April Show & Share : Spotlight on Jo's Hand Dyes

Jo Holden brought a stack of her hand-dyed fabric for Show & Share this month.
I won't try to explain the techniques, because I'll probably get something wrong ... She uses some traditional shibori techniques, along with parfait, shaving cream marbles, and snow-dyeing. Enjoy this Feast for Your Eyes :
















That's Jo peaking out from behind this pole-wrapped shibori piece.







Jo--anytime you want to offer a workshop, we'll be there!

April Show & Share

Lynda has been busy felting furniture covers for her house. This is a "not-yet-felted" panel (1 of 4). For this, she started with a wool quilt batting as the base layer over muslin, with embellishments on top.


Here's a detail showing the locks and threads that she is incorporating into the whole.


Here's another detail. (The colors have been enhanced. The actual is much more muted and calm.)


Katy did more work (couching) on her Dragon quilt. This is heavily thread-painted after a class with Ellen Eddy. She also died the base fabric in an exclusive class with Rikky Timms (She's got connections!)


Michele finished this small Cathedral Windows piece. Handwork away from home.



Sandy brought this small book she made for her grand-daughter, complete with a pocket in the back cover.


Jo Anne has been busy making aprons and more in preparation for a craft sale in Michigan.


Lois is modeling one of Jo Anne's aprons.


Detail of one of Jo Anne's table runners, and a Kleenex cozy.


Another one of Jo Anne's new aprons.



2 quick table runners by Jo Anne.


Lois made this bag from pre-quilted fabric. She calls it her Bow-Tuck (or Bo-tox) Purse,

March Show & Share & Lutradur Samples

Karen brought tote bags that she's been making to give to her staff at work :




Brenda brought some Lutradur samples.
She also brought some spray-on colors (with sparkles) she found at a scrap-booking supply shop (but I can't find my notes, and this post is a month overdue). She also did some stamping and is that Angelina? Lutradur is a very versatile fibre/fabric.


Michele also brought some Lutradur samples treated with regular acrylic paints and salt. The salt on the wet paint is what makes the coral-like patterning.

March Newsletter

March “Madness” – March 25, 2010

Michelle, Lois, Karen, Betty, Brenda, Joanne, & Theresa were present.

New member Brenda Ehlers was welcomed to the group. Karen apologized for not getting out a newsletter for the last two months. She had not been in attendance.

2010 dues are due. They are $5 for those who want to receive the newsletter by e-mail and $10 if you want the newsletter mailed via the post office. Karen will contact those that have not paid to see if they want to continue their membership. Dues can be brought to the next meeting or mailed to Lois Wolfe at 581 Oak Ct. Little Suamico, WI 54141

The Road Kill challenge is due at the May 27th meeting. There is till time to walk your mile and pick up your stuff. Remember. One fashion fabric, muslin, the stuff you find and all the paint, beads, thread you want.

Theresa went over the program agenda for the next few months. Darting Needles will have Joanie Zaier Poole at the May program and meeting and Harriet Hargrave at the June program and meeting. Both teach different forms of machine quilting. There is a discount if you are a Darting Needles member.

Conversations programs:
April Karen & Lois will demonstrate fabric beads
May Road Kill Challenge
June Karen will demonstrate how to make clay faces
July Betty will demonstrate her beaded face pins using June’s faces
August Open
September Lois will demonstrate coiled baskets
October Open
November/December - Christmas party at a location to be determined
Suggested programs include:
Dollmaking with Joanne, Michelle and Pat
Felted Handbags with Lynda
Dying (probably in the summer)
Weaving and spinning
Thread painting (possibly with Karla Sparks)
Needle felting with Lynda
Saturday - Milwaukee field trip to Bixby’s, Artist’s Cellar, Patched Works
If anyone is interested in demonstrating or taking the lead to organize one of these workshops, please let Theresa know.

Phototransfers – We discussed photo transfers and the many different ways they can be done. Karen mentioned one she saw on Quilting Arts TV where orange based cleaner (like Goo Gone) was used to transfer a photo from acetate to muslin. Lois will try it and report back.

Stained Glass supplies If you are interested in or know someone who is interested in stained glass supplies, contact Betty. She has some that she is willing to sell.

Show and Share Lutrador experiments were shared. Brenda stamped and melted some with different effects. Michelle dyed the Lutrador but could not find a satisfactory way to seal it. The dye would not absorb into the fiber. Ranger Inks were suggested as a possible way to color the Lutrador along with acrylic paints. Ranger Inks are available at Michael’s. Also suggested was Adirondack Inks by Tim Holz.

Joanne suggested that we check out a website called fiber-in-form.com. There is section on the website called out of the cupboard that has free mini classes and one of them is on using Lutrador.

NEXT MEETING April 29th – Wear your name tag!!!

February 2010 Show & Share

Sandy bought a needle-felting machine and took a class by Isabella Hoffman to make this winter wall-hanging.


Theresa found this book which she dug out for her mother. It's the manual for mending.


Someone gave Theresa the knitted cloth, and she turned it into this little purse.

To see what Michele has been up to, visit here, and here.
Fabric Post Cards Creative Cues : Morning Odd Heel South


This is a Lutradur sample from the Simply Salt online class lead by Fibre-in-Form.
See more.

People had books to show this month. Among them :


Fabric Embellishing : Basics and Beyond
Lots of ideas for ways to spend future evenings at CinC!


Fabulous Fabric Art with Lutradur by Leslie Riley - Oh the possibilities!

Theresa gave each of us present a square of Lutradur. We're supposed to play with it, color it distress it, stitch--whatever ... and bring it back to show everyone else next month.

Jan 2010 Show & Share

This is a quilt Lois W. made on behalf of all of us at CinC for Katy as she navigates some tricky health issues. It's all about friendship and support. "We're with you, Katy." We had to wait until Katy actually got the quilt before I could post it here. Gill added a tape on the back embroidered with all of our names.


Gill's Star Challenge piece that she made for the Dicken's of a Quilt Show in Ripon, December 2009. The challenge was to use the binding fabric in the challenge piece. Nice job, Gill!


Gill recently acquired a die-cut (Accu-Cut?) machine. At her last quilt retreat, she offered to die-cut fabrics so members could make this apple-core table runner.


Here's another example of how the pieces can be put together.


Lynda brought the hand-made North Carolina dogwood boat shuttles (for weaving) she made with her father.


Michele has been doing some more hand-dying ...


See more at Sweet Leaf Notebook.


And some rust-dipped tyvek by Michele. See more here and here.