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

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. 

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. 

January Get Together

January 1, 2010

Dear MN SAQA members,

Happy New Year!  I hope your artistic journey leads you into exciting places this year.  As always, Cyndi Kaye and I would love to hear from you about your ideas for get-togethers and programs in the coming year.  Our plan is to arrange something for every other month.  Meanwhile, Cyndi Kaye, the computer queen, is working on our blog- http://saqamn.blogspot.com/.  It’s not up to date at the moment, but add it to your favorites list for future information.

The plan for January has changed.  Due to the fact that the opening for Common Threads at the Textile Center includes a light supper and annual meeting, we thought we would separate our SAQA meeting from that event.  Instead, we are going to meet for coffee at Cyndi Kaye’s in Roseville on Saturday, January 23^rd at10:00.  We’ll do show and tell and talk about your ideas for 2010, if you have any.  We will also talk about the SAQA exhibit at the June MQ show, for which entries will be due in March.  After the meeting, it is just a short trip over to the Textile Center for those who want to see the exhibit.

We hope you’ll all join us and show us what you’re working on.

Email Cyndi for her address and a google map. 

Susan Stein