Material Mavens: Andrea's Treasure Quilt

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Andrea's Treasure Quilt

Treasured Memories/Little Treasures

11" x 14" screen-printed cotton, sterling charms

Although intrigued with the theme, no idea or concept came to mind, until I remembered a couple of sterling silver charm bracelets that I found few months ago when looking for something else. At the time I thought I would never wear either of them again, and that they should be "re-homed", but of course I didn't do that! When I realized they were actually "little treasures" from my first trip to Europe, I knew they could be re-purposed as embellishments for this quilt. From that starting point I decided to go through my Thermofax screens to find images that would work together for a collaged background. The charms were tarnished and at first I thought I would polish them, but then decided the darkened silver gave them a vintage look and more character. However, I then needed to tarnish jump rings to match and found a "how-to" video online, which worked reasonably well.

7 comments:

AnonymousJanuary 15, 2019 at 5:13 PM
Andrea, something Blogger is suddenly not allowing me to comment except anonymously! So annoying! But this is Alice, and I want to say that I love your quilt! I am so very happy you found those treasures to use in this wonderful example of a quilt based on the Treasure theme! Great job. Oh, and I do love the tarnished charms, and you're right that they show up better that way!
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Nedra WeaverJanuary 15, 2019 at 5:16 PM
Love this!! Great texture and layered effect. It has a special vintage look and a great treasure!!
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Tricia DeckJanuary 15, 2019 at 6:48 PM
What fun to find the charm bracelets and to remember your trip. Wonderful quilt.
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Kathy HarteJanuary 16, 2019 at 12:06 AM
OH... another of your great and very creative quilts ! And, the very thought of "Silk Screening" absolutely thrills my heart ! Thanks for sharing your story with us :-D
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karen pulaskiJanuary 16, 2019 at 1:54 PM
this made me wish I still had my old charm bracelet. Great way to showcase them!
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Carolyn HensonJanuary 18, 2019 at 10:24 AM
Your silk screening skills are so amazing. What a great way to treasure your charm bracelet. Love it!
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AliceJanuary 28, 2019 at 9:47 AM
Hi, Andrea! Just testing here. I have finally figured out how to access the blog so that I can comment!
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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