Cut-Loose Quilters: 2008

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Wishing you Peace & Joy

Wishing you peace and joy this Christmas season
and a successful new year in 2009

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Just in time for Christmas!
Sat/Sun, Dec 6 & 7th; Open Studio and Sale, at the home and studio of joanell connolly
Noon to 5 pm. Champagne and Brownies; Guest Artist - Gabrielle, a photographer and poet. Poetry reading at 2PM both days. 6171 Sydney Dr., Huntington Beach, Ca 92647; 714-893-4352

Saturday, November 08, 2008

Noble Elements: Air

Nov 8 - Dec 24th; Noble Elements - AIR
Soft Expressions Upstairs Gallery, 1230 North Jefferson St., Suite M, Anaheim, CA 92807
714.630.7414 Hours: M-F 10am-4pm http://www.SoftExpressions.com/
Featuring the work of fiber artists: Patt Blair, Cynthia Catlin, joanell connolly, Cindy Cooksey, Anne Copeland, Jamie Fingal, Stevii Graves, jo p. griffith, Rose Hughes, Stacy Hurt, Jeanette Kelly, Marcia Ann Kuehl, Carol McDaniel, Martha Nordstrand, Cindy Rinne, Cyndy Rymer, Julie Schlueter, Janis Stob , Mary Tabar, Terry Waldron , Susan Willen
Those names in BLUE are members of Cut-Loose Quilters

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Member News

Cindy Cooksey's quilt from the Surf's Up exhibit at Festival in Long Beach is featured in Quilts Japan magazine this month
Peggy Calvert, Anne Copeland & Jamie Fingal's group quilt from the Everything Under the Sun special exhibit was sold at The Gallery on Glassell in Orange in October.
Stacy Hurt's Journal Quilt has been accepted into the Journal Quilt Project in Houston!
Cindy Cooksey has two (2) pieces and Jamie Fingal has one (1) chosen for the upcoming Lark Book "Pretty Little Mini Quilts."
Terry Waldron's work has been accepted into PIQF.
Jamie Fingal's "Adornments" are in Quilting Arts Gifts 2008
and Terry's art quilt "Hey, Kahuna! No Trespassing!" is in Quilting Arts Magazine - October/November 2008 Issue 35 as part of "California dreamin'."
Joanell Connolly will be a vendor in Artistic License Fair, Oct 24 & 25th at Estancia Park in Costa Mesa - 10am to 4pm
Joanell Connolly, Cindy Cooksey, Anne Copeland, Jamie Fingal, Stacy Hurt, Julie Schlueter and Terry Waldron have work is Noble Elements: Air that will be shown at PIQF in mid-October and at Soft Expressions Upstairs Gallery in November and December.

Sunday, August 03, 2008

Our group quilts for Everything Under the Sun

Looff Carousel, The Pike - 60" wide made by from left to right - Cindy Cooksey, Julie Schlueter, Stacy Hurt, Vickie Valdez-Green and Terry Waldron

Tres Artistas Latina Americanas - 54Wx60H made by from left to right - Peggy Calvert, Anne Copeland and Jamie Fingal; the artwork of each artist is in their skirts

Everything Under the Sun - More group quilts

Toyota Grand Prix - 60Wx40H
made by Loris Bogue, Jayne Larson, Karen Rips and Paula Chung

Nothin' But the Blues - 48.5Wx41.5H
made by Teresa Shippy, Amy Ambellan, Walli Skrocki and Trish Wilson

Stepping Out in Long Beach - 58Wx38H
made by Robin Grube, Pam Maykulsky and Marcia Ann Kuehl

Queen Mary - 60Wx53H
made by Peggy Schroder, Marilyn J. Smith, Lynn Drennen and Phil Mayberry

Rose Apartments - 51Wx38H
made by Carol Henke, Inga Buell, Emily Wallace and Muna Elias

Everything Under the Sun - Special Exhibit

Postcard quilt for our special exhibit "Everything Under the Sun" that debuted at the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach - July 2008. 50+ fiber art postcards 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" all about Long Beach, California. The postcards are hand sewn by members of The Cut-Loose Quilters onto household screen and made by many of the artists in this unique exhibit. You can click on the picture to see it larger.

Monday, May 26, 2008

Festival in Long Beach - July 25-27

I am happy to report that the following members have gotten work accepted into the Long Beach show!

Surf's Up
Cindy Cooksey, Jamie Fingal, Stacy Hurt and Terry Waldron
Silver Screen
Terry Waldron

Our group also has work in a special exhibit "Everything Under the Sun" - art quilts made by groups about Long Beach!

Friday, April 04, 2008

Layers of Meaning at The Loft Gallery

First wall you see when you come up the stairs that has signs about each of the exhibits
Layers of Meaning
Flower Power
Grounds for Change
art quilt by Jamie Fingal

LEFT TO RIGHT
Michelle Verbeek
Jamie Fingal (top)
Anne Copeland (bottom)
Cindy Cooksey
Jamie Fingal
Paula Chung

Left Wall - Earth

LEFT TO RIGHT
Terry Waldron (2)
Cindy Cooksey
Karen Rips (2)
Loris Bogue
Stacy Hurt

Paula Chung
Karen Rips
Jamie Fingal

Jamie Fingal
Terry Waldron

Right Wall - Water

LEFT TO RIGHT
Ellen November
Terry Waldron
Terry Waldron
Anne Copeland
Cindy Cooksey

Michelle Verbeeck
Ellen November
Terry Waldron

Carol Henke
Ellen November
Jamie Fingal
Carol Henke
Barb Williamson

Back Wall leading to small gallery

LEFT TO RIGHT

Loris Bogue
Stacy Hurt

THIS IS ACTUALLY ON THE LEFT WALL LEADING TO THE SMALL GALLERY
Connie Rohman
Cindy Cooksey
Joanell Connolly (4-some)

Joanell Connolly
Carol Henke
Michelle Verbeeck
Stacy Hurt

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Layers of Meaning exhibit

Saturday, February 09, 2008

Peggy Calvert "What if?"

Joanell Connolly "Color and Shapes"

Cindy Cooksey "Inner Children"

Anne Copeland "My Wild Gypsy Soul"

Jamie Fingal "Secrets to Living an Artful Life"

Stacy Hurt "Words of a Feather"

Julie Schlueter "Travelog"

Terry Waldron "Small Things"

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Art Quilt for Peggy Calvert

Art quilt for our fellow quilt artist, Peggy Calvert, who runs a Community Arts Center in Santa Ana, CA. Each of us made a fabric paper doll with ethnic dress.

From the top and clockwise: Vickie Valdez-Green, Julie Schlueter, Stacy Hurt, Joanell Connolly, Jamie Fingal, Cindy Cooksey, Anne Copeland, and Terry Waldron