Tag Archives: Fibre Art Network

Meandering Through the City – 2024.08.30

In September, I’ll be heading to Edmonton AB for the annual conference of the Fibre Art Network.  As usual, we will have an artwork exchange.  The theme this year is ‘River City’. The conference organizers described the theme: “This year, the … Continue reading

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Quilt Canada 2024 Recap – 2024.06.30

Earlier this month, I spent 4 fun-filled days in Edmonton attending Quilt Canada 2024 at the Edmonton Convention Centre.  Quilt Canada is an annual conference which includes hundreds of quilts (the National Juried Show and numerous additional Concurrent Quilt Shows), … Continue reading

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Doors or Gateways – 2024.04.27

The next Fibre Art Network exhibit is called Doors or Gateways. The organizers provided these prompts: Here is my artwork – ‘An Ancient Door, or a Gateway to the Past?‘ Artist statement: A small rustic door set deeply into a … Continue reading

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‘Zesty, Bright and Spicy’ – 2024.02.17

The next Fibre Art Network exhibit is called Narrow Works! There are more than 40 pieces in the exhibit. Each artwork is 9½” wide x 19½” long, mounted on a 10” x 20” black canvas. There is no specific theme … Continue reading

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Variations on a theme – 2023.08.26

I have been working on a trio of art quilts in complementary tertiary color pairs (yellow/orange with blue/violet, yellow/green with red/violet, and red/orange with blue/green). I love tertiary colors, but I always want to to use ALL the tertiary colors, … Continue reading

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‘Purple Sun’ African Daisy mini quilts – 2023.01.26

Earlier this month, I created 2 mini quilts from a photo I took last year at Vandusen Garden. I was captivated by the vibrant color palette of this flower. A Google image search told me this was a ‘Purple Sun’ … Continue reading

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A challenging exhibit – ‘Resist’ – 2022.10.30

A few months ago, a new exhibit titled ‘Resist’ was announced by the Fibre Art Network. The exhibit overview says: ‘Resist’ explores resist techniques while preserving the unique individualistic style of each artist. Resist – an art technique that uses … Continue reading

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Journal quilt for FAN artwork exchange – 2022.09.12

Later this month, I’ll be heading to Winnipeg MB for the annual conference of the Fibre Art Network.  This will be our first in-person conference since 2019. As usual we will have an artwork exchange.  All participants are invited to create … Continue reading

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‘Curves Gone Wild’ finished Nov 1 – 2021.12.20

I see that I forgot to post a final photo of my ‘Curves Gone Wild’ quilt. (I posted it on Instagram on November 1, then forgot to post it here). Here it is. I quilted curvy lines with my walking … Continue reading

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Progress on ‘Curves Gone Wild’ – 2021.10.24

As mentioned in my last post, I didn’t want to cut this piece down to the required size of 16″ x 16″. Instead I decided to add more curvy strips to make it 32″ x 16″ (the other size option … Continue reading

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