Tag: Studio Art Quilt Associates
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Kris’ 2023 SAQA Dream Collection
Studio Art Quilts Associates (SAQA) holds a benefit auction every September to raise money for exhibitions and to further education of the art quilt. They invite everyone to create a dream collection of eight pieces. Deb will post her collection next week, and I would love having the following works in my home. Why don’t…
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Squared Off: Kris’ SAQA Dream Collection
The bidding for our favorite auction, the Studio Art Quilt Associates Benefit Auction,* starts on September 9, 2022. As in years past, Deb and I are making our dream collections. Click here to view Deb’s collection. This year eight pieces make up a collection. My tastes run the gamut, but this year I kept returning…
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These are a Few of Deb’s Favorite Things
The bidding for our favorite auction, the Studio Art Quilt Associates Benefit Auction,* starts on September 9, 2022. As in years past, Kris and I are making our dream collections. This year eight pieces make up a collection. Usually I create a very cohesive dream collection. I start with one art quilt and build a…
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What To Look For In Fabric-Printing Companies
There are more and more fabric-printing companies out there to turn your digital designs into fabrics of many types. From cotton duck to silk organza, the sky is now the limit. We had written about fabric-printing companies for the SAQA Journal a few years back. Recently they asked us to revisit the topic again. The…
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Art Quilts Unfolding
“Wow! That’s one heavy box.” said my husband as he handed me (Deb) the package from Schiffer Publishing. “Wow!” I said as I tore the box open. I don’t think I’ve had a book that large and heavy since the