Dorothy McGuinness, Dodecahedron

Dorothy McGuinness on Create Whimsy

Dorothy McGuinness was recently interviewed by Create Whimsy, Lynn Woll and Chardel Blaine’s blog that shares “the stories of makers, and what they make, inspiring creativity in our everyday lives.” Interview here.

North Sound Surface Design Group Meeting Notes

August 27—The 2018 Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival will be held October 12-14 at the Edward D. Hansen Conference Center in Everett, WA. Workshops by David Taylor, Hilde Morin and more. For more information, call 360-466-4288. This event is presented by Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum.

Dorothy had no new baskets to share, but she has been cleaning out her studio and brought cool things to share. She brought some dyed pieces from a previous workshop. She also brought a nice chart that shows dye colors from different kinds of plants. Robyn was the lucky recipient of that. I snagged this beautiful silk scarf and I hope to add some more dye from plants. 

Valerie’s silk scarf

Sydney shared a wool bird that she will be adding lots of hand stitching to. She’s also been making masks, capes, t-shirts and journals for her grandkids. She is going on a cruise to Alaska and will do handwork while traveling. Bon voyage!

Sydney’s wool bird

Robyn has been doing more eco dying on white wool. Some of the pieces were rolled and some crunched. She’s done a very good job of keeping track of the methods she used on each piece. Now that’s being organized. Robyn brought home-grown green beans to share with everyone.

Robyn’s dyeing

Stephanie attended her 55th class reunion and had a great time. She made a beautiful silk/linen jacket. The border was a piece of cotton from Africa. She’s also been restringing broken beaded jewelry. Stephanie brought a big bag of pears to share with us. They were delicious.

Stephanie’s jacket

Nancy has all the pieces knitted and ready to sew together for her vest. She custom ordered the dye and then spun the yarn that will be the trim on the vest. She participated in a challenge for her spinning group. She first knitted a blank, then dyed it and unraveled it and rewound.

Nancy’s knitted vest

Olga knitted a very fun pair of socks. Glad to see you back in our group. Welcome to Washington.

Olga’s socks

Valerie was inspired by Robyn’s eco-printing and tried some of her own on watercolor paper. She will be trying different mordant combinations and search for interesting plant materials.

Valerie’s eco-printing

Barbara Matthews’s piece “Life Within I” was accepted into the show “Sheep Meets Tree,” which is sponsored by Woll Modus (Craft Art Fusion) and held in and near Vienna, Austria. The show exhibits the versatility of sheep’s wool, and expands the boundaries of wool. Because Barbara works with live-edge cedar and wool felting, her piece was a natural fit for the theme of wool with wood. The show was at Zacherlfabrik in Vienna through September 16 and opens in Raach am Hochgebirge from September 27-30.

Barbara Matthews, Hug Or Kiss

Barbara Matthews in Arrowmont Show

SDA-WA Members in Voices of CQA Show

Caryl Bryer Fallert Gentry, Pat Herkal and Cathie Wier had art juried into LaConner’s Pacific NW Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum Festival 2018, October 12-14. The festival will be in LaConner and the juried show will be at the Edward D Hanson Conference Center in Everett.