We're Teaching at Art & Soul, Portland, Oregon

We are so thrilled to announce that we will be teaching at Art & Soul in Portland, Oregon - Sept 30-Oct 6 - click here for the scoop

Monday, September 30

Jamie is teaching 'Don't Rain on my Parade'

Using ephemera and lettering, students create an artful journal on a paper parasol

Leslie is teaching 'Drop Cloth Divas'

Expressive painting, stamping, and mark-making of all sorts!

Monday Evening

Leslie is teaching 'Sheer Bliss: A Comfort in Stitchin'

In this fun, come-as-you-are evening workshop students will arrange & fuse a variety of sheers

onto felt and then stitch, Kantha-style, over the surface in their own creative way.

Tuesday, October 1st

Jamie and Leslie are teaching 'Folding Artists Studios'

Students create their own stamps and fabric to create this free standing cloth book using doors, windows and ransom lettering

Tuesday Evening

Jamie and Leslie are teaching 'Ransom Lettering'

Make a ransom lettering alphabet to use over and over again in mixed media projects

Wednesday, October 2nd

Leslie is teaching 'Wax On, Wax Off:  A Playdate with Soy Wax

Students will have an opportunity to work with soy wax, an environmentally-friendly alternative

to traditional batik methods.  Using a wide variety of unconventional tools to make marks,

students will layer paint onto cloth and paper.

Open European Quilt Championship, Netherlands

Dinner at Eight Artists "Rituals" exhibit will be shown at the Open European Quilt Championships at Expo Veldhoven in the Netherlands, May 3-5th 

See video of our exhibition in Netherlands here:  http://youtu.be/pBTtSdEKQNo

Click here for the link

An Exquisite Moment - Acceptances!

 "An Exquisite Moment"  Consider the following:  The unfurling of a flower. A hummingbird in flight.  A magical moment shared with a lover or friend.  The birth of a child.  A personal milestone.  The realization of a dream.  A treasured memory.  The sacred moments of the ordinary.  These are the Exquisite Moments that make us who we are.

Venues:
International Quilt Festival in Long Beach; August 1-4, 2013; sponsored by Moore's Sewing Centers
International Quilt Festival in Houston;Oct 31- Nov 3, 2013; sponsored by Havel's Scissors

Artists:
Frances Holliday Alford; A Moment of Passion
Sue Bleiweiss; The Hummingbird
Deborah Boschert; Glimpse
Paula Chung; Ancient Juniper
Gerrie Congdon; XXOO
Cindy Cooksey; Grocery Shopping with Sammy
Diane Doran; California Dreaming
Sheila Frampton-Cooper; Ode to Lavandula
Diane Hock; Serenity
Stacy Hurt; Lift
Lyric Kinard; Bach Suite
Susan King; The Visitor
Pamela Klebaum; Stitching, Interrupted
Sherry Kleinman; Waiting Expectantly
Susan Brubaker Knapp; First Snow
Jane LaFazio; Havana
Susie Monday; One, All One
Jeannie P. Moore; The Ring
Jayne Larson; Rainbow:  A Moment of Reflection
Rachel Parris:  Ordinary Day (pictured above)
Judy Coates Perez; Fear of Flying
Yvonne Porcella; The Power of Yellow
Wen Redmond; Birds Eye View
Karen Rips; Fiji
Carolyn Ryan; Shattered
Cheryl Sleboda; Geschwindigkeit (Speed)
Sarah Ann Smith; Listen to the Song in the Night
Virginia Spiegel; Golden World
Cynthia St. Charles; Winter Walk II
Terry Waldron; Water Dance
Kathy York; Balance

Leslie Tucker Jenison
Jamie Fingal

A 33-Piece Collection - 24" wide by 60" high; vertical format

Havel's Scissors - Rituals Artists Q&A

Havel’s Scissors is proud to be the sponsor of Rituals for the International Quilt Market and Festival in the Fall of 2012.   

Jackie Marsal of Havel's Scissors said this about our exhibit, "the ingenuity of the artwork in the exhibit is nothing short of spectacular!  Each artist tells a story through the threads of the fabric.  And the stories that are woven through each piece will inspire you to live life to the fullest and appreciate each and every opportunity we are given to share with loved ones." 

Each artist will be featured on the Havel's Sewing blog from start to finish, alphabetically, every Friday.  Three artists each week.  There will be a full shot of each quilt, and in the artists own words, where they found inspiration to make their art quilt for the 'Rituals' exhibit.

