Material Mavens: Gail’s Wild Sunflowers

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Gail’s Wild Sunflowers

I’m a big fan of Andrea Brokenshire. I was fortunate to take a week long class with

her last year in Schulenberg Texas. This is the 2nd quilt I have completed using

her method of painting on silk charmeuse with a freezer paper pattern. The original

photo was taken by our own Teresa Schlabach. Pro Chem transparent textile paints

on silk charmeuse. I hope to do more of these.

5 comments:

Carolyn HensonJuly 17, 2018 at 12:23 PM
Hi Gail, I am SO PROUD of you! Your painting is lovely and the quilt is beautiful! Great job!
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AliceJuly 17, 2018 at 4:43 PM
Gail, this is so lovely! You are really quite the expert with paint. I am delighted for you, and this quilt is a wonderful addition to our WILD quilts!
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JudyJuly 18, 2018 at 9:37 AM
What a wonderful "Wild" quilt! I am always drawn to watercolor paintings and you have achieved that affect perfectly! Well done with the quilting too. It gives the different components the right texture.
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Kathy HarteJuly 18, 2018 at 11:08 AM
Great Quilt ! Looks like you and I had the same "Wild Flowers" in mind for our works of art :-D Love how you used so many different techniques... the painting on charmeuse silk is really effective ! ! !
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karen pulaskiAugust 10, 2018 at 6:54 PM
I LOVE this.
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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