Material Mavens: Andrea's Serenity Quilt

Monday, April 15, 2019

Andrea's Serenity Quilt

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12" x 12" snow-dyed cotton, resist, machine and hand-stitched.

When thinking about this theme in January, I decided to start with what I consider "serene" colors and came up with soft peach, pink, green and beige. Then I considered a technique that I thought would fit the theme and decided that hand-stitching a whole cloth quilt for a few minutes daily until the entire surface was covered would work. However, other "situations" presented themselves that distracted me from my plan.

In my stash of snow-dyed fabric I found two pieces that I felt would work, one with pinks and the with greens. My love of working with circles continues so I designed a piece that would include resisted circles to slow-stitch. As time was running out to finish, I very minimally machine stitched and then added a bit of hand-stitching for texture. Even though I did not follow through with my original idea, this visually represents "Serenity" to me.

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6 comments:

Carolyn HensonApril 15, 2019 at 5:56 PM
Andrea, you are always amazing me with your variety of techniques. Wow! The colors in this piece are SO serene! I love the hand stitching that you added and really think that this small amount is just perfect! Beautiful!!!
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Tricia DeckApril 15, 2019 at 6:05 PM
The snow dye is wonderful. You were able to continue your circles. Nicely done.
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AliceApril 15, 2019 at 8:19 PM
The soft colors are just right for serenity! And I love the combination of machine and hand stitching. The use of the latter is such a nice touch!
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Kathy HarteApril 15, 2019 at 10:21 PM
Ahhhh ..... Breath In / Breath Out...
Your chosen colors to use in this beautiful quilt were perfect. Calm, peaceful, soothing.
And sometimes I find that when I need to do hand-work, the slower pace of hand vs. machine often calms me down as well.
Great Job !
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Nedra WeaverApril 16, 2019 at 8:20 AM
Such perfect colors for the theme. Reminds me of soft puffy clouds!! How did you get the perfect circles with snow dying? I didn't think you could get such a clear circular shape that way.
Lovely!!!!
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JudyApril 16, 2019 at 9:29 AM
Your colors are perfect! I too am interested in how you got the perfect resist circles. Having the large circle overlap is a great look and doing some hand stitching adds just the right touch.
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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