Join us for a full day of quilting! Event will take place at the Washington County Fairgrounds. Features include lectures, vendors, contests, gallery, prizes and more!
Join us for a full day of quilting! Event will take place at the Washington County Fairgrounds. Features include lectures, vendors, contests, gallery, prizes and more!
Join us for a full day of quilting! Event will take place at the Washington County Fairgrounds. Features include lectures, vendors, contests, gallery, prizes and more!
Join us for a full day of quilting! Event will take place at the Washington County Fairgrounds. Features include lectures, vendors, contests, gallery, prizes and more!
Do you need space to work on a project? Or would like a second opinion from other sewers/crafters/fiber artists? Join us on the third Thursday of each month from 10:30am- 3:30pm to work on some of your UFO’s (unfinished objects) or just to get together with like minded people and work on something that you love?
Join us for Fiber Club on the Third Thursday of each month!
We have great space for laying out large quilts!
Join us for our free Family Fun Day. Enjoy fiber arts themed crafts, scavenger hunt, the current exhibition and take part in creating a Community Art Project!
Do you need space to work on a project? Or would like a second opinion from other sewers/crafters/fiber artists? Join us on the third Thursday of each month from 10:30am- 3:30pm to work on some of your UFO’s (unfinished objects) or just to get together with like minded people and work on something that you love?
Join us for Fiber Club on the Third Thursday of each month!
We have great space for laying out large quilts!
About Susan Carlson
I've been creating art with fabric since 1983 while attending the Maryland Institute, College of Art. There, I used any excuse I could to use fabric as an art medium for my illustration assignments. I painted on fabric, inked, dyed, drew with thread, did traditional piecing, appliqué and reverse appliqué. My influence was my mom, who trained as a dressmaker and seamstress. From her I inherited my love of fabric. I think it's the tactile nature of it. My husband has more than once noted that when I shop for fabric, my hands are as busy fondling fabric as my eyes are drinking in the pattern and color.
As I continued to experiment with fabric for a few years after college, I yearned for something more immediate, more like painting and less like construction. In 1990 I drew on my collage skills, though this time with fabric and not paper, though still using glue. Since I had approached quilting from an art direction rather than a traditional one, I didn't realize how out-of-the-box gluing fabric was. A true quilter was not supposed to glue. But that's what I did, and I've never looked back. And there's even raw edges! As you may have figured out, I don't worry too much about what I'm not supposed to do.
I grew up in a crafty household with parents who like to "figure things out" and made things to sell. My mom sews and my dad does woodwork. The first decade of my career (the 1990s) I spent a lot of time making small quilts—16 x 20 inches or so—to sell. My first ones were mostly of fish—I must have made a thousand of them. I started to teach my fabric collage process in 1994 and slowly the teaching overtook the production of pieces for shows or galleries. These days I concentrate on making the quilts I want to make, usually for myself, unless they're commissioned. I make on average one big quilt a year allowing me to put a lot of myself into every piece. They're not usually for sale, but I do submit them into quilt shows, and use them as examples for my teaching.
By the end of 2016, I will have spent fifteen weeks teaching. For a homebody like me, that's a lot. I try to limit teaching to one week per month on average. But between prepping for a trip, travel, teaching, and recovering from a trip, each week of teaching actually uses up about two weeks of my time and energy. Which helps to explain why the remainder of the year I want to concentrate on my own work.
Do you need space to work on a project? Or would like a second opinion from other sewers/crafters/fiber artists? Join us on the third Thursday of each month from 10:30am- 3:30pm to work on some of your UFO’s (unfinished objects) or just to get together with like minded people and work on something that you love?
Join us for Fiber Club on the Third Thursday of each month!
We have great space for laying out large quilts!
Do you need space to work on a project? Or would like a second opinion from other sewers/crafters/fiber artists? Join us on the third Thursday of each month from 10:30am- 3:30pm to work on some of your UFO’s (unfinished objects) or just to get together with like minded people and work on something that you love?
Join us for Fiber Club on the Third Thursday of each month!
We have great space for laying out large quilts!
Do you need space to work on a project? Or would like a second opinion from other sewers/crafters/fiber artists? Join us on the third Thursday of each month from 10:30am- 3:30pm to work on some of your UFO’s (unfinished objects) or just to get together with like minded people and work on something that you love?
Join us for Fiber Club on the Third Thursday of each month!
We have great space for laying out large quilts!
Do you need space to work on a project? Or would like a second opinion from other sewers/crafters/fiber artists? Join us on the third Thursday of each month from 10:30am- 3:30pm to work on some of your UFO’s (unfinished objects) or just to get together with like minded people and work on something that you love?
Join us for Fiber Club on the Third Thursday of each month!
We have great space for laying out large quilts!
Anyone from age 12 and up is invited to sign up for this day fun workshop! Register for yourself, for a child or grandchild or even sign up together.
Mary Sue Fenner will be back again this year for a three-day fiber art jacket workshop! Each student will make a unique jacket using a pattern fit to their body. Mary Sue will teach sewing and finishing techniques to create a one-of-a-kind wearable art jacket. Her trunk show jackets will be available to try on for inspiration!
Do you need space to work on a project? Or would like a second opinion from other sewers/crafters/fiber artists? Join us on the third Thursday of each month from 10:30am- 3:30pm to work on some of your UFO’s (unfinished objects) or just to get together with like minded people and work on something that you love?
Join us for Fiber Club on the Third Thursday of each month!
We have great space for laying out large quilts!
Do you need space to work on a project? Or would like a second opinion from other sewers/crafters/fiber artists? Join us on the third Thursday of each month from 10:30am- 3:30pm to work on some of your UFO’s (unfinished objects) or just to get together with like minded people and work on something that you love?
Join us for Fiber Club on the Third Thursday of each month!
We have great space for laying out large quilts!
Do you need space to work on a project? Or would like a second opinion from other sewers/crafters/fiber artists? Join us on the third Thursday of each month from 10:30am- 3:30pm to work on some of your UFO’s (unfinished objects) or just to get together with like minded people and work on something that you love?
Join us for Fiber Club on the Third Thursday of each month!
We have great space for laying out large quilts!
Do you need space to work on a project? Or would like a second opinion from other sewers/crafters/fiber artists? Join us on the third Thursday of each month from 10:30am- 3:30pm to work on some of your UFO’s (unfinished objects) or just to get together with like minded people and work on something that you love?
Join us for Fiber Club on the Third Thursday of each month!
We have great space for laying out large quilts!
Join us for a full day of quilting! Event will take place at the Washington County Fairgrounds. Features include lectures, vendors, contests, gallery, prizes and more!
Do you need space to work on a project? Or would like a second opinion from other sewers/crafters/fiber artists? Join us on the third Thursday of each month from 10:30am- 3:30pm to work on some of your UFO’s (unfinished objects) or just to get together with like minded people and work on something that you love?
Join us for Fiber Club on the Third Thursday of each month!
We have great space for laying out large quilts!
Do you need space to work on a project? Or would like a second opinion from other sewers/crafters/fiber artists? Join us on the third Thursday of each month from 10:30am- 3:30pm to work on some of your UFO’s (unfinished objects) or just to get together with like minded people and work on something that you love?
Join us for Fiber Club on the Third Thursday of each month!
We have great space for laying out large quilts!
Do you need space to work on a project? Or would like a second opinion from other sewers/crafters/fiber artists? Join us on the third Thursday of each month from 10:30am- 3:30pm to work on some of your UFO’s (unfinished objects) or just to get together with like minded people and work on something that you love?
Join us for Fiber Club on the Third Thursday of each month!
We have great space for laying out large quilts!
Enjoy a virtual opening of the exhibition Doreen Speckmann Remembered.
Do you need space to work on a project? Or would like a second opinion from other sewers/crafters/fiber artists? Join us on the third Thursday of each month from 10:30am- 3:30pm to work on some of your UFO’s (unfinished objects) or just to get together with like minded people and work on something that you love?
Join us for Fiber Club on the Third Thursday of each month!
We have great space for laying out large quilts!
About Ammu
My passion for Indian textiles has always been a part of my life. I grew up in Muscat, Oman and lived in various cities across India. Growing up I watched a lot of American, British and Korean television and movies. All of these influences has impacted my aesthetic and helped me embrace my Indian heritage with a global influence. AMU is my interpretation of my culture.
I am a self taught designer with no prior fashion background. This gave me the freedom to create my own path and line without following the industry taught rules.
After moving to the USA early 2016, I decided to pursue my childhood dream of creating my own clothing line. Since then it has been an incredible journey of doing several fashion shows, winning and award and getting published.
WMQFA welcomes Laura Mitchell of Visions Art Museum in San Diego for a virtual conversation on Friday, November 6 at 12pm CST.
Laura will share information about who this museum is: VAM's history, its exhibitions, and its upcoming programs.
This free program will be available via zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84424627790
Registration is not required but donations are appreciated!
Do you need space to work on a project? Or would like a second opinion from other sewers/crafters/fiber artists? Join us on the third Thursday of each month from 10:30am- 3:30pm to work on some of your UFO’s (unfinished objects) or just to get together with like minded people and work on something that you love?
Join us for Fiber Club on the Third Thursday of each month!
We have great space for laying out large quilts!
Do you need space to work on a project? Or would like a second opinion from other sewers/crafters/fiber artists? Join us on the third Thursday of each month from 10:30am- 3:30pm to work on some of your UFO’s (unfinished objects) or just to get together with like minded people and work on something that you love?
Join us for Fiber Club on the Third Thursday of each month!
We have great space for laying out large quilts!
Do you need space to work on a project? Or would like a second opinion from other sewers/crafters/fiber artists? Join us on the third Thursday of each month from 10:30am- 3:30pm to work on some of your UFO’s (unfinished objects) or just to get together with like minded people and work on something that you love?
Join us for Fiber Club on the Third Thursday of each month!
We have great space for laying out large quilts!
Join WMQFA staff for another glimpse into the fascinating stories hidden in the museum's collection.
This fun show & tell will also give you a sneak peak into the upcoming exhibition!
This program is free via Zoom or Facebook livestream.
To watch with Zoom, click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88575982660
