Journeys - International Quilt Festival in Long Beach this Summer!

Quilts on the Wall: Fiber Artists selected Journey's as their theme for this year's International Quilt Festival in Long Beach. As the jurors we were taken on a journey through -- dreams, stories, fairy tales, personal journeys, the twists, turns and paths of life, and the mysteries of life that unfolded and inspired the quilts created by the members of Quilts On The Wall: Fiber Artists. The 18 quilts selected speak to the diversity of interpretations that one word can invoke and the creative talents of the members of QOTW. Jurors: Georgia Freedman-Harvey and Cindy Rinne.

Artists are: Carol Nilsen, Carolyn Villars, Carolyn Winfield, Cindi B. Lemkau, Deborah Stanley, Felisa Lyons, Julie Schlueter, jo griffith, Laura Bisagna, Madeleine Bajracharya, Marilyn Fromherz, Mia Bloom, Phyllis Binkley, Rose Hughes, Sherry Kleinman, Stacy Hurt, Suanne Summers, and Terry Waldron (Cut-Loose members)

Art Quilters as Story Tellers

Art Quilters as Story Tellers -presented by The Shannon Center Lobby Gallery, 6760 Painter Ave, Whittier, CA 90601; Exhibition Hours: Mon-Friday 11am - 4pm; Artists Reception: Tuesday, April 20th at 7-9pm and a Gallery Talk at 8pm. The artists are: Cynthia Catlin,  Rose Hughes, Jeanette I. Kelly, Cindy Rinne, Joanell Connolly and Terry Waldron (Cut-Loose members)

Embroidery Lessons

At our April gathering, Cindy Cooksey, taught us a variety of embroidery stitches. Above is one of her hexagon quilts with an assortment of stitches

We all learned at our own pace, some better than others to make a French Knot and other fun stitches

Look at this nice vine

Beautiful stitches...getting the hang of it

Another sampling of stitches

Peggy Calvert wearing an excellent example of embroidery

Anne Copeland is wearing an embroidered jeans jacket shares a collection of mola's

Funky Canvas Painting Party

Anne Copeland and Cindy Cooksey

Blotting the paint with paper towels left this cool pattern

Cindy Cooksey and Peggy Calvert

The masterpiece is coming together

Here' s the other side

Black accents have been added; then we sliced it up and gave everyone a section to make something out of and bring to the March meeting. Totally fun project!

12 Connected - Challenge Group

The first challenge for the new challenge group 12 Connected has been revealed. 12 Connected is a group of fiber artists that have banded together to create a series of twelve 11"x17" art quilts over a two year period. The members were to create an 11" x 17" piece fitting the theme “Sanctuary.” Cut-Loose member Anne Copeland belongs to this group, which has members from the US, Canada and Switzerland. Visit http://12connected.blogspot.com/ to see more of the group's artwork.

Tote Tuesday - our donation

The Embellishment Tote - sold for $200 on February 2nd
click this to see bidding info Tote Tuesday information
Everything you need to embellish a quilt with treasures collected by most of the members of the Cut-Loose Quilters!
Inside the hand painted tote by Jamie Fingal, you will find a copy of Jamie's book "Embellished Mini Quilts" signed by her and three other artists - Cindy Cooksey, Stacy Hurt and Terry Waldron.
3 spools of felted trim and 1 spool of large white rick rack for that special piece you are creating!
1 bag of miscellaneous trim and 1 card of 3 trims and lime green sequin trim, oooh la la
2 stackable towers of beads and buttons to take with you wherever you go
6 bags of beads and sequins that an embellisher cannot live without
3 bags of buttons and 1 bag of letter beads, because you have something to say
3 pkgs of rick rack, the happy and perky embellishment
a bundle of trim, more is more
embroidery thread, needles, metallic thread, these always enhance a project
silver metal discs that say "Imagination is everything..it's the preview of life's coming attractions"
Not shown in picture, ribbon trim and a zipper, just to be different

The members of Cut-Loose who donated items are Peggy Calvert, Cindy Cooksey, Anne Copeland, Jamie Fingal, Stacy Hurt and Julie Schlueter

Tote Tuesday to benefit ACS

Tote Tuesday: Fiber Arts for a Cause
Hosted by Virginia Spiegel
Cut-Loose Quilters of Orange will be putting together an "Embellished Mini Quilts" bag; everything you need to embellish a quilt, plus a signed copy of the book by the same name by Jamie Fingal
JOIN US IN OUR QUEST TO RAISE MONEY FOR ACS
ToteTuesday, a Fiberart For A Cause fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, will open Tuesday, February 2 and continue through March on Tuesdays.
ToteTuesday will feature themed totes filled with unique, beautiful, and inspiring items from the worlds of fiber arts, knitting, art quilting, mixed media and surface design.
Totes offering original artwork, autographed books, hand-dyed fabrics, gorgeous yarns, handmade journals, fun and useful materials/tools for mixed-media and surface design, and much, much more.
A list of the twenty-four themed totes now in progress is at Virginia's website
100% of the proceeds will be donated directly to the American Cancer Society through
Fiberart For A Cause which has already donated over $190,000 to the ACS:
http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/NewFiles/ACSFundraiser.html

Some of Our Words for 2010

Joy
Peace
Believe
Abundance
Begin
Finish
Choose

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