SAQA Oceania blog hop - 'Linked'

Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) 2016 Benefit Auction starts on 16 September. 36 members from the Oceania region donated quilts that feature in the Oceania Collection.

Leading up to the auction a selection of Oceania members are participating in a blog hop (full list here). 

Today is my turn on the blog hop where I'll share how I created 'Linked' my contribution to the auction.

'Linked'

I revisited the idea of linking chains that I'd used in a previous quilt.  In that quilt I'd used trapunto with polyester batting.  Where it had been 'trapuntoed', and there was no stitching, the fabric had wrinkled.  Something I was keen to avoid this time.

 The process ...

all purpose inks for fantast/x by Tsukineko

trialling the colours

Plain aloe vera gel was painted on before the inks were applied.  

The gel stops the inks migrating elsewhere and also makes applying the inks easier.

Using a line of stitching to mark the design outline gives something to paint up to and 'disappears' as it will be stitched over later.

building up layers of ink

painting mostly done

 

A layer of batting then stitching to create the trapunto.  The stitching is to avoid the wrinkling that can happen when the trapunto area is left unquilted.  

The stitching does slightly flatten the area.

The batting is trimmed.  With all the stitching the middle became a bit puckered. This was fixed by trimming it away and adding another layer of fabric in the space.

Another layer of batting and backing added. 

Matchstick quilting in progress.













 
Completed quilt.




















Be sure to have a look at the other participants in the blog hop (full list here).  

Coming up:

• 4 September Lisa Call blog.lisacall.com 
• 6 September Brenda Gael Smith serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog 
• 8 September Rasa Mauragis rasamauragis.com/blog

SAQA's 2016 Oceania Collection

Each year Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) holds a benefit auction where members can donate a 12x12" quilt. The auction starts 2pm EDT, 16th September, details on how the auction works are available on SAQA's website. 

This year 36 members of SAQA's Oceania region donated quilts. Click on the graphic above to view the online gallery showcasing The Oceania Collection and to view each of the quilts. Mine is second on the left on the third row.

Leading up to the auction 16 Oceania members will show how their quilts were made and what inspired them to make them in the SAQA Oceania Blog Hop 2016.  Click here to see the blog hop schedule.

Here are the first four:

• 15 August Linda Robertus lindarobertus.blogspot.com 
• 17 August Dale Rollerson downunderdale.blogspot.com 
• 19 August Catherine McDonald www.addicted2fabric.com 
• 21 August Mathea Daunheimer www.espartafiberarts.com

Showing in October

October is a busy month for some of my quilts, two small pieces are on display this weekend and other pieces have been shown during October.

Aotearoa Quilters Green 12x12 challenge is on show this weekend at Whangamata Patch and Quilt exhibition.

photo from Aotearoa Quilters FB page,
mine is middle solid green one (here it is below)

Also on this weekend is a display of postcards created by Oceania SAQA members at the Stitches and Craft show in Melbourne.  The postcards were shown earlier this year at SAQA's (Studio Art Quilt Associates) annual conference in Portland.

mine second to bottom row, third on the left

My quilt 'Knit One, Paint One' is part of SAQA's 'Redirecting the Ordinary' exhibition and has been showing in Europe.  It has just shown at Abilmente Mostra-Atelier Internazionale della Manualita Creativa, Fiera di Vincenza, Italy.  

During September it was at Carrefour Europeen du Patchwork, Alsace, France.

'Knit One, Paint One' third from the left
'Redirecting the Ordinary' at Carrefour Europeen du Patchwork
photo from SAQA's Europe/Middle East blog

My quilt 'Caveman txts' is in SAQA's exhibition 'Text Messages' and showed at 'Original Sewing & Quilt Expo' in Fredericksburg, VA, in early October. 

SAQA Benefit Auction

SAQA's annual online Benefit Auction starts 2pm Friday 18th September EDT (early Saturday morning NZ time) and runs until 10th October.  

SAQA members donate 12" quilts to be auctioned.  The funds raised are used to support SAQA’s exhibitions, publications and education outreach.  The full details of how the auction works are here.

My quilt 'Just Tapa' appears in Section 3 where the bidding for that section opens 5th October and runs until 10th October EDT.

To view all entries have a look at this video:

 

The Kiwi Collection

SAQA's annual Benefit Auction starts 18th September.  Members have been invited to create their Dream Collections of six art works.

I've called mine 'The Kiwi Collection'.  Five are by New Zealanders with the sixth by Betty Busby.  Betty's 'Takahe' is a great representation of one of NZ's native birds.  Betty also taught here earlier in the year (see here). 

I blogged about my quilt 'Like Tapa' here. 

For other Dream Collections see here or for the full collection of auction pieces see here.

The Kiwi Collection:

Another Outing

My quilt 'Knit One, Paint One'  gets another outing next week.  See here and here for previous posts about this quilt.

It is part of SAQA's 'Redirecting the Ordinary' Exhibition that will be showing at 'Quilt! Knit! Stitch!' in Portland, OR, during August 13-15. 

I was sent a jpg to use ...

The next appearance will be in France at Carrefour Europeen du Patchwork, Alsace, during September 16-19.  Now that would be a nice place to visit ...
 

SAQA Benefit Auction 2015

Every year SAQA holds a benefit auction where members can donate a 12x12" quilt.
While the auction starts in September, the quilts can be viewed on SAQA's website.  My 12x12" quilt 'Like Tapa' appears on page 5.

Like Tapa

For this years quilt I wanted to create the look of a tapa cloth using non-traditional materials.  

