Material Mavens: Karen's Pieces Quilt

Sunday, October 31, 2021

Karen's Pieces Quilt

Walking the beach, finding pieces of glass...sea glass.

Simple construction. Fusing small pieces of hand dyed fabric, stitching with monofilament thread.

Have wanted to experiment with mosaics. This is the beginning!

(Posted by Tricia for Karen)

8 comments:

Tricia DeckOctober 31, 2021 at 4:12 PM
Your piece really looks like sea glass. Perfect colors. I love looking for sea glass.
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CarolynOctober 31, 2021 at 4:20 PM
This is gorgeous. Love the sea glass colors. I think you will do a smashing job with mosaics - so keep on going!!
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AliceOctober 31, 2021 at 7:11 PM
This truly does look like a ceramic mosaic! Wow, really beautiful and such a great idea for this particular theme! The colors are simply perfect!
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SaraOctober 31, 2021 at 8:19 PM
My first glance told me that this was a mosaic made of tiles and glass. You did a great job
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Kathy HarteNovember 1, 2021 at 2:04 PM
Hi Karen ... What a GREAT Interpretation of "Pieces" ! When I first looked at your quilt, I also thought it looked like real pebbles and sea glass.
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Nedra WeaverNovember 1, 2021 at 2:22 PM
So realistic!! Exactly what sea glass looks like. Simply done but perfect execution!! Love it!
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JudyNovember 11, 2021 at 5:40 PM
I really like how the bright colors draw you into the center while the soft palette around them balance the composition. You can almost imagine looking into a pool of water and finding these treasures.
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AndreaNovember 14, 2021 at 4:44 PM
I adore sea glass and always had the best time as a kid looking for it, especially after a storm. Brilliant in interpretation, the shapes and colors are perfect!
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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