Jan 4 - Launch with Natalya Aikens
January 11 - Frances Holliday Alford, Betty Amador, Sue Bleiweiss
Jan 18 - Loris Bogue, Deborah Boschert, Laurie Brainerd
Jan 25 - Paula Chung, Gerrie Congdon, Joanell Connolly
Feb. 1 – Cindy Cooksey, Jane Davila & Jamie Fingal
Feb. 8- Barb Forrister, Terry Grant, Desiree Habicht & Diane Hock
Feb. 15- Leslie Tucker Jenison, Lisa Kijak, Lyric Montgomery Kinard & Susan Fletcher King
Feb. 22- Pamela Price Klebaum, Sherry Kleinman, Susan Brubaker Knapp & Jane LaFazio
Mar. 8 - Carol Larson, Jayne Larson, Linda Teddlie Minton & Susie Monday
Mar. 15- Jeannie P. Moore, Rachel Parris, Judy Coates Perez & Yvonne Porcella
Mar. 22- Karen Rips, Cynthia St. Charles, Julie Schlueter & Gayle Simpson
Mar. 29- Sarah Ann Smith, Virginia Spiegel & Larkin Jean Van Horn
Aprl 5- Terry Waldron & Kathy York  

Jackie Marsal

Havel's Sewing

3726 Lonsdale Street

Cincinnati, OH 45227

513-527-1270

888-470-3052

A Year of Art

We are so pleased to support a fun fiber art fundraiser for the American
Cancer Society.  Donate any amount on February 12 and 13 through Fiberart
For A Cause during "A Year of Art" and you could win a Inspiration Month
prize package worth more than $1500.
We have donated a "Rituals" book from our latest exhibit to the prize package and hope you will join the fun.
More information here:  http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/AYearofArt2013.html
The generous artists and patrons of Fiberart For A Cause have already
donated more than $220,000 to the American Cancer Society.

What's for Dinner?

Most nights on Facebook, Jamie Fingal asks the question "What's for Dinner?" and her friends with respond with what they are having for dinner, so....

What’s For Dinner?

International Quilt Festival wants to know what you are having for dinner tonight, and would like to invite you to participate in our new exhibit, What’s for Dinner?, which will premiere at International Quilt Market and Festival 2013 in Houston. Quilters and food have always gone together, but we have not had an exhibit that has addressed this phenomenon in quite some time.  

photo credit Iowagirleats.com

We’ll “set the table” with your quilts for this Special Exhibit on the show floor, that depict enlarged “place settings”, complete with a placemat/tablecloth, napkin, fork, knife, spoon, and a plate full of “what you are eating for dinner.” This could be your favorite dinner at home, in a restaurant, or what you have for Sunday dinner. We are excited about this theme and hope that it will show a variety of interpretations, fabric choices, and views into different cultures, rituals, and lifestyles. Think colorful, fun, outside the box, and visually appealing! 

photo credit marthastewart.com

 

All quilts must be uniform in size, horizontal format, with nothing hanging off the sides, top, or bottom. The finished quilt size, or “place setting,” must be 24” x 15” (width x height) and cannot exceed 2" in depth. Please, no metal silverware attached. Artist Statements should be submitted via our entry form to explain your piece, the meal, and the meaning behind it.

photo credit meetthedeubiens.com

As many art quilters know, a loyal following of people on Facebook read and contribute to the ever- growing question of “What's for Dinner?” on quilt artist Jamie Fingal's Facebook page. In fact, this is how the exhibit idea got its start! We will have both Jamie Fingal and Dinner at Eight Artists partner, Leslie Tucker Jenison, to jury this exhibit.

photo credit elegata.com

Call for Entries on-line entry open March 29-May 17 - here is the link
 
Hope you will join us in making a quilt for this exhibit!

"Rituals" travels to the European Quilt Championships!

L-R:  Leslie, Ada Honders, & Jamie

Dinner At Eight co-curators, Leslie Tucker Jenison & Jamie Fingal, pose with Ada Honders, the coordinator for the European Quilt Expo/Championship in Veldhoven, Netherlands.  Ms. Honders

contacted the Special Exhibits coordinator of IQF, Houston to inquire about the availability of "Rituals"  to travel to the European Quilt Expo for the show, which is May 3-5, 2013.  We are pleased to introduce you to Ms. Honders, and include a link to the European Expo.  She tells us the venue is located within a former monastery.  Please stop by the website and take a look at the venue.