Material Mavens: Kathy's Treasure

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Kathy's Treasure

TREASURE - What a wonderful choice for our first Theme in this brand new year !

I had many thoughts about how I wanted to ‘articulate’ this theme, and narrowed those thoughts and ideas down to a few that are so important to me. God, Family, Country, State…..

To me, our Dear God is represented in everything that surrounds us and is with us. He has provided us with this beautiful planet we call Mother Earth. In all her glory, Mother Earth provides us with an exquisite environment in which to live. I chose to represent this environment with beautiful flowers.

Our Families are our first teachers, and from them we learn respect, appreciation, and a reliance on our God to guide us through life. My truly blessed Grandmother taught me about Gardens, and as I toil away in the dirt, I often imagine she’s smiling at me, and is proud that I carry on her traditions. I learned well from her !

“GOD BLESS AMERICA !” Our beautiful Flag that “so proudly we hail,” makes me think about all that’s happened, historically, to make it possible for us to enjoy the Freedom(s) and opportunities we have in this amazing country we’re blessed to call home !

And “Texas Oh Texas,” what a grand State to live in ! I was born in Texas, and even though I lived in California during my growing-up years, and then in Alaska for 35 years, I am a Native-Born Texas Woman, and am darn proud of that ! In this quilt, I think the Fancy Boot just about says it all !

For this Quilt, I machine appliqued all the elements to the background fabric using Madeira Monofilament thread. I free-motion quilted the background fabric to give this quilt greater depth. AND – The Fabric on the back of this quilt…. Well - it pretty much speaks for itself !

7 comments:

AnonymousJanuary 15, 2019 at 1:49 PM
Lovely, Kathy! This is Alice. I am having to comment anonymously as currently, Blogger doesn't like me or something and won't let me comment under my own name. Anyway, great Quilt!
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Tricia DeckJanuary 15, 2019 at 1:52 PM
I love your quilt with the boot and flowers. A wonderful choice for Treasure
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Nedra WeaverJanuary 15, 2019 at 1:58 PM
Love this!! The boot is great and the flowers so pretty and colorful. the fabric choice for the boot is great.
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karen pulaskiJanuary 16, 2019 at 1:52 PM
great job! love the background quilting
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AndreaJanuary 16, 2019 at 4:41 PM
This quilt makes me smile! Love the imagery that you have chosen to depict some of what you treasure. Also love the contrast between the boot and flowers/flag ( hard/soft/flowing ), topped off with the Texas fabric backing.
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Carolyn HensonJanuary 18, 2019 at 10:25 AM
A beautiful quilt Kathy, that reminds us to be grateful for all of our blessings!
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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