Material Mavens: Karen's Serenity

Monday, April 15, 2019

Karen's Serenity

Serenity Among the Birches

There is a peacefulness, quietness, tranquility to standing among trees. Birches are among my favorite.

Larger birches have folded edges, straight stitched down with clear monofilament thread. Triple batting behind to create trapunto.

Smaller trees fused on. Smaller trees and background stitched with smoke monofilament thread.

I am posting for Karen- Tricia

7 comments:

Tricia DeckApril 15, 2019 at 7:57 PM
I just love the birches. I wish I could see it in person to see the trapunto effect.
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AliceApril 15, 2019 at 8:13 PM
Simply lovely! Truly, birch trees do beautifully capture the feeling of serenity!
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Kathy HarteApril 15, 2019 at 9:54 PM
STUNNING ! And your workmanship is Superb !
I lived in Anchorage, AK for 35 years, and the stunning beauty of Alaska's Birch Trees was breathtaking.
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Nedra WeaverApril 16, 2019 at 10:49 AM
I love birch trees and you've captured them perfectly! The trapunto is perfect for the larger trees. Beautiful work and serene.
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JudyApril 16, 2019 at 1:16 PM
Ahhh, the beauty of birch trees. Beautifully done! Is the background something you dyed? It looks like an indigo piece. It gives a perfect nighttime feel. Were your trees printed on a piece of commercial fabric or did you enhance the fabric with paint?
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Carolyn HensonApril 16, 2019 at 2:53 PM
This is beautiful Karen, and oh so peaceful! I love the way the birch trees play with the background fabric. The fabric for the trees and background work beautifully together. Outstanding work!
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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