Material Mavens: Tricia's Boundary

Sunday, January 15, 2017

Tricia's Boundary

Several years ago our family went on a ski vacation in Utah. The snow was amazing and the powder was the best my son had seen. One morning they left me at the house as I don't downhill ski. They hiked for 30 minutes past the lift and came to this sign at the Boundary of the ski resort. They sent me this photo. Oh no! They left the boundary and had a fabulous time skiing in amazing powder and returned safely! When I hear of the theme boundary I thought this was perfect.

I printed the photo on Printed Treasures and then machine quilted it on the bottom following the lines of the wire fence . The top was machine quilted with a meander to represent snow.

11 comments:

Nedra WeaverJanuary 15, 2017 at 12:55 PM
How perfect for the theme and how frightening to receive the photo!! :) My daughter loves to ski out of bounds too!! Yikes!
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Gail BradneyJanuary 15, 2017 at 2:04 PM
What a treasure! Better than a framed photo. Great theme interpretation. Why is it kids like to pull our worry chain?
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AnonymousJanuary 15, 2017 at 2:30 PM
This is wonderful! What a fantastic memory. I love the fact that you bordered it with white for the snow!
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AliceJanuary 15, 2017 at 3:06 PM
Yes, truly, this experience and this photo are great choices for this theme! Young people so often are eager to challenge boundaries, and usually it turns out okay. As it did this time for your kids! I love how you extended the fence to form part of your quilting!
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Jane HartfieldJanuary 15, 2017 at 4:41 PM
What a sense of adventure! Who cares about boundaries? Great use of a photo to capture a family memory.
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SaraJanuary 15, 2017 at 5:23 PM
What a terrifying thing to send to a mom! Glad all turned out well - perfect choice for this theme
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karen pulaskiJanuary 15, 2017 at 7:33 PM
Good one Tricia!! Perfect for the challenge!!
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UnknownJanuary 16, 2017 at 9:28 AM
So good! Fits the theme so well. Love photo.
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Carolyn HensonJanuary 16, 2017 at 6:29 PM
Hi Tricia, I had a giggle over this one. As a mother, I really related to your reaction! This was a magnificent choice for our boundary theme. I think your kids will fight over this one!
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UnknownJanuary 17, 2017 at 11:36 AM
I love how your quilting continued the image into the frame. I have saved a magazine article showing how to do that, but in my one attempt (actually a MM challenge) I was so not successful and when on to something else. You have inspired me to maybe try that technique again sometime. I love it!
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UnknownJanuary 17, 2017 at 8:23 PM
like Rita, I love how you quilted into the image. I really like this; it shows so much humor and family fun, but the quilting on it is really good. I zoomed in and saw that you signed your name with your sewing machine, right? awesome
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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