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Our next gathering of the Art Quilters group will be at the Northwest Quilt and Fiber Art Museum in La Conner.
703 South Second Street https://www.qfamuseum.org/
11AM on February 13 at the museum where the amazing displays of the Red Dress and Birds of the Feather will be displayed.
We will have lunch at "Shawn O'Donnell's Irish Pub off Rt 20 about 1PMish. Please RSVP to Sue so we can make a reservation. 13724 La Conner Whitney Rd https://www.shawnodonnells.com/
Reminder: As a Quilt museum Guild Partner: Click link: membership - PACIFIC NORTHWEST QUILT & FIBER ARTS MUSEUM
FIQ Individual membership is $35/Year as we are a Guild Partner
This special membership rate is for active members of our current guild partners only. To verify that you qualify, please make sure to check our Guild Partner List before selecting this level.
For our March meeting.
Our next project will be a version of the Telephone Game (or Grapevine).
Bring a piece of art with a maximum size of 18x20. Then we will show that piece to another member who is participating in the ‘game’ and they will have two months to make a piece that is related to their interpretation of your art piece, that will be due in May and shown to the next person in the game. And then everyone will have two months to do the next piece in the chain. There will be four steps for each group and then we will compare how the telephone chain (or grapevine) changed as it traveled between artists.
Everyone keeps their own art when we are finished. Show up at the March 10th meeting with your first piece and join the fun. If you have questions any member of the art group would be glad to fill you in.
A note: for those looking for the Panda Pencil fabric marker, Amazon is not listing
them currently. Do a search on line. They are available from Etsy and a few quilt
shops are selling them for $4-$5.
If you would like to join Art Quilters, all are welcome. Join the Fidalgo Island Quilters Guild for $35.00 a year from January to December. Our meetings are the second Monday of the month.
Sue Matyszak- 541-357-0174, [email protected]
Fiber Art Quilters
Our next gathering of the Art Quilters group will be at the Northwest Quilt and Fiber Art Museum in La Conner.
703 South Second Street https://www.qfamuseum.org/
11AM on February 13 at the museum where the amazing displays of the Red Dress and Birds of the Feather will be displayed.
We will have lunch at "Shawn O'Donnell's Irish Pub off Rt 20 about 1PMish. Please RSVP to Sue so we can make a reservation. 13724 La Conner Whitney Rd https://www.shawnodonnells.com/
Reminder: As a Quilt museum Guild Partner: Click link: membership - PACIFIC NORTHWEST QUILT & FIBER ARTS MUSEUM
FIQ Individual membership is $35/Year as we are a Guild Partner
This special membership rate is for active members of our current guild partners only. To verify that you qualify, please make sure to check our Guild Partner List before selecting this level.
- Unlimited admission to exhibits and openings (except annual Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival)
- One (1) Membership Card
- Two (2) Guest Passes
- 10% discount at museum gift store
- and more
For our March meeting.
Our next project will be a version of the Telephone Game (or Grapevine).
Bring a piece of art with a maximum size of 18x20. Then we will show that piece to another member who is participating in the ‘game’ and they will have two months to make a piece that is related to their interpretation of your art piece, that will be due in May and shown to the next person in the game. And then everyone will have two months to do the next piece in the chain. There will be four steps for each group and then we will compare how the telephone chain (or grapevine) changed as it traveled between artists.
Everyone keeps their own art when we are finished. Show up at the March 10th meeting with your first piece and join the fun. If you have questions any member of the art group would be glad to fill you in.
A note: for those looking for the Panda Pencil fabric marker, Amazon is not listing
them currently. Do a search on line. They are available from Etsy and a few quilt
shops are selling them for $4-$5.
If you would like to join Art Quilters, all are welcome. Join the Fidalgo Island Quilters Guild for $35.00 a year from January to December. Our meetings are the second Monday of the month.
Sue Matyszak- 541-357-0174, [email protected]

The Art Quilters have demos/mini-classes to explore various techniques and methods of cutting, piecing, embellishing, layering, quilting, etc. As much fun as we have broadening our horizons, our favorite part of each meeting in Show and Share. The emphasis on Share. We are eager to show everybody else.
