Wendi's demonstration was moved to November. Please bring beading material to that meeting.

Lydia brought out the silk painting that some members did at the August meeting. She showed us how to wash them out.

ArtFest was discussed. There weren't as many vendors or visitors as in previous years The postcards sold well.Dolly's purses sold. We grossed $155 and made a profit of $63.33.

During dye days we took in $155 and spent $5 on ice so profited $150.00. 

LAQ has $1500.00 in our checking account. 

For the new people it was explained that dues are $25 per year. The perks of membership include being able to participate in dye days, taking classes at a discounted rate, and buy bulk dyeable cotton fabric. The fabric order is a minimum of 25 meters. It comes in 419 (a batik weight) and 400, which is a looser weave. Michaella also mentioned the donation table where we can bring in items we don't want and people can pick them up for a donation.

Mary talked about planning for 2025 mentioning things we have done in the past:

 Projects/goals/challenges usually take place 2-3 times a year. 

Michaella has run the book club since 2017 and suggested we do Creative Strength Training again. 

Road trips are always an option and are fun.

Accountability groups were discussed as a check in and support. 

Classes are also popular and LAQ pays half the tuition. We should think about outside teachers.

Many people have participated in making hospice quilts which are generally around 54X70 inches. We have done Zoom and in person work days for them as well as other projects. In person is particularly effective for pinning, basting, and kit cutting. Joan offered her space for a work day in late spring or early fall. We would need to prepare material to take down to her place. Barb and Mary have patterns. It was suggested they bring them to the next meeting.

 

There will be a UFO swap at the December meeting.

Are we ready for a show next year> There was discussion that we should have one to keep it consistent, get our name out there, and promote fiber art. We already have a good template for publicity. It was discussed to let the fiber guild join the show. We are aiming for next August 15-17 as well as using the SOK gallery again. We will make more plans in January. Michaella, Rhonda, Brett, Mary, and Barbara were the steering committee last time.

In October we will solidify the schedule for the next year. We need to think about what kind of demos we want, workdays, and when we want show and tell (every 3 months). Suggestions for demos include jelly plates, sculpey, and thermofax screens. 

In November will be Wendi and Judy's bead demo.

On December 14 is the Christmas party.and the results of the UFO trade.

Jody mentioned that the iron pour at the University will be October 18 at 6 pm. The scratch blocks are available from 3-7.

We did show and tell with several completed items and lots of examples of what came out of dye days.

 Here is a Hospice quilt that Mary Corcoran pieced before she left and Dolly Kerr quilted.  Amazing, huh?

notes from May 18, 2024 meeting

 

Laramie Art Quilters

Meeting Notes

May 18, 2024

* Dye Days

We briefly talked about Dye Days (July 18-20 at Ashley’s Sculpture Studio in the visual Arts building on the UW campus). For the benefit of new members, Mary explained that the event is not a class, that we all experiment with techniques on our own, but we are all happy to explain what we are doing to newcomers. Mary also distributed a list of the current inventory of dyes and other supplies for Dye Days. If you want to order other colors, clothing or other items from Dharma Trading (www.dharmatrading.com) , please send your list to Mary by the end of June. We will talk more about dye Days at the June meeting.

* Art festival at Ivinson Mansion, July 14

We will be participating in this event, selling small items and (hopefully) notecards. We voted on a 20% commission to LAQ on any sales made at the event. Members can also donate items to LAQ who will receive the full sales amount. We also agreed that items for sale are limited to quilted pieces. Please bring pieces to the June meeting to be photographed for the notecards.

* Spring Book Club show & tell

Michaella and the participants in this spring’s book club showed the results of their study of Jean Well’s Intuitive Color & Design.

* Experiments with Sheers

Several members participated in this experiment. Sadly, the chief cat herder neglected to take photographs of them!

* UFO trades

Every item offered for trade was taken by someone. We decided that the results should be shown at the December meeting (rather than October).

* Other show & tell

Joan Fulton explained how she chose the quilting patterns for two hospice quilts. She also talked about using fabric dye as paint on two of her own quilted pieces. Mary explained how she uses two batting layers to create dimension in her pieces.

We had a great time exchanging ideas and tips throughout the meeting. Our next gathering will be on Saturday, June 22, with Rocio giving a demonstration of her embroidery techniques.

Playing "fast and loose"

Maureen's window

Maureen's envelope

Debbie's fidget blanket for hospice

another fidget blanket

Jodie's woven paper

Michaella's gel plate pieces

Ronda's burlap piece

Judy's marker & alcohol piece

Lynne's marker piece

Barbara's Paul Klee piece

 

 

LAQ Meeting, March 16, 2024

• Members enjoyed social time at 9:00 before the meeting was called to order at 9:30 by “Chief Cat Herder”, Barbara Bogart

• 13 Members present: Mary Koenig, Lydia Dambekalns, Judy Knight, Lynne Swearingen, Judy Knight, Rocio Gomez Sandoval, Anne Leonard, Michaella Kaszuba, Jodi Atherton, Debbie Gorski, Maureen tenBensel, new member Sue Green, and Ronda Whitman.

• Members were informed that the Extension Office meeting room will not be available on June 15. Our choices are finding another location or moving the meeting to June 22. After a brief discussion no one opposed moving the meeting to June 22.

• Rocio and Jodi have pieces in the Governor’s Art Exhibit in the Herschler Bldg.

• Exhibit Opportunities: –

• Art 321 Fiber & Quilt Show, Casper, www.art321.org/open-calls (March 28 deadline)

• Laramie County Public Library

• Michaella said there are 3 more weeks of Free Motion Quilting. Members will bring their pieces for show & tell in April.

• Book Study: Intuitive Color & Design, Adventures in Art Quilting, by Jean Wells, starting 2^nd week of April. Michaella will send email to recruit.

• Today’s exercise was PLAY: Fast and Loose with Michaella and Mary. Inspiring music, paper, crayons, markers, colored pencils. Making marks and scribbling. Discussion about exercise and how we felt/learned.

• “Inspiration Pieces” Show & Tell (or whatever we’re working on): Maureen showed 3 completed pieces using “repurposed” items, Sue displayed her beaded feather wall hanging and asked for help with quilted art; Michaella--gel plate samples, Rocio—beaded creative embroidery in blues and black; Judy—finished/quilt 10x10 using marker/alcohol to create design; Lynne—hand drawn mandella for FMQ; Lydia—sketch book with designs/ideas/plans; Barbara—finished 10x10 pink improvisation on a Paul Klee painting; Ronda—repurposed burlap, wire, washers, embroidery thread.

• “CHALLENGES” renamed “EXPERIMENTS”. Next--create a piece incorporating transparent element as a key feature. Bring to May 18 meeting. (Bring pieces--finished, started, drawings, etc.) Transparent sheers, lace, vinyl were shared.

• Next meeting April 20.