Our October 20th meeting was entertaining, educational and inspiring. I attended from Southeast via 'Go-To-Meeting' on-line, and it was the next best thing to being there in person!
Cat gave a brief summary of the Rep's October conference call which focused mainly on the new ways to acquire funding from the national guild, before introducing guest presenter Rene Haag, owner of
Blaine's Art in Anchorage.
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| Rene Haag |
Rene displayed an inspirational assortment of products around the room and talked about the possibilities each offered textile artists like ourselves. Cat took photos while Rene talked and I was able to see them on my computer screen thanks to 'GO-To-Meeting' technology. Here's what Rene brought to show us:
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| 'Tee Juice' fabric markers |
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| Shiva oil paint sticks |
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| Lutradur |
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| Artist Transfer Paper |
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| Jacuard textile paints |
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| tote bags |
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| quilting books |
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| ExtravOrganza digital printing sheets |
Blaine's Art offers a venue for classes in addition to its impressive array of products. The Anchorage store is located right off West Benson Avenue in Anchorage, and the website is linked above and worth a visit.
After Rene finished tantalizing us with intriguing supplies for art quiliting, Maria Shell and Cat gave a fabulous slide show presentation of Maria's collection of the SAQA auction quilts she has purchased over the years. Cat's excellent photos of both the fronts and backs of these little jewels were lots of fun to view. You can take a look at the entire collection yourself
here. There is an icon on the top left of the page to view as a slide show.
Thanks to Cat for putting together such a great quarterly meeting. Hope to see lots of participation for our next meeting which will happen in mid-January, time and place to be announced.
Best wishes for a creative early winter to all of you. Cat and I are off to
Art Quilt Tahoe in a couple of weeks and I will send up a post or two from that experience, my first and Cat''s 8th or 9th!
As always, if you have news you want posted here, just
drop me an email - I love hearing from you! Your Co-Rep, Susan
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