Prayer Flags

Several of our members are also members of SAQA.  In May those members made Pray Flags for the covered bridge at FIT, for the conference.  We also made fabric flowers for the center of tables.  These center pieces became door prizes at the end of the Friday night banquet.

March 2015 Meeting

The March meeting show and tell included fabric flowers by Susan Rienzo.

Perspectives ~ Artwork by Dirty Dozen Fiber Artists

Seaside Piecemakers had their Quilt Show on March 7 & 8th this year.  Dirty Dozen members were invited to display art quilts during the show.
The thrill of experimentation and the joy of spending time together showed in our presentation that week-end.

More pictures

A few more pictures from our meeting.

DDFA monthly meeting Extra Good!

Our monthly meeting was very interesting and had wonderful Show & Tell.  Gabriele's new Witch Quilt was a winner.  Bev had two piece of rust dyed fabric in deep gold tones and a ice dyed quilt in jewel colors, beading and black thread outlines of flowers and leaves.  Terri, our guest, showed several small quilts with thread painting and great used of colored pencils.  Jill had used her fabric from last month to create covers for ipads.
Ellen's three small quilts had entertaining stories and two were very different from her usual work.

Ellen presented a

excellent program on Photo inspiration.  Several members had photos and the final quilt.
It was very helpful to see the steps and work that went into many quilts that had begun with a great photo.
Thank you Ellen, I will benefit from this detailed journey  of many of you lovely quilts.

September Meeting

Our September meeting was today with three guests plus Nancy Stewart was invited to do a program about
Tsukinenko Ink.  Terri Drake, Pam Chamberlain, and Mindy Marik shared their talents and joined in show and tell.  It was a busy morning and enjoyed by all. 

Time for the August Meeting

Our August meeting was very exciting.  All members could be there~Yippee!  Lots of great Show & Tell.

Ellen Lindner presented the program, "How to Critique Artwork".  I believe we all learned from this program and I will refer to the hand-out until I remember Describe-Analyze-Interpret-Evaluate.  Thank you Ellen!

DDFA annual Retreat

July 12, 13, and 14, 2013 members went on our annual retreat.  We stay at the Yellow Flamingo in Cocoa Beach.  We are a block from the ocean but only walk the beach in early morning or Saturday evening after a wonderful seafood dinner.
The group was small this year, but fun as always.

May 13th Meeting

The 2nd Monday of May is our regular meeting.  The program was on Colored Pencils and our Show and Tell was exciting as usual.

Show and Tell at August Meeting

The August meeting was fun and here are a few pictures to share.

DDFA went on their annual retreat to Cocoa Beach. All members did not attend, but those who did had a wonderful time. We arrived around noon Friday, unpacked, talked, had lunch, talked, set up projects and shared art ideas until dinner. The Shark Pit is within walking distance and a menu for all. Saturday two more members joined us for the day and Ellen Lindner showed us her techniques for a collage art piece. That evening we had dinner out again and on to "Art Gallery of Viera", where Dij Pacarro has some of her work on display. Sunday we slowly packed up and talked about our great week-end together.

July Meeting

A small number of members were able to attend the July meeting. We discussed our annual retreat coming up this week-end. 3-days of fun and fiber at Cocoa Beach. Ellen Lindner will lead us in her Sticky Fingers: Glued Fabric Collage. She teaches this as a On-line class. Show and Tell is always a high point of our meetings. Barbara Bilbo shared her latest dolls made from found objects. Peg Horsfield shared a new quilt. Ruth Anne Parker's program was on watercolor pencils and colored markers.

Ice Dyeing

I believe Saturday's playday was a huge success. Many want to keep playing with this technique and Dij has a shirt which shows the great colors.

This past Saturday was a playday for DDFA at RiverHouse. We invited another fiber arts group, Seams Unique, to join us. Jill Brown showed us ice dyeing and Andrea Luliak followed with demos on silk screening and Photo EZ screens. Everyone was happy to play with dye, ice, stencils, etc. I believe most of us will try at least one technique again.

Zentangles

This past month our group has been playing with Zentangles. At our meeting last week, each of us did a show and tell of some of the play. Later we did an exchange of our samples. Bev had on a sweat shirt decorated with a form of zentangles. We are planning a challenge piece using our creations and due in May.

Hanging for our Exhibit

Our Exhibit will be on display the month of October. Reception on Saturday,
October 8th. The challenge quilt theme for the year is White on White. We had 11 members complete art quilts. Each on was very different.

Dirty Dozen 8th Exhibit! 2011

Dirty Dozen Fiber Artist's 8th Exhibit is coming up fast. One of the art quilts used for publicity is by Peg Horsfield

Dirty Dozen 8th Exhibit! 2011

Fiber Art Exhibit
Opens October 1 st
From October lst through October 31st

The Dirty Dozen Fiber Artists will transform the Boutique 4 Quilters
classroom into an exhibit of over 50 original fiber art pieces, including two group projects.

Reception October 8th, 1-3 PM
General viewing during regular store hours

Boutique 4 Quilters is located at
2945 W. New Haven Ave., West Melbourne, Fl
Store hours are M-F 9:30-5, Sat. 9:30-4, Phone 321-768-2060

Collaborations! is a premier invitational mixed media exhibit of local artists who teamed
together with fiber artists and quilters to design vignettes based on their personal choices
of themes and ideas. Paintings, pottery, ceramics tilework, fabric arts and quilts will be
presented. Nineteen teams will each set up their own display. Many of the pieces will be for
sale, and this will be the first time most of the pieces are exhibited. This is also the first time
Seaside Piecemakers, the local quilt guild, has organized an event to engage other artists
in the community to work collectively.
Several members of Dirty Dozen will have their work on display.

Location: Melbourne Auditorium, 625 E. Hibiscus Blvd., Melbourne Florida
-Dates: Thursday- Friday, March 10-12, 2011.
Thursday and Friday hours are 9:00 - 4:00.
-The Opening Reception is Thursday, March 10, 2011, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

January 2011 Program

The first program of the year is on new techniques. I traveled to a Iowa Retreat and created a mixed media doll. Some of the products are great for adding texture to any art quilt as well as to use on dolls. Much to my surprise I sold the doll which I was to use in my demo, but do have a picture to share