I am a member of a wonderful organization that promotes Art Quilters SAQA, Studio Art Quilt Associates. They have a member auction every year to help raise money to support exhibitions etc… The pieces are12″ square. Florida Pine is my submission this year. 12″ x 12″ hand dyed cotton fabric, machine pieced and machine quilted.…
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SAQA Auction quilt
My little quilt, Spring Leaves, will come up for auction this week on the SAQA site. Bidding will open for Section 2 quilts Monday at 2pm ET! The annual Benefit Auction is SAQA’s premiere fundraising event and takes place from September 13 to October 6. 443 pieces are available for bidding and all proceeds help…
SAQA membership auction
I am a member of a wonderful textile organization called SAQA – Studio Art Quilt Associates Yesterday began their annual membership auction. All the quilts are small, 12″ x 12″, and benefit the organization directly. MY little quilt is in the second group to be auctioned off beginning September 24. It is titled Winter Pine and is…
SAQA – 2017 Trunk show
I have been a JAM member of SAQA for awhile now. This is a great organization who’s sole purpose is as – an international non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the art quilt and the artists who create them. We are an information resource on all things artquilt related for our members as well as the public.…
DEUX returns home
I am a juried artist member of SAQA. I have mentioned this before. I think this is a great organization. One of the reason’s that I think this is such a great group is that it runs juried exhibitions for it’s membership ALL the time. There is a call for entry opportunity ongoing. Studio Art Quilt Associates…
Fiber Exhibit
I am a PAM, a professional member of the art group SAQA. Our regional group WI/IL has had a traveling exhibit for about a year now. The current venue is at the Drury Gallery at Portage Center for the Arts in Portage WI. The opening reception will be on September 5, that’s Friday night from 4-6.…
New site to explore
I just ran across this wonderful new, new for me, site to explore fiber art. TextileArtist.org There is a great interview with artist Heather Dubreuil that you should check out. I found this site by being a member of SAQA. Are you a member yet? Think about it.
Do you need a group to belong to? SAQA
I belong to SAQA – Studio Art Quilt Associates This is – Who We Are SAQA is an international non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the art quilt and the artists who create them. We are an information resource on all things artquilt related for our members as well as the public. Founded in 1989 by an…
Eye of the Needle
A few days ago I helped our local SAQA reps, Barbara Schneider and Pat Kroth along with Laura Wasilowski hang a new exhibit at the local art gallery the Fine Line. We are a fun group of gals and the morning went by very quickly despite Laura and I fooling around a lot. We were…