Guild meeting on Tuesday, Novmeber 11 2025

 Our speaker for the November meeting was CFA Guild Jennifer Ayotte. She is an LBCC Community Education teacher. Her presentation, "Sketching with Fabric and Thread" described her textile journey and how she came to her process of creating hand-stitched fabric sketches. We were delighted with the many examples of her work. She shared her preferred types of threads and the types of backing fabrics, as well as some of her favorite mounting techniques.

Examples of Jenny's work:

              

Here are a few photos of members' Show and Tell:

Jennifer shared a recent piece

Here are several of Karen's recent works:

Karen taught a stencil cutting workshop for some of the guild members. Several of the participants brought their completed stencils to show. We look forward to seeing the printed fabrics produced by their stencils at a future guild meeting!

 Guild meeting on Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Our beautiful fall weather brought a full house for our guild meeting. The program was presented by member Jennifer Lommers. She shared her experience at Playa Summer Lake's 10-day workshop, taught by artist and poet Daniela Naomi Molnar. The workshop focused on exploring pigment, ink and dye making methods using rocks and botanicals gathered on location. We were informed about observing reciprocal foraging practices when we use materials from our lands. It was an inspiring presentation.

        

The last part of our meeting features members' Show and Tell. Below are photos I was able to snap during this segment of the meeting. Jane displayed a Sun Bonnet Sue vintage quilt that she embellished with political signs. It was quite a hit.

Barbara brought her latest knitted dragon - about 18 inches long with a big personality. 

Karen brought several fabrics she had printed as well as her art piece shown below that will be on exhibit shortly. Members of her art quilt group each drew a color for their piece. Karen drew the color cerulean, and the imagery she used  is of the allium plant.

Liz used a vintage quilt that was very well worn to create the tunic she modeled for a quick photo.

Guild meeting on Tuesday, September 9, 2025

 We had a full house at our first meeting of fall. Members were eager to gather and share our love of fiber arts. There was a cyber glitch in members' receiving the agenda and newsletter, so many were not aware of the  planned program. We were to bring a textile, apparel item or accessory that had special meaning to us and share its story with the group.  Members who knew about the program brought items and shared their stories. Below are a few photos.

   

                

Other members brought recently completed projects to complement a lovely evening of sharing. Photos of some of the recent projects follow.

June 10 CFA guild meeting

 

On June 10th guild members gathered for the final meeting of this season. We will resume meeting on September 9th. 

Our program focused on viewing the Studio Art Quilt Associates, Oregon Regional Group's trunk show, Common Threads: The Stitches that Unite Us.  Here is a little information about the Oregon Regional group of SAQA:

SAQA is dedicated to promoting the art quilt and the artists who create them. Whether you're an artist, a collector, or enthusiast, we can offer you inspiration and resources to support your passion for art quilts. Join our dynamic creative community and help make the art quilt universally recognized as a fine art medium! 

More information can be found at https://https://www.saqa.com.

For tonight's program, four members gathered at each table, studying 5 of the little 7" by 10" quilts. After viewing each set of 5 quilts, the quilt set was passed to the next table, rotating until all members had viewed all 30 of the quilts. It was fascinating to read the descriptions of the materials and techniques the artists used to create the quilts. The trunk show also included 5 of the SAQA Global Exhibition catalogs containing the work of themed international juried exhibitions. Catalogs of the global exhibitions can be purchased at https://www.saqa.com/online-store

May 17th Workshop by Jane Pearlmutter

 CFA Guild member Jane Pearlmutter presented the first session of a two-part workshop that focused on stitching family stories and memory cloths on vintage textiles. 

Jane showed examples of some of her textile pieces while taking about process, supplies and materials.

Participants study examples of Jane's work

Several inspirational books

Jane brought vintage linens that participants could use.

A quilt showing Jane's stitching

And a close up of one block

May 13th guild meeting

 CFA Guild member Mariana Mace presented a slide presentation of textile treasures of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. She traveled with a local embroidery expert who also works with rural women who are textile entrepreneurs. The tour included meetings and master classes with a broad group of traditional artists and artisans. We were enthralled.

Display of textiles purchased during the trip

Detail of some of the embroidered textiles

Display of some of the garments purchased

Guild members surveying the purchases

Back of coat purchased during the trip that Mariana's daughter is wearing

An outfit Mariana purchased during her trip

April 8 Guild meeting with Karen Miller

 This evening's meeting was presented by guild member Karen Miller. who shared her thirty years of study and practice of katazone. She talked about the history and design of the paper stencils used in this fascinating Japanese craft.  We learned about how the stencils are used to create repeating patterns printed onto yardage. We saw examples of vintage stencils and many of her  delicate and intricate hand cut stencils featuring the theme of our natural world.

The photo below shows an example of a textile printed from a hand cut stencil. Karen talked about how stripes can be used to create amazing visual imagery.

The members had time to examine in close detail stencils and textiles printed from these stencils. It was an awe-inspiring presentation.