Material Mavens: Tricia's House Quilt

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Tricia's House Quilt

Dear Fellow Material Mavens, As you know several us met in Nantucket last May for a retreat at my house. The members were able to come secretly created this amazing quilt for me. I wanted to share it with all of our group. From top left the squares are Alice, Gail, Carolyn, Nedra, Lois, Jane, Rita, Sara and Andrea

Here is my thank you note to the group

Now that I feel like I am above water. I wanted to send out a note to all of you! You can see your beautiful quilt hanging in our house. I look at it every day and marvel at the beauty and originality. You were all so thoughtful in creating it. I know I sent a note when I received it but wanted to show you were it is hanging and to let you know I keep looking at it and admiring all the detail you put into it.
Alice I love the Lobster house and your boat The Alice Elizabeth
Gail I love that your created my house with all our names and Mr Moss on the roof. What great house fabric.
Carolyn Your hand work and your quilting are just so beautiful
Nedra I love the hydrangeas and fence. Your sky fabric is beautiful. Love the roof quilting
Lois What a perfect house Sankaty! I love seeing the photo fabric and the quilting in the sky. We were able to climb Sankaty last fall for the first time. What a beautiful view from there
Jane I love your stitching along the house, the flowers and the roof quilting.
Rita What a fun house with the roses encircling the house. Wonderful hydrangeas in the yard.
Sara Your stitching the house is just fabulous. You also used the confetti technique for the hedges
Andrea What a summer scene with the sailboats and Mr Moss behind the door.

The Artist Association keeps asking when you will be coming back.

Tricia

6 comments:

AliceOctober 22, 2015 at 9:48 PM
I am just delighted to see this quilt in place! And I know just where this is in the house, so I can see it in my "mind's eye" too!

Your thank you note is most gracious and thoughtful. Thanks for the photo and this lovely note to all of us lucky enough to be in Nantucket! What fun we had, and what a fabulous hostess you are!
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Gail BradneyOctober 23, 2015 at 8:01 AM
It looks great there! We were so pleased with how it turned out. You are more than welcome. We so appreciate your warm hospitality! You gave us a vacation we will never forget.
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Carolyn HensonOctober 23, 2015 at 11:04 AM
Love seeing your quilt on the wall, Tricia. What a wonderful time we had - both in your Nantucket home AND making your quilt. Thanks so much for the memories!
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Tricia DeckOctober 23, 2015 at 4:23 PM
It was wonderful to be together
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Kathy HarteOctober 23, 2015 at 6:01 PM
What an awesome quilt ! I still sigh when I think of the Nantucket trip that I wasn't able to participate in... Hopefully, next time !

Cudos to all the MMs for a lovely tribute to wonderful times, and to Tricia for all the work she put into making the Nantucket adventure happen !
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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