Material Mavens

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Hi everyone

I know you're all dying to know the theme for January 2012, so here goes......

"South"

I can't tell you yet what inspired me to choose this as it might influence your ideas, but I promise I'll let you know the source of my inspiration in January. In the meantime, I'll be intrigued to see what you come up with. What does South mean to you? How can you interpret it in a little quilt?
Get your thinking caps on!

Wishing you all lots of creative thoughts....

5 comments:

Linda HicksNovember 15, 2011 at 8:24 PM
South has lots of meanings. That will be a challenge. I think I will also have to get out paper and do some of Julia Cameron's Morning Pages to come up with some ideas....look at maps, all the hemispheres. That will take us in a new direction for sure...a southerly one.
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AliceNovember 15, 2011 at 10:20 PM
Greetings, Jane! Wow, does this theme take me by surprise (surprise on the brain?) and leaves me with all sorts of questions! I can't wait to hear in January why you chose it, but meanwhile, the thinking caps go on! A wonderful challenge!
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CarolynNovember 17, 2011 at 11:40 AM
Well goodness gracious and Lord have mercy - south conjures up all sorts of images for us southern women! I'll have to research this one to get some alternate possibilities. A great theme, Jane!
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BarbaraNovember 17, 2011 at 11:52 AM
Wow! Being a "Southern California" woman has got me thinking already!
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RitaNovember 20, 2011 at 4:30 PM
Jane, I love the new theme! I almost instantly knew what I wanted to do. Thank you for making it easier for me this time.
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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