Material Mavens: Carolyn Meets Andrea

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Carolyn Meets Andrea

Hi Material Mavens!

I've just returned from the Boston area where I had the exciting opportunity of meeting fellow maven, Andrea. That's Andrea on the left, and me on the right. We had so much fun sharing information about one another and talking, talking, talking quilts. Linda was suppose to join us, but was ill that day, so I will have to wait until another day to meet her. We enjoyed a delightful lunch and strolled the streets of Newburyport, Mass. looking at all the artsy shops we could find. Andrea brought along some "show and tell" that included examples of her silk screening AND hand painted fabrics using melting SNOW, of all things. They are stunning! I'm thinking about becoming brave enough to try dyeing, but since I'm in Texas, it will have to be minus the snow.

Cheers!

Carolyn

7 comments:

Linda HicksSeptember 1, 2011 at 5:31 PM
Oh Carolyn, Thanks for posting that DARLING photo. You two had such a beautiful day after a wild hurricane watch. I hated missing the trip to the North Shore to bop around with you two. Andrea said you two talked, talked, and talked, just as you said. And true, Andrea's dyed fabrics are wonderful. How did the nursing ladies respond to the quilts you brought them?!
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CarolynSeptember 1, 2011 at 5:34 PM
My classmates LOVED the quilts! Two of the quilts were hung in the apartments of the two Rockport classmates before our reunion ended!
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Linda HicksSeptember 1, 2011 at 5:46 PM
That is true appreciation!
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AliceSeptember 1, 2011 at 6:49 PM
Hi Carolyn! thanks so much for posting this wonderful account of your fun time with Andrea! And the picture is outstanding! What fun we Mavens are having, not only getting to know one another via our blog and emails, but these face-to-face get togethers as wel.! You'll get to meet Linda in Houston, and of course she'll meet Sara as well and probably Rita and Judy, too! Wish ALL the Mavens could meet up in Houston, but that would be difficult for our friends from Scotland!
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AndreaSeptember 1, 2011 at 7:57 PM
Hi Carolyn,
Thanks so much for posting about our "Great Post-Hurricane Irene
Adventure". It was a perfect day with 2 exceptions: that Linda was unable to join us, and the surprise parking ticket ( which, thank you,
I have paid! )
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Judy HartmanSeptember 1, 2011 at 9:16 PM
Cute, cute photo! How wonderful that you are meeting up with each other, and, as a friend, I agree that Andrea's snow dyed fabric is spectacular!
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SaraSeptember 2, 2011 at 7:43 PM
Wonderful photo. IQF is certainly a reward for me for living in Houston through the summer. Glad you are getting around Carolyn. I am really looking forward to meeting as many of you as I can at festival.
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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