Material Mavens: Jane's American Beauty

Saturday, July 31, 2021

Jane's American Beauty

American Beauty

As I approached the subject Beauty, I thought about Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Art is also in the eye of the beholder. Trying to be a part of the world of beauty by creating art has brought me much pleasure for the past 20 years. Being a part of the Material Mavens group has changed my life in a positive way. Being an American has given me the freedom to pursue happiness.

I found this piece of fabric in my stash. It started as a commercial fabric, but I transformed it with paint. Even with the paint, it was just lying around. It was one of many experiments I have done on fabrics. With its red white and blue palette, I named it American Beauty. Quilting it gave new emphasis to the stenciled design. I finished it with a traditional binding. I used red thread to bring out the red in the print.

7 comments:

Tricia DeckJuly 31, 2021 at 10:28 AM
Such an interesting design. Love the texture the paint adds to the fabric. The quilting really enhances the design.
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AliceJuly 31, 2021 at 11:22 AM
Jane, I love following your work on Facebook! And I'm so happy that you found the perfect piece to use for this theme! I clicked to enlarge to better appreciate your, as always, wonderful quilting!
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CarolynJuly 31, 2021 at 11:27 AM
I, too, Jane enjoy following your hand-dyed works on Facebook. Love that you chose the "American colors" for this little quilt. And, your quilting of it is beautiful!
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Kathy HarteJuly 31, 2021 at 5:41 PM
What a fascinating story about this quilt ! Isn't it amazing what we're able to do with fabric we find in our collections, and how they empower us to talk about special moments and times in our lives !
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JudyAugust 1, 2021 at 1:44 PM
What fun to find the perfect piece in your stash. The stenciling on commercial fabric doesn't even cross my mind so it was fun to see how yours turned out.
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AndreaAugust 2, 2021 at 7:46 PM
Sometimes those experimental pieces relegated to the stash container are just waiting to shine, as your American Beauty did! I love the stencil design and your quilting which emphasizes and complements.
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Nedra WeaverAugust 3, 2021 at 3:46 PM
I love what you do with fabric and dyes!! How wonderful that you were able to use and experimental piece to compose an American Beauty! Great quilting to complement your unique interpretation of the theme!
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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