The first stage was to transfer my hand drawn design onto an Ezy carve printing block using Saral transfer paper. I've been using these blocks as I find them easier to carve into than the usual lino.  I haven't found them in NZ so whenever I go to Australia I buy a few more.  They come in a range of sizes, using the 12x12" size is perfect for this project.

design drawn on a piece of paper

 









 

initial cuts (red marks from transfer paper)

cutting more detail

cutting complete

adding another layer of colour

Creating the pattern by rubbing with Paintsicks.  






Pinning the fabric to the base helps prevent unwanted movement and ghosting of the image.

selecting thread for the handstitching

The flowers and the darker strip had an extra layer of batting to give a trapunto effect. The machine quilting was mostly done with co-ordinating thread around the shapes to emphasise the trapunto.







Videos have been made detailing the creating of some of the quilts, have a look here.

K1, P1, rpt

Earlier in the year Maureen at Mystic Quilter blogged about working in a series.  I thought this was a great idea and that I could work through either Jean Wells book 'Intuitive Color & Design' or Elizabeth Barton's book 'Inspired to Design; Seven Steps to Successful Quilts'.  

So instead I've been working on a commission for a second Knit One, Paint One quilt.  

Knit One, Paint One

Same pattern just a slightly different colour.  While I'd kept my original pattern I needed to recreate the freezer paper stencil - this took longer than I remembered with the original quilt!

Adding the colour was relatively fast.  To emphasise the white 'knitted stitches' I add a layer of batting and quilt around the shapes, then trim away the batting.

Stitching the first layer of batting

Freezer paper stencils

I'm currently about half way with the stitching and trimming.  The next stage is to add another layer of batting, the backing and finally quilt it.

Oceania Postcard

Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) annual exhibition is on in Portland in a couple of months.  The Oceania SAQA group, mainly Australians and New Zealanders, are creating postcards to display at the conference.

My postcard ...

A linoprint offcut from a previous project, with some hand and machine stitching.

Symposium Exhibition part 1

Symposium's 'Growing the Passion' Exhibition was held at the Palmerston North Convention Centre and featured about 300 quilts.  

The rules specified that the quilts could not have been shown before, although an extra category was added called 'Out and About' for those quilts that have previously been seen.

These are some of my favourite quilts, there are a few so there will be at least one more post.

'Lime and Mango', Sarah Ward
Amateur Merit in 'Out and About'
63cm x 105cm

'Opulent and Elegant' Valda Sutton
First in 'It's a Small World'
60cm x 60cm

'Korowai', Mary Culver
'Out and About' category 
70cm x 50cm

'My New Pillow', Sonya Prchal
award in 'Out and About in a Small World'  
76cm x 58cm

 





Overall Winner 'Best of Both Worlds' and 'Best of Show Excellence'
 

'Kisses for my Daughter', Donna Cumming

closeup showing the dupion silk

 




I first saw a picture of this quilt at the Symposium opening night.  The photo was very dark and it was hard to tell why it had won several awards.  Seeing the quilt for real, it was easy to see why!  Even this photo is a bit on the dark side, the dupion silk just glows.

No Sew HSTs
Amateur merit, 'Inspired Fibres'
55cm x 89cm

My quilt 'No Sew HSTs' won a merit in the Amateur section of  'Inspired Fibres' catagory.  This was a fun quilt to make, felted then quilted.  Definitely fits the title of no sew half square triangles.

One day I'll learn not to make black or white quilts - they mostly get hung on the same colour backgrounds!  








 

Bee Sunny, Mathea Daunheimer

Mathea is also a SAQA member and I'd seen progress photos of this quilt online, what I hadn't realised is how small this quilt is - 25cm x 29.5cm!  It was in the 'Out and About - Professional' category and selected for the 'New Zealand Quilter Suitcase Exhibition'








Category descriptions: 
* Best of Both Worlds - Combined effort.  Minimum of two people with no maximum of participants.

* Out and About - quilts that have previously been exhibited out and about or published.

* Inspired Fibres - without freedom, there is no creation in thread and fibre play.  Innovative use of fibres and threads but must bear some resemblance to a quilt.

* It's a Small World - miniature quilts upto 60cm x 60cm

Sold

My SAQA 2014 Benefit Auction quilt has sold.  Thank you to Maureen for purchasing my small piece from down under.

The next section of the auction starts 2pm Monday 29 September EDT (Tuesday 6am here in New Zealand).  For details on how the auction works click here. 

SAQA 2014 Benefit Auction - Section 2 starting soon

The next section of  SAQA's 2014 Benefit Auction starts 2pm Monday 22 September EDT (Tuesday 6am here in New Zealand).  For details on how the auction works click here.  

Kikorangi Kowhaiwhai

My contribution 'Kikorangi Kowhaiwhai', appears in this section. 

Might be pressing refresh a few times!

SAQA 2014 Benefit Auction - starting soon

SAQA's 2014 Benefit Auction starts 2pm Monday 15 September EDT (Tuesday 6am here in New Zealand).  For details on how the auction works click here.  

Kikorangi Kowhaiwhai

My contribution 'Kikorangi Kowhaiwhai', appears in Section 2 with the bidding for this group starting next week. 

Quilts from other NZ quilters include, Charlotte Scott and Averil Stuart-Head (both in Section 1) and Mathea Daunheimer (Section 3).

The quilts are all 12"x12" and feature a wide range of techniques and styles, they can be viewed by Section or individual listing by quilter.

Dream Collection

SAQA's annual Benefit Auction starts on online on 15 September, the auction is a major fundraiser for SAQA.  All the 12" x 12" auction quilts appear here.   

This year my entry is 'Kikorangi Kowhaiwhai', I posted here about how I created it.

SAQA are also displaying Dream Collections, these are groups of six quilts that people have chosen. This is my collection that I've called 'Colours of the Pacific'.