September RAFA Meeting in Rochester

There is always time for conversation before the business meeting.

Then comes Show and Tell. This was a present of photos for her Mother's 90th birthday.

Janet has been turning out lots of beautiful jackets for her upcoming Clothesline Sale.

And Val has been doing ice cube dyeing.

Mary's curved pieced small quilt.

Would you believe...there is a dragon in there?

January 2011 RAFA Meeting

Sadly (for us anyway) Varda Main is leaving for Texas at the end of the month. She brought in to sell some things she can't move

And I brought in a few things from my trip to Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.

Margaret was finishing work on an African quilt inspired by her trip there last summer.

Anne displayed two felted hats.

Beth displayed a lovely pieced quilt.

That's Liz Scott behind her pretty handpainted quilt.

Varda had made a sweater from some wool leftover from another project.

Julia displayed her quilt for the upcoming show.

The orange strips in Elaine's pretty piece are beaded.

February RAFA Meeting

Today was the first RAFA meeting in a new location in East Rochester. We liked the fact that the room was large with lots of tables and so far parking does not seem to be a problem.
Mary Wieser displayed a quilt she made for a challenge.

Mary Rankin made this wonderful quilt for a grandson.

And Nancy Hicks displayed another one of her face quilts.

Marcia DeCamp had had this quilt accepted in a major show.

Sarah Terry made this piece from one of her marbled fabrics.

RAFA Trunk Show at Schweinfurth Art Gallery

Last Sunday I attended the RAFA (Rochester Area Fiber Artists) Trunk Show at the Schweinfurth Art Gallery in Auburn. The Art Quilts Art Quilt Show was on display in the main gallery. I was happy to see Genie Barnes wearing the Butterfly Jacket she started a few days ago at Marcia's Studio. Here she is chatting on the main gallery with Sally Dutko.

Upstairs at the Trunk Show Pat Pauly introduces the five presentors.

Nancy Hicks kicked off the program with the Face quilts she has made over the last few years.



The next speaker was Jeanne Simpson who described her foray into the quilt world.


You can see more of her work on her web page: www.aquilterstouch.com


This was her quilt and mola from the mola challenge.



Barb Seils followed

Many of her quilts began as projects started in classes with Nancy Crow.




Diane Miller described her history as a well known machine knitter.
You can see more of her work on her web site: www.dimitysdrygoods.com

The last speaker was Marcia Eygabroat.
Many of her quilts have a photograph in the background which she has enlarged and embroidered.
This was a portrait of her parents.
Many of her quilts have won awards in national shows.
This was Marcia and her sister.
You can see more of her quilts on her web page: www.quiltedartworks.com