Material Mavens: The center of Rita's Sunflower Spiral

Sunday, September 16, 2012

The center of Rita's Sunflower Spiral

Here is the closeup of the center of my sunflower that some of you requested.

8 comments:

AndreaSeptember 16, 2012 at 9:04 PM
WOW...again! Thank you so much for this close-up.
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Nedra WeaverSeptember 16, 2012 at 10:13 PM
How did you plan and mark the rows and manage to keep the spiraling beads to remain so perfectly aligned? I'm just blown away by the precision of it all.
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UnknownSeptember 16, 2012 at 10:32 PM
Thanks to the internet and a photo of a sunflower, which was printed on fabric, I had the "pattern" for my beading. The photo clearly showed the alignment and I was careful to make sure that when the bead was sewn on (thread up, through the bead, thread down) it followed the alignment on the photo.
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Judy HartmanSeptember 16, 2012 at 11:26 PM
Beautiful!!
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Carol A. BabineauSeptember 17, 2012 at 5:53 AM
This has just raised the bar for everyone! Just stunning and awesome.
Thank you
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JudySeptember 17, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Love it! Thanks!
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Linda HicksSeptember 20, 2012 at 8:34 PM
OMYGOSH!!!!
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Kathy HarteSeptember 21, 2012 at 1:01 AM
Ohhhhhh...... Wish all of you could see this fabulous quilt in person. Its outstanding beyond what you could ever imagine. Congratulations on an exquisite work of art !
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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