Congratulations Susan Stein on Spun Gold Award

Congratulations to Spun Gold Award Recipient: Susan Stein

Every year Textile Center has the privilege of awarding members of our textile community the Spun Gold Award for a lifetime of dedication to the textile arts. Spun Gold Awardees are selected based on years of experience, innovation, contribution to the greater community, recognition by peers, preeminence and excellence in the field. This year (2011) we are pleased to announce the award goes to Diane Fitzgerald and Susan Stein.

Susan Stein started quilting in 1977; has been president and show chairman for Minnesota Quilters; has written five books and contributed to numerous others; was Minnesota Quilter of the Year in 2003; has taught many classes locally and out of state; has made hundreds of quilts, wall hangings, and garments for publication, store samples, public buildings, and personal use. She co-owned a quilt shop from 1980-85 and owned Colorful Quilts and Textiles from 1995-2009. Susan was a former regional representative for SAQA - Minnesota region. Currently her interests are mixed media art quilts and all kinds of surface design.

Please send your congrats to Susan: susan@colorfulquilts.com

SAQA Resources

Have you checked out the SAQA Regional page for Minnesota members? Here is a link:

http://www.saqau.wikispaces.net/Res+Regional+MN

Remember, this is site where all members can add their two cents.

Next Meeting March 19th, 10:00 AM at the Textile Center

SAQA-MN will meet Saturday, March 19th, 10:00, at the Textile Center.  Cyndi Kaye will do a presentation "Goal Setting for Creative Persons", based on the book Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland.  The book offers a framework for exploring our motivations and obstacles for creating art.  Cyndi Kaye will lead us through an exercise to help identify our artistic goals and the strategies to achieve them.  Come for a good program, good show and tell, and good friends.  Bring your projects and class samples to show.  See you then. 

Next Meeting 9/21/2010 at Tamarack Nature Center in White Bear

Hi.  Welcome to our new members!  Our next meeting is this Tuesday, September 21^st, at the Tamarack Nature Center in White Bear.  We will meet at 5:30 for potluck and 6:30 for the meeting.  The address is 5287 Otter Lake Road, off of hwy. 96, very close to 35E.  Google Tamarack Nature Center, MN, for a map.

Things to remember:

Bring a nature-themed quilt for our exhibit at Tamarack starting mid-October.  It should include a hanging stick with holes on each end.  Be sure your name and the name of the quilt are on the back.  If you prefer to wait and give your piece to Nancy Mambi or John Stein at the Textile Center, please have it to them by Oct. 8^th.  The exhibit will run through November.

Bring white paper or a sketchbook and a soft lead pencil or #6 ebony pencil.  Karen Wallach will lead us in a short sketching session, using the displays at the nature center as our subjects.

Bring show and tell.  Word is spreading how great the show and tell is at our meetings so you don’t want to be left out.

Bring food to share.

Cyndi Kaye has proposed a challenge to us all.  She is trying to get the blog to be a regular stop for people so she is asking you to leave a comment on her query on the blog.  Those who do so by Tuesday morning will be entered in a drawing for a set of six iridescent paint stiks.  That is a huge prize!   The address is www.saqamn.blogspot.com.  

In November the meetings will go to Saturday mornings for the winter.  The next meeting is November 20^th at the Textile Center.

See you this Tuesday!!  Susan Stein

UFO's

Today, a group of fiber artists questioned the meaning of "UFO's", those art pieces that you start but can't seem to finish. Do we really need to finish every art quilt we start? Is it a character flaw? Do deadlines effect how likely you are to finish a piece?How can we set ourselves up for success (completion) in the future? Please respond on the subject at the blog site. We will give away a set of Shiva Iridescent Primary Color Paintsticks (6 pack) at the next meeting, September 21, 2010. Winners will be drawn from name of SAQA MN members who respond to this blog inquiry. 

Meeting Updates

Tuesday, September 21 at Tamarack Nature Center, White Bear Lake.  Arrive at 5:30 for potluck, 6:30 for meeting.   Latecomers: please bring dessert!  Bring a sketchbook or some white paper and a pencil for the sketchbook exercises lead by Karen Wallach. Bring quilts for the nature-themed exhibit at Tamarack. Link: Tamarack Nature Center website

November 20th meeting is at 10:00 to noon at the Textile Center.  Program tba.

Sue Kelly (L), a St. Cloud resident, fiber art uses Shivia paintsticks.  Susan Stein's showcased one of her newer quilts (R) and her new book, The Complete Photo Guide to Textile Art, was available for sale at Laura Murray's booth. 


Susan Stein's book can be found at the Textile Center gift shop. 

Welcome our newest SAQA members in Minnesota:
Dawn Carlson Conn
Elna Goodspeed
Michael Groth
Janet Hartje
Ann Poulson
Sue Rutford
Katherine Simon Frank
Karen Wallach
Peggy Wright