Material Mavens: New Member to the Group

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

New Member to the Group - Patti Brooks

I am finally checking in with the group. I am in New England for a post-retirement month. I am spending the first two weeks in Southern N. H. at a small lake. I retired after 17 years as a social worker in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. While I loved the work, the increasing volume without help got to me. Seemed like a good time to retire. Looking forward to our theme. Patti

2 comments:

CarolynJuly 5, 2011 at 8:34 PM
Hi Patti,

Good to hear from you! Look for the post of the first theme on July 11 - if we hear from everyone! The small lake cocooning sounds like the perfect way to celebrate retirement!
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AliceJuly 6, 2011 at 10:42 AM
Greetings, Patti, and so good that you have now become an "author"! I was so happy to meet you last March at Quilting Adventures, and I am thrilled that you are a part of this group. Carolyn, if you check this blog anytime in the next few days and read this, oddly on MY computer, I don't show you as an author, but I'll check my old computer and see if you do on that one. My Mac is acting weirdly lately--I'm also not getting your emails on the Mac. I am assuming that you ARE an author, but I wish that it showed that here. Try writing a blog post; if it lets you do that, then definitely you ARE an authorized author!
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Themes for the Quilts

Below are the themes on which our quilts have been based:

Round One Quilts

9/15/11 Harmony

11/15/15 Surprise

1/15/12 South
3/15/12 Element
5/15/12 Mystery
7/15/12 Daydream
9/15/12 Spiral
11/15/12 Travel
1/15/13 Interwoven
3/15/13 Communication
5/15/13 Canyon

7/15/13 Cell

9/15/13 Green

11/15/13 Comfort

1/15/14 Strong

3/15/14 Translate

5/15/14 Spring

7/15/14 Friendship

Round Two Quilts

10/15/14 Contrast

1/15/15 Modern
4/15/15 Neighbor
7/15/15 Time
10/15/15 Circle(s)
1/15/16 Pun

4/15/16 Doodle

7/15/16 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

10/15/16 Reflection

1/15/17 Boundaries

4/15/17 Quote

7/15/17 Space

10/15/17 Reach

1/15/18 Rock

4/15/18 Blues

THE MATERIAL MAVENS

We are a group of art quilters who come from various parts of the United States, from the East coast and then south to Arkansas and Texas. We were inspired by the original Twelve by Twelve international art quilting group.

Beginning in September, 2011, we started posting our 12"x 12" art quilts, which were based on themes chosen in turn by our members. For Round One, we posted quilts every two months, always on the 15th of the designated months.

Round Two of The Material Mavens began in October, 2014. Some changes were made: quilts were posted every three months, and the quilts could be be either 12"x 12" or rectangular ones measuring 11" x 14", either horizontal or vertical in orientation.

Round Three of The Material Mavens began in July, 2018. Again, changes have been made. Now those members who wish to stay affiliated with the group are free to post quilts every time or every now and then. Two, our blog administrator collected suggested themes from the members who wanted to remain affiliated. These themes were then pulled at random from a "hat," and they were then assigned in order for the posting dates. Since we had 13 members who wanted to remain, we will be posting quilts every 3 months until 2021! This date is significant and appropriate, because 2021 will be the 10th year that our group has been in existence.

MEMBERS REMAINING

1. Alice Baird (Waco, TX) (abaird125@gmail.com)

2. Andrea Willey (MA)
3. Carolyn Henson (TX) (cjhenson214@gmail.com)

5. Gail Bradney (AR)
6. Jane Hartfield (AR) (arkjjhart@mynewroads.com)
7. Judy Steward (TX)
8. Kathy Harte (TX)

9. Karen Pulaski
10. Sara Norris (TX)
11. Tricia Deck (Lincoln, (MA)

12. Teresa Schlabach (AR)

13. Nedra Weaver