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ArtRich 2019
Congratulations to two of our members who had pieces accepted for the Richmond Arts Coalition Biennial Art show. Pam Mahoney exhibited a textile piece and Shirley Rampton a painting.
Splendid turtle wall hanging designed and crafted by Pam Mahoney.
Patio Pleasure. Acrylic on canvas by Shirley Rampton
December Social and Show and Tell
Our December meeting included good social time, fun, food and show and tell.
Jean patiently stitched this delightfully patterned quilt from a block of the month pattern.
Sherry’s fun adventure with triangle blocks.
Freda shows off her completed Black and White challenge. No longer a UFO but a useful table runner.
Felicia’s second quilt completed!
Some of the 100 pillowcases members are creating for Family Place to use as gift bags.
Corisande made creative use of brightly coloured socks.
Pat’s adventure in circles.
Fidgit muffs knit by Sherry and others.
Freda completed this delightful fan quilt from a donation.
Ruth’s modern quilt with fun fish fabric.
Framed block stitched by Gail.
Gail’s Skinny Strip project completed.
Vickie’s Christmas table runner to brighten up the Elmbridge Supportive housing project.
A Design Process – Lorna Shapiro
Lorna spoke to our November meeting about elements of design. She talked about how to put simple blocks together into interesting quilts. We learned a lot and were inspired to take our own work to newer levels.
A knowledgeable and enthusiastic speaker.
Background and foreground interest.
Balancing with curves and straight lines.
Asymmetry for a more interesting quilt/
Hand embroidery makes features pop.
November Community Outreach
Quilts by Angie, Gail and Joan. Ruth’s fidgit muff and Corisande’s shopping bags. Quilted winter wall hanging for Elmbridge housing by Gail.
Skinny Stripping with Karen Johnson
We had a great workshop with Karen learning how to incorporate skinny strips into our work for interest and texture.
Lots of interesting discussion and sharing.
Samples to give us ideas for our own blocks
Karen talks about fabrics and design
Pat Ross – For the Love of Embroidery
At our October meeting we enjoyed hearing about Pat’s adventures in embroidery and seeing many samples of beautiful stitching and dyeing.
Freda introduces our speaker Pat Ross
Example of Pat Ross’s beautiful surface embroidery
Sampling of Pat Ross’s embroidery.
October Community Outreach
Guild members Corisande, Jennie, Sherry and Gail were busy in October completing quilts, book bags, shopping bags and fidget muffs for the organizations we support.
October community outreach
Cultural Days
Culture Days are a national celebration of arts and culture. As part of the annual Richmond event, Guild members hosted a hands on demonstration of ‘crumb’ piecing for hundreds of visitors. Many children and a few adults tried their hand at putting together a crumb block.
Gail explains differences between traditional and crumb piecing to a visitor.
Learning to sew a quilt
A Midsummer Arts Dream
TAGOR was well represented in the Community Arts Council or Richmond’s (CACR) annual show at Lansdowne Mall. Three of our members entered the textile category. One member showed two of her paintings and another entered two photos. 52 works of art on display from 23 talented artists. There were a whopping 2,500 visitors!
1st in the Textile category, “Pileated Parent” designed and stitched by Gail Newell inspired by her brother’s photo of the woodpecker. Applique, thread painting and quilting add texture and detail to the fabric selected.
2nd in the Textile Category and 3rd People’s Choice, “Salmon Going Home” designed, stitched, appliqued and quilted by Pam Mahoney using textiles with embroidery, quilting and beads for depth of design.
3rd in the Textile category, “Turn, turn. turn” designed and quilted by Vickie McLeod using a ribbon technique to evoke the sense of movement.
“A Peony” painted by Shirley Rampton.
“A Touch of Class” painted by Shirley Rampton.
1st in the Photography Category, “Grass after the Rain” by Gail Newell shows why you can get so wet walking through grass after it rains.
“Pink Wintergreen” embellished with raindrop bead. Photographed by Gail Newell.
September Show and Tell
A wide variety of projects were tackled by members over the summer to produce colourful, beautiful and useful items.
Ruth Bahri made this intricate modern quilt from a Susan Purney Mark design.
Elegant bottles by Shirley Rampton.
Fun pinwheels! Lots of little pieces patiently put together by Shirley Rampton.
Kids play quilt with fun butterflies by Corisande Percival Smith
Kid and preemie quilts made by Suzanne Laferte and Norma Johnstone
Fun fabric play quilt by Corisande Percival Smith
Interesting people for a kids play quilt by Corisande Percival Smith
Crumb Quilt by Gail Newell
More butterflies play quilt by Corisande Percival Smith
Corisande Percival Smith with another of her colourful kids play quilts.
Easy pieced star quilt by Gail Newell
Scrappy fall colours by Gail Newell
Suzanne shows a fidget muff and laundry bag made by Brenda Battye
Fidget Muff by Ruth Bahri.
Freda shows off a selection of her knitting.
London Farm
In August and September London Farm displayed several quilts stitched by TAGOR members. On weekends 887 members of the public enjoyed dropping by and asking quilters questions about the work.
