Anne Copeland's news

Anne helped raise $795 with her Wonky Dog Quilt for A Place to Bark, a rescue organization back east for abused and abandoned dogs. She also sold her quilt, Kit Kat and the Catepillar following a special one-woman exhibit in City Hall in Lomita

Group Art Show

Joanell selling her art at a Group show in Anaheim in early November
she made fabric pins, postcards, and cards with mini quilts on them

First Place Ribbon

At the Flying Geese Quilt Guild show last weekend, Cindy Cooksey's ""Garden of Earthly Delights" won a First Place blue ribbon in the category Large Wall Quilt Pieced. Congratulations!

November Meeting

We met last night at my studio - Stacy Hurt, Anne Copeland, Vickie Valdez Green, Peggy Calvert and me. After dinner, we all made Earth Mother dolls for the Quilting Arts Challenge that is due in December. It was quite fun. Peggy and I went to Michael's earlier in the day to buy supplies, and then she brought some things from home too. The only thing we forgot was a hot glue gun! There's nothing like women gathering to share, to laugh and to support. Vickie Valdez Green has a blog - it's in the right column! Hurray.

I shared the SAQA books with everyone - SAQA@20: Art & Excellence and SAQA: A Sense of Humor AND the new Portfolio 16 - the work of the Professional Artist Members. And Quilt Scene where Peggy was reading part of Rachel Parris' article out loud. Too fun! Where are the scissors? It was great for everyone to pass the books around and hear all of the ooohs and aahs.

We missed seeing Julie Schlueter, Joanell Connolly, Terry Waldron and Cindy Cooksey. We all look forward to our Christmas gathering!

500 Art Quilts by Lark Books

500 Art Quilts - Spring of 2010
Jamie Fingal, Stacy Hurt, Julie Schlueter, Terry Waldron have pieces in the book!
click on the title and read the description from Lark Books

Quilt Festival and PIQF

International Quilt Festival in Houston - Oct 14-18th
Stacy Hurt's Cheetah art quilt "Don't Say Goodbye" will be shown in West Coast Wonders and and will travel onto Chicago in 2010.
Jamie Fingal's art quilt "It Goes Without Saying" has been selected for SAQA@20: Art and Excellence; 35 pieces in a special exhibit at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, then onto Chicago and Long Beach in 2010; exhibit was juried by Patricia Bolton.
Jamie Fingal's art quilt "Molar Eclipse" has been chosen for SAQA: A Sense of Humor; 29 pieces which will debut at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, then onto Chicago and Long Beach in 2010; exhibit was juried by Pam RuBert.
Joanell Connolly, Cindy Cooksey, Stacy Hurt, Julie Schlueter, Terry Waldron have work in the upcoming juried special exhibit "Edges" (a 21 piece collection); presented and sponsored by Pacific Coast Fiber Artists & Friends. Curated by Jamie Fingal and Leslie Jenison, who will also have pieces in the exhibit.
Cindy Cooksey, Joanell Connolly and Stacy Hurt have work in the upcoming juried special exhibit "Detours" presented by Quilts on the Wall: Fiber Artists. The 16 piece collection.

Pacific International Quilt Fest (PIQF) Oct 15-18th
Cindy Cooksey, Stacy Hurt and Terry Waldron have pieces in "Unfettered Letters" challenge organized by Quilts on the Wall: Fiber Artists. The exhibit will continue on to the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Feb-Mar 2010.
Joanell Connolly, Cindy Cooksey, Stacy Hurt, and Terry Waldron have pieces in this Invitational exhibit
"Springing Forward" . This special exhibit will also appear in all four Original Creative Festivals.

Contemporary Quilts at the Muckenthaler

Stacy Hurt, Cindy Cooksey, Jamie Fingal, Peggy Calvert
at The Muck
Contemporary Quilts on exhibit till December 31st
Hours: Wed-Sun / Noon-4pm

Contemporary Quilts at the Muckenthaler

Contemporary Quilts at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center
1201 W. Malvern Avenue, Fullerton Wed-Sun Noon - 4pm
Opening Reception, Sunday, October 11th from Noon -3pm
Artists: Cindy Cooksey, Stacy Hurt, Jamie Fingal, Rose Hughes, Carol Henke,
Julie Zaccone Stiller, Charlotte Bird, Sumi Foley, Cindy Rinne, Deborah Weir, Melissa Frankel, Loris Bogue, Susan Hart Henegar, Susan Willen, Joanell Connolly, Jeannie Moore
(Cut-Loose members in bold)

Orange County Quilters Guild - SHOW

Peggy's quilt - the Cut-Loose Quilters made for our fellow member won a ribbon; Peggy poses in front of it at the Orange County Quilters Guild Show, in which she is the event chair.

Ribbon - close up - 3rd Place Theme Quilt

Cindy Cooksey's quilt
Sept 26 & 27th (Sat/Sun); "Quilts Our Global Language" - Orange County Quilters Guild Quilt Show in Fullerton; 9am-5pm; Cal State Univ Fullerton (Titan Center), 800 N. State College, Fullerton 92831. Vendor mall. See website for more details. Free Parking, Vendor Mall and Opportunity Quilt. Peggy Calvert is the show chair. Anne Copeland is appraising quilts at the show.

