Maverick Meeting

I finally found an Art Quilting Group to join while I am down south. There only appears to be the one, Mavericks, in all of the greater Phoenix area. That is surprising!!

It was great to meet some other fibre enthusiasts and to see the kind of work they are doing. Every January they plan a challenge and reveal it in November. This was the November meeting so I was there for the challenge showings. 

The first challenge was, Adobe Hut, a interactive piece. It started with a photograph of an adobe hut that was sliced into four segments. Each artists put together one of the slices. Today they hung the four together on a Velcro hanging rod. There were two groups of four. They will be hung as a set, but people will be encouraged to move the pieces from one set to another to create a variety of groupings to find the one they like the best. Interesting concept. 

The second challenge was to take specific fabric, designed by one of the Mavericks and produced by a fabric company. (She was the winner of a fabric designing contest.) and make a square quilt any size bigger than 12" square. 

Adobe Hut challenge. 

Close up of Adobe Hut challenge.

Blurry photo of fabric designer and her square quilt featuring the blue and yellow colourways of her fabric.

Another members challenge using the designed fabric as above.

Use of the blue fabric colourway.

Use of the yellow/orange colourway in trees leaves.  Use of green colourway in grass.

Use of all the colourways.

Very blurry photo, sorry.  Use of three colourways  in square patches and the white  area has a stitched tree.

Another Canadian Snowbird member.  This is her SAQUA entry.

Use of two of the colourways to depict Mexican Poppies.

Use of the multicoloured colourway in a reverse applique.

There is a man in the group.  Here is his 'tribute' to male quilters.
All sayings that male quilters have had to endure in quilt shops.

An amazing quilt by the same lady who designed the fabric.
(I will try to get her name for next time!!)

Close up.  Interesting piecing of background.  I think it is a twist on a four-patch.  Anyone know the name of this pattern?