Material Mavens: Our New Challenge Word !

Friday, March 15, 2013

Our New Challenge Word !

From the Great State of Texas - Good Morning, MAVENS ! For our next challenge quilt, I'd like you to think of soaring to the highest heights and plummeting to the greatest depths. I'd like you to imagine the most brilliant high-energy colors, and then again, the deepest, coldest and most somber colors. Think grandeur. Think ancient. Think geology. Think stratigraphy. Think fossils. Think paleontology. Think of sand and stone. Think of water and ice. Think breath-taking. Think awesome. And there you have it ! Our next challenge is:

C A N Y O N

I hope you have a great time with this challenge - I'm really looking forward to seeing what works of beauty and art you come up with ! Peace & blessings, Kathy

4 comments:

AliceMarch 15, 2013 at 12:48 PM
Hey, Kathy! I love the way you introduce your challenge word, our latest theme! I'm sure everyone appreciates getting the new theme kind of early on our Reveal Day!
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AndreaMarch 15, 2013 at 12:58 PM
Hi Kathy,
Thank you...I definitely appreciate your posting our new theme early! I also like that you have given us some suggestions along with the theme word...images are starting to form!
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loistheartistMarch 15, 2013 at 12:59 PM
Fun theme! Lots of ideas swirling around. Thanks Kathy!
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Tricia DeckMarch 15, 2013 at 3:31 PM
I look forward to working on your theme. What fun
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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