2020-2021 In the Know Archives
Here are some of our "In the Know" announcements from 2020 and 2021.
Mini-workshop highlights: Natalya Khorover's
Plastic Nature
Art created by DAFA members
Members' Publications & Awards
Carolyn Skei and her quilt Imperiled Pollinator won First Place AND Viewers’ Choice Awards at Heard-Craig Center for the Arts' Magic of Monarchs Quilt Show.
Kathi Jahnke's entry into the Heard-Craig Center for the Arts' Magic of Monarchs Quilt Show.
Virtual Show and Tell
Jeanene Evans has been taking online workshops and finishing long-deferred projects.
Lu Peters gave us an update on the Violet Protest. All squares created so far are in an installation of the Violet Protest at the Phoenix Art Museum. www.violetprotest.com
Lucy Miron made a needle case for her Mom from leather and other fabrics.
During lockdown this past year, Kim Beebe Wells took a couple of online weaving classes.
Katina Hronas Joined a Mixed Media Scavenger Hunt for 2021. She was given 100 prompts and has completed the entire Hunt. These are some of her favorites.
Denise Spillane created two digital images based on Kathi Jahnke's Digital Image Manipulation Tutorial at January's Mixed Media Mania.
Debbie Snider used one strand of a three strand ‘exercise’ rope for this basket. It was definitely more of a challenge than she expected.
Beth Swider created a purse based on JoAnn Musso's Denim Purse Tutorial at January's Mixed Media Mania.
Jeanene Evans has been busy with several projects.
She makes boxes that can be bought at the Gallery at The Craft Guild.
She took an online Stitch-a-Long with a French company through Brooklyn Haberdashery resulting in a Noel star. If you are interested: www.brooklynhaberdashery.com/
She learned some slow stitching with a kit from an Australian company called wattle & loop. If you are interested: wattleandloop.com/
Mary Masal made a cunning clothes pin holder from an old shirt.
Kathi Jahnke created an art quilt for the SAQA auction titled Refined Roses. She altered one of her photos of roses, printed on TAP paper, applied to fabric and quilted the border.
Bits and Pieces
Inspired by Korean "bojagi" design. Angelina fibers fused to cotton, hand-stitching with metallic thread (8" x 8").
Take A Number
A reflection on depersonalization by numbers: Social Security numbers, insurance ID numbers, zip codes, account numbers, PINs, Holocaust tattoos, etc. Art quilt with fused raw-edge applique, machine stitching, stamping, and stenciling with acrylic paint (30.75" x 24.75").
Window to the Soul
Inspired by Korean "bojagi" design. Embroidery with silk floss and stenciling with acrylic paint on cotton. Center rectangle: machine stitching on water-soluble stabilizer with scraps of fabric, tulle, ribbon, and silk floss (28.75" x 29.75).
Enjoy a virtual tour of Chuck Baber’s Pinball Repair and Play Studio featuring his mascot, Nippy.
Carol Kovacs sews cancer pillows, creates collages and paints water colors.
Six heart cancer pillow cases
One paper collage of a garden
2 watercolor paintings
After seeing a photo on Instagram from WabiSabi Designs,
Reid Barnhart ordered a kit so she could be involved in a 2 hour Zoom sewalong. Her kit was mailed from Australia and is still not here but she participated in the Zoom event. Reid constructed her own material from the leftover mask-making scraps that surrounded her in her sewing room. She finished up her charmer that week. Meanwhile she has been driven to make more … photo 2 is of 9 strips for future bags.
Here is what JoAnn Musso has been working on while being at home all the time. This beautiful jacket is made from a baby blanket. It’s a wonderful lightweight texture. The sleeves have not been perfected yet but you get the idea. The lace was meant for a wedding gown and it was beaded so she had to cut all the beads off! JoAnn will wear it to the next DAFA meeting.
25 Million Stitches Project
These beautiful panels are entries from members Carolyn Skei , Kathi Jahnke , Connie Akers , and Lu Peters for the 25 Million Stitches project, to raise awareness about the 25 million refugees on earth.
Among
Carol Kovacs' many projects:
She made 8 masks and ran out of elastic then found
Traci Hutton’s heart pillow pattern and cut out 6 of those.
Carol is finishing an embroidery piece to go on a BoHo shoulder bag with lots of beads and fringe.
After starting a vegetable garden, Carol decorated it with 9 glass plate flowers - no weeds, no watering?
She rescued a bird house by painting it so it would last a little longer.
Carol’s bargain fabric is now finished and on the newly spray painted rusty table and chairs.
Her biggest project is cleaning the studio but she’s not motivated to do that YET.
Daphne Huffman has been working on some exercises for the Modern Quilt Club using the Elizabeth Hartman book "Modern Patch Work".
25 Million Stitches Project completed by returning member Katina Hronas , a full time working woman! She created this in 10 days and has 12,600 stitches in the work. The project is to raise awareness about the 25 Million refugees on earth. It will be shown in California and then travel to other states.
Two of
Lu Peters' entries for
The Violet Protest project.
Debbie Snider is working on multiple woven pieces to combine into a large-scale artwork.
Members' Exhibitions, Events and Sales