SAQA One Foot Squares - Auction

The majority of us in Cut-Loose are also members of SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates). They have a benefit auction every year, in which members make one foot squares that are auctioned off on-line in September. Here are four squares from some members in Cut-Loose for this year's auction.

Cindy Cooksey's "Life's Little Detours"

Terry Waldron's "Their Strength"


Vickie Valdez-Green's The Regatta"

Jamie Fingal's Coffee on the House"

PREVIEW: SAQA's 2009 Benefit Auction
The Benefit Auction quilts donated by our members have been arriving - over 235 have been received. The SAQA 2009 Benefit Auction will begin Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 2:00 Eastern.
Once again, it will be a reverse auction. Bids will be accepted at: $750, $550, $350, $250, $150 and $75. More information will be posted closer to the date. Last year's Benefit Auction raised $41,775. The funds raised through the Auction are critical to supporting SAQA's exhibitions, catalogs and outreach programs.

Member News - July '09

Vickie Valdez Green has work posted on the C&T website for the June Design challenge http://www.flickr.com/photos/ctpublishing/sets/72157619874276972/

Stacy Hurt's Cheetah art quilt "Don't Say Goodbye" has been juried into West Coast Wonders and will debut at the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach July 23-26, and travel onto Houston and Chicago shows.

Joanell Connolly, Cindy Cooksey, Stacy Hurt, Julie Schlueter, Terry Waldron have work in the upcoming juried special exhibit "Edges" (a 21 piece collection); presented by Pacific Coast Fiber Artists & Friends, and sponsored by Quilting Arts, LLC. The exhibit will debut at Festival in Long Beach; July 23-26th. Curated by Jamie Fingal and Leslie Jenison, who will also have pieces in the exhibit.

Cindy Cooksey, Joanell Connolly and Stacy Hurt have work in the upcoming juried special exhibit "Detours" presented by Quilts on the Wall: Fiber Artists. The 16 piece collection will debut at Festival in Long Beach; July 23-26th.

SAQA Lecture Series at Festival in Long Beach - Terry Waldron's lecture is "Landscape-itis" on Friday, July 24th from 11:30-12:30 in the theatre.

Festival in Long Beach - 2009

Peggy Calvert (on the left) singing a Beach Boys song in MIU's Surviving the Runway

Stacy Hurt standing by her art quilt from the "West Coast Wonders" exhibit

Jamie Fingal and Pokey Bolton in MIU's Open Studios

Cindy Cooksey and Terry Waldron sharing a meal together

The SAQA Booth; most of us are members of this great organization

Julie Schlueter standing by her piece from the "Edges" exhibit

July Gathering

On Friday night we all made these art boxes - when you open them up, there is an accordion picture portfolio in it. This was for one of the workshops that Jamie Fingal is teaching at the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach in Make-It-University. It was great because we worked out all of the glitches before the kits are made. What a team!

Edges Special Exhibit

Joanell Connolly, Cindy Cooksey, Stacy Hurt, Julie Schlueter, Terry Waldron have work in the upcoming juried special exhibit "Edges" (a 21 piece collection); presented by Pacific Coast Fiber Artists & Friends, and sponsored by Quilting Arts, LLC. The exhibit will debut at Festival in Long Beach; July 23-26th; and travel onto Festival in Houston (sponsored by the artists in the exhibit). Curated by Jamie Fingal and Leslie Jenison, who will also have pieces in the exhibit.

June Member News

Vickie Valdez Green will be the speaker at the Simi Valley Quilt Guild; Every quilt has a story; June 17th. http://www.simivalleyquiltguild.org/

Everything Under the Sun - Postcard Quilt

This quilt was the cornerstone of the special exhibit "Everything Under the Sun" for Festival in Long Beach 2008. A compilation of fiber postcards (8-1/2Wx5-1/2H - horizontal format) made by 20+ artists all of the quilts in the exhibit, and points of interest in the City of Long Beach. The other quilts in this exhibit were made by groups of three or more people and were of The Queen Mary, The Pike, Toyota Grand Prix, Skyline, Latin American Women Artists, Long Beach Blues Festival, and the Rose Apartments. The overall quilt measure 36Wx50H and is sewn onto household screen.

Detail

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Look for this quilt when you go to Festival in Long Beach this Summer 2009 - Quilts, Inc., has become its new owner. Now, how cool is that?

April Gathering

At our April Gathering we made stamps out of fun foam! It was quite fun and I always enjoy the conversations that take place while people make art.

Member News - April '09

Cindy Cooksey and Terry Waldron's work are part of "Fire and Fiber Show", a California Fiber Artist Show that is running through the month of April in Woodland, Ca at the Gallery 625, County Administration Building, 625 Court Street. California Fiber Artists group.

Joanell Connolly and fellow artists - Susan Willen, Rose Hughes and Cindy Rinne are showing their work in an exhibit entitled "Earth Voices" at the Fontana Art Assoc, 8536 Sierra Ave, Fontana 909-823-6036 - March 31-April 25th

Stacy Hurt has a postcard in the Raven Challenge

March Gathering

Jamie Fingal (pink) and Julie Schlueter (black)

Cindy Cooksey (yellow), joanell connolly (green) & Peggy Calvert (blue)

Stacy Hurt (stripe), Anne Copeland (pink), Vickie Valdez-Green (floral)
we had a nice evening of having dinner together, sharing our work, talking, laughing, getting caught up, and we missed Terry Waldron, who couldn't come

Member News

EXHIBITIONS
Feb 20-22; Hillcrest Fine Arts Festival at Hillcrest Congregational Church, 2000 West Rd, La Habra Heights; free parking and admission. Opens at 10:00am. Joanell Connolly will have a booth at this show.

March 11-15th Mountain Quiltfest in Pigeon Forge, TN. Jamie Fingal's art quilt "Divine Inspiration" is part of the Sacred Threads '07 special exhibit.

March 14-April 5th; SAA Squared Juried Exhibition, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles; Gallery hours are Sat/Sun Noon-4pm; opening reception on Sat, Mar 14th from 7-10pm. Joanell Connolly and Jamie Fingal have pieces in this exhibit.

"Springing Forward" an exhibit that is touring the country, beginning at Road to California '09, and including three Mancuso shows (New Jersey, Denver & PIQF). This special exhibit will also appear in all four Original Creative Festivals. Joanell Connolly, Cindy Cooksey, Stacy Hurt, and Terry Waldron have pieces in this exhibit

Stacy Hurt has a postcard in the Raven Challenge and it will also included in the Collage Mania auction in May.

"Unfettered Letters" challenge organized by Quilts on the Wall: Fiber Artists is touring the country. It will be at the Denver National Quilt Festival April 30-May 3, Original Creative Festivals in Cincinnati, OH June 25-27 and Reno, NV July 30-Aug 1, PIQF in Santa Clara, CA Oct 15-18, and Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Feb-Mar 2010. Cindy Cooksey, Stacy Hurt and Terry Waldron have pieces in this exhibit

Cindy Cooksey's quilt “Gaps” continues to tour the country with the "Alzheimer’s: Forgetting Piece by Piece" exhibit. In 2009 it will be crisscrossing the country in Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Tennessee, North Carolina, Minnesota, Alabama, Maine, Pennsylvania and more. Go to Alzquilts.org to see detailed schedule information.

Peggy Calvert is heading up the Orange County Quilters Guild show in September of 2009; Juried Show open to all quilters worldwide. Entry form available soon on website "Quilts - Our Global Language." Show Dates: Sat/Sun, Sept 26 & 27; Cal State University, Fullerton. Orange County Quilters Guild website


PUBLICATIONS
Pretty Little Mini Quilts, published by Lark Books, which is yet to be released; Cindy Cooksey (2) and Jamie Fingal (1) have pieces in the book.

Cindy Cooksey is on the front page of the Local section of the OC Register dated February 9, 2009 about the quilts at the Bowers Museum, where she and other quilters gathered to demonstrate what they make.

Jamie Fingal has an article in the March/April 2009 issue of Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazine "An Apron as Personal Armor."

TELEVISION
Jamie Fingal will be a guest on Quilting Arts TV, Season 4 that will air in July 2009

Beauty in Imperfection - show

January 24 - February 29th; “Beauty in Imperfection” at Soft Expressions Upstairs Gallery; 1230 North Jefferson St, Suite M, Anaheim, CA
Saturday, January 24th from 1:30-3:30pm Opening Reception
QUILTS ON THE WALL: Fiber Artists challenged themselves in 2007 to create a personal view of the idea of finding beauty in the most imperfect circumstances.

Participating artists are: Juliet Alters, Jennifer A. Beatty, Phyllis Binkley, Cherish Russty Brazil, Peggy Calvert, Cynthia Catlin, Cindy Cooksey, Paula Chung, Particia Charity, jo p. Griffith, Carol Henke, Ferne Hildebrand, Stacy Hurt, Marcia Ann Kuehl, Pamela Maykulsky, Sally Diane McKibben, Ellen Murphey, Barbara Nilsson, Sharon Oblinger, Karen Rips, Joann Sarachman, Julie Schlueter, Theresa Shippy, Suanne Summers, Mary Tabar, Irmgard Terbrack, Susan Trindle, Debra Weir
Cut-Loose members

Road to California - Noble Elements

Jan 15-18, 2009; Road to California; Ontario Convention Center; hours Thur-Sat 9:30am-6pm; Sun 10am-4pm; Admission $10 one day and $20 unlimited. tickets can be purchased on line. www.road2ca.com
Cut-Loose members joanell connolly, Cindy Cooksey, Stacy Hurt and Terry Waldron have pieces in the special exhibit - Noble Seasons - Spring 2009-Springing Forward: There are four seasons, four life stages, and four points on the compass used to orient ourselves. As four different themes, “Spring”, “Summer”, “Fall” and “Winter” are now being explored by the same group of nationally known quilt artists who in recent years brought you Noble Elements.