Why we gather

The ArtCGirlz meetings have no planned agenda, except for rare occasions.  We meet because we enjoy sharing time together, talking about our families, our quilts and making art.  It works for us.

Cynda is still loving the dyeing process.  She's the only one among us who hasn't minded the extended winter season we've had since she uses the snow for her process.

Her most recent pieces feature the use of some acrylic templates to add shapes to her shibori dyeing.
(Martha is coveting this piece)

Cynda has also been enjoying playing with clay at the Neighborhood Art House, making  pretty Christmas ornaments.

Lori is trying to finish her annual "Squatch" quilt to donate when she and Bill go to the convention (or festival?) in May.  She has been using some new techniques for the shading as well as the 3-d leaves.  Whoever wins this one will be very lucky!

Lori thought it would be fun to add a moon to her next landscape quilt, so she had some printed at Red Dog Enterprises.  The other pictures are just to fill in the piece of fabric, but she has some fun ideas for how she might use them.

Susan is finishing up her "brown phase"- all the projects she brought to the retreat in February were brown.  Her husband couldn't think of anything nice to say about this one, so he has said nothing.  We all think it's very cool!  The buttons on the right hand side don't show very well, but they are a perfect match  for the piecing!

Elaine is using flowers she "found" in her home and garden for cyanotypes.  This piece will be entered into the RAFA Lost and Found challenge.  Isn't that border fabric wonderful?

Elaine also tried silk fusion (I think)- where silk fibers are laid out between screens and textile medium is added to make a sort of fabric paper.  Elaine didn't like hers so she added a thread sketched tree. 

As long as she was thread sketching, she tried it on a different piece of silk.   She's not sure what either piece will be when she's done, but she seems to be enjoying the process (and we are enjoying see what she did!)

Elaine did an online tutorial from Hilde Morin to make this bowl.  She added the circles after the bowl was shaped just to make it more interesting.

Mary Kozub noticed the sad state of her mother's bedspread and decided a new quilt was in order.  Her mom doesn't know it's coming. 

Our friend Kathi and a couple other members of the guild are showing some of their work at the Rotary Gallery at GoArt in Batavia through June 9. It's a nice gallery and a very nice exhibit if you get the chance to visit.