November 3, 2007 Meeting

Workshop Information
After the show and tell, Linda Kealey, a member of PENWAG and formerly a teacher at Natural Expressions in Los Gatos will offer a short 1 to 1.5 hours workshop on Embellishment. The hands-on workshop will cover creating fantasy fabrics.

Supply List :

Iron, ironing board/pad
Bits of silk, metallic, rayon, cotton, poly cotton yarn, string, thread, ribbon
Fabric scraps
Sequins
Dried Flower Petals
Small Feathers or other small light-weight materials you want to experiment with
1-3 fat quarters to use as background for Angelina overlays you create
Warm and white cotton batting in sufficient amount to back a fat quarter
Angelina Fibers - bring if you have it, Nancy will bring enough for all

Meeting Minutes

Corrections to the previous minutes:
Terri Micene writes as Terri Thayer. Her first novel, titled Wild Goose Chase will be published in February.

Bronwen opened today's meeting by summarizing plans for the January, 2008 retreat.

Announcements

New member from last meeting, Dorothy, brought a guest, Angi, to today's meeting and our workshop leader, Linda Kealey, invited Loretta to the group. Loretta's work won an honorable mention at PQIF last month.
Jaye offered to add new members to the yahoo group.

Topic: Retreat
Discussion: Retreat is scheduled for January 26 and 27. Make hotel reservations directly with the Best Western Capitola hotel for Fri. and Saturday nights. Dolores, who's tenacity made the retreat possible, has posted relevant information on the website. Individual costs include hotel room, & food, plus a share of cost of the group facilities which rent for $300 for the 2 days.
Resolution: Please remit to Julie Stiller a $20 deposit by Dec. 1 if you plan to attend. Early birds could mail dues for next year to Julie at the same time.

Topic: Guest Speakers/Workshop leaders for 2008
Discussion: The group volunteered various teachers who might present workshops useful to this group. Julie Hirota, Esterita Austin, Gudney Campbell, Pamela Allen and Linda Gass are possibilities.
Resolution: Nancy Riffle will contact a few of the above and check their offerings, availability, cost, etc. In addition, Diane Carver offered to contact art teacher Katherine Bazak of Portola Valley and Dorothy Rodall to see if they might present workshops. Steering committee to notify Nancy and Diane of the date of their next meeting so we can provide the committee with the information by the meeting date.

Topic: Brochure/flyer advertising CQFA
Bronwen and Dorothy made some progress on the flyer. Trudi formatted some text for it. They are considering placing artwork on the flyer.
Resolution: The trio will continue working on the project.

Topic: 2008 Meetings
Resolution: Ideas generated at today's and last month's meetings will go to the Steering Committee who will work up a schedule of events for 2008.
Suggestions include: Something on the topic of color.
Madlyn Jones agreed to present a topic pertaining to her methods for using dyes and resists. Debbie Wambaugh offered to present a workshop on clipped chenille in January. Members requested information on using untraditional materials like lutrador and tyvek and unusual treatment of fabric, such as burning and soldering. Using untraditional borders is another potential topic. From last meeting, buying and selling one another's art is a possible subject. We also talked about possibly combining an art sale with a fabric swap or sale along the lines of the Tea N Flea Shopping Spree we had in 2005.
Resolution: Contact the steering committee members with additional ideas.

Show N Tell included a wide variety of items, some finished UFOs, a piece or two on our theme of REPETITION, and even fiber art juried into a show. Both members and guests participated.

Following lunch, Linda Kealey, a member of PENWAG and embellisher extraordinaire, guided us in making fantasy fabrics using angelina fibers. In addition, she presented as many additional ideas for embellishment as there were minutes in the workshop. She illustrated her ideas with her own clothing samples. Linda devoted the last 15 minutes of the workshop to providing handouts and instruction for the art of beading. Linda formerly taught a series of classes on Embellishment at the fabric and bead store in Los Gatos called Natural Expressions. She offered to come back and do a longer workshop on some of the other techniques. We all created fabric projects that were enchanting! Who went home and immediately made some more?

Special thanks to Dolores Miller for her heroic efforts arranging the January retreat.

Meeting Minutes by Nancy Riffle