January 10, 2010 Meeting

Bronwen chaired the lucky group of members assembled at the Monroe St. Church. A couple of new members joined us for the meeting and for Jaye's really useful workshop.

Announcements

Member Linda Cline announced that her work is displayed at Highlight Gallery on Main St. in Mendocino (www.highlightgallery.com).
Julie Stiller showed the group the announcement of a show in Basel, Switzerland for which her quilt was chosen for the poster and publicity materials. Congrats!
”Reinvention”, the conference sponsored by SAQA and SDA will be held at San Francisco State U. March 19-21, 2010. Workshops follow March 22-24. www.surfacedesign.org.
Annual dues of $30 due now. Pls. send to Julie Stiller, treas. 1251 Highland Boulder Creek, Calif. 95006.
Thanks to Bron for confirming the dates of our meetings with the administrators of our church meeting place.
“Creativity in the Material World: Wkshp. With Joan Schulze” on March 13/14 $220 ($200 members). www.sjquiltmuseum.org

Topic: Treasurer’s Report
Discussion: Julie mentioned that we have a bank balance of $3778, slightly diminished by costs of the Pamela Allen workshop last April.
Resolution: The group agreed to continue paying $125 annually to Vario to maintain the website.

Topic: Meeting topics for 2010
Discussion: Jaye ably handled the Jan. meeting. Other volunteers had previously agreed to present but no dates had been assigned.
Resolution: Terri, Julie, Sonja, Bron, Dolores, (Linda) will confer at retreat & beyond to decide who will present at which of the remaining 2010 meetings.

Topic: 3rd annual CQFA Retreat
Discussion: Details reviewed including location at Best Western Capitola on 41st. www.bestwesterncapitola.com. Dates Jan. 28-31, 2010 beginning at 10 am on Fri. No program. Attendees to work on individual projects.
Resolution: 15 members signed up. One space remains. It can be reserved with a $47 check sent to treasurer Julie Stiller- see above. The group requested Dolores make reservations for Sat. dinner at the same restaurant as last year, Ma Maison. Some discussion ensued about Wm. Carver bringing his shoes. Note: Each member will be asked to share informally in 5 min. how they came to be working on their weekend project. Group very much appreciates Dolores' work on retreat.

Topic: Interval Activities
Discussion: Members shared their impressions of the Carol Larsen talk at SAQA in November and the field trip to “Work of Heart” in San Jose. Members lauded both events.

RESOURCES

Fabmo has a new venue for monthly fabric giveaway on Commercial St. in So. Palo Alto. Location titled, “Fiber High”. Group has plans to sublet the space for workshops, ongoing classes, etc. We may consider the space for same.
East Bay Depot for Creative Use. This place both offers and receives various art materials from “margarine tubs to unfinished projects” as Carolyn puts it. Located in Oakland near freeways.
ReArt is a place that seeks art supply donations and then sells the booty. It takes fabric remnants and full gallons of paint, among other things. 650-562-3417. East Palo Alto location, sponsored by EPAct.
Both Barbara Olson and Ruth McDowell are artists who teach and write about methods for joining odd sized pieces.
One member introduced “texture magic” a product that can be fused to fabric to give the primary fabric dimension and texture. The product actually shrinks the fabric 30%.
Several members agreed that the Anna Maria Horner’s Multitask Tote made a superior bag.
Carolyn offered two book suggestions including:

Sculpted Threads by Janet Shipley Hawks
Dyeing in Plastic Bags by Helen Deihan

At Show ‘n Tell members offered projects representing a wide variety of fiber media including painting and dyeing. Stimulating discussions began during this part of the meeting that spanned the workshop on Creativity that Jaye offered. Members shared endless nos. of resources, ideas, products, etc. And that was only during the formal part of the meeting! Members exchanged trading cards during the lunch break. We reconvened for Jaye’s over the top inspiring workshop which offered and generated enough ideas for a year or more. Much of the session involved ideas for establishing a creative practice. In addition we did some exercises in class that we could do anytime at home for inspiration. Jaye’s blog includes resources that both she and Sonja generated in preparation for the workshop. Miquelrius journals is the journal she recommends. They are available at Flax in the City and other places as well as online at http://www.shopmiquelrius.com/servlet/the-425/Polypropylene-02-Notebook-6/Detail. Anybody who paid 2010 dues already got their money’s worth in Jaye’s valuable workshop. Thank you, Jaye.

Minutes by Nancy Riffle