Art quilters meet on the second Tuesday of the month at the church from 10-12:30
Gina Lorenz 425-327-2202
Sue Matyszak 541-357-0174 [email protected]
For those that missed the last meeting, the next challenge is: Tree. No dimensions, min or max. Your adaptation or interpretation. Need inspiration? Do an internet image search for "Tree Art Quilts." Finish challenge by January 2025 meeting.
I am looking for someone who is willing to take my place as the Art Quilters coordinator for meeting, venues, and email notices. My basement will still be available for workshops if no other venue is available and I plan to attend when I am able. I will be going back to school a night and studying will be keeping me busy.
We decided the Art Quilter’s Challenge is “Flight”. We have no definition of “Flight” except as it applies to Air or Sky so that everyone can define it in their own creative terms.
Flight”
Max Size: 18x24in, either horizontal or vertical
Min Size: 12x12in
1 Required Component: A Band of Blue, any shade, tint, or tone of Blue. It must start anywhere on one edge and be 1.5in wide finished, cross the quilt in any path or placement, and exit the quilt on a different edge again being 1.5in wide finished. The band of Blue can be larger or smaller width across the quilt using any combination of elements in various Blues, but must be 1.5in wide and one color, the same color, of blue at both two edges.
Attached is a drawing of how the finished challenge quilts will be displayed and the reason for the band of Blue. Also on the drawing is a list of a few “Flight” subjects to get you thinking about your definition of “Flight”. These are meant to examples and are not requirements.
A few last points:
Your participation is highly encouraged and is not a requirement.
The quilt or just the top should be finished in time for the registration/submission date that has not been announced yet. (I may submit a group registration, if allowed, that will include a separate form for your quilt.)
The quilt should be finished on or before April 5th, note this may change.
On the registration form, you will be able to indicate whether you are donating your quilt to the Guild for the Guild to sell with no part of the sale monies returned to you. The quilt will be returned to you if not sold, but I imagine it will be returned.
If you submit a quilt, please know that you must volunteer at the show in some capacity.
At this time, there is no limit to the number of quilts each person can register, note this may change.
Have Fun and Happy Stitching!
Denny
360-333-0525
Art quilters meet on the second Tuesday of the month at the church from 10-12:30
Gina Lorenz 425-327-2202
Sue Matyszak 541-357-0174 [email protected]
For those that missed the last meeting, the next challenge is: Tree. No dimensions, min or max. Your adaptation or interpretation. Need inspiration? Do an internet image search for "Tree Art Quilts." Finish challenge by January 2025 meeting.
I am looking for someone who is willing to take my place as the Art Quilters coordinator for meeting, venues, and email notices. My basement will still be available for workshops if no other venue is available and I plan to attend when I am able. I will be going back to school a night and studying will be keeping me busy.
We decided the Art Quilter’s Challenge is “Flight”. We have no definition of “Flight” except as it applies to Air or Sky so that everyone can define it in their own creative terms.
Flight”
Max Size: 18x24in, either horizontal or vertical
Min Size: 12x12in
1 Required Component: A Band of Blue, any shade, tint, or tone of Blue. It must start anywhere on one edge and be 1.5in wide finished, cross the quilt in any path or placement, and exit the quilt on a different edge again being 1.5in wide finished. The band of Blue can be larger or smaller width across the quilt using any combination of elements in various Blues, but must be 1.5in wide and one color, the same color, of blue at both two edges.
Attached is a drawing of how the finished challenge quilts will be displayed and the reason for the band of Blue. Also on the drawing is a list of a few “Flight” subjects to get you thinking about your definition of “Flight”. These are meant to examples and are not requirements.
A few last points:
Your participation is highly encouraged and is not a requirement.
The quilt or just the top should be finished in time for the registration/submission date that has not been announced yet. (I may submit a group registration, if allowed, that will include a separate form for your quilt.)
The quilt should be finished on or before April 5th, note this may change.
On the registration form, you will be able to indicate whether you are donating your quilt to the Guild for the Guild to sell with no part of the sale monies returned to you. The quilt will be returned to you if not sold, but I imagine it will be returned.
If you submit a quilt, please know that you must volunteer at the show in some capacity.
At this time, there is no limit to the number of quilts each person can register, note this may change.
Have Fun and Happy Stitching!
Denny
360-333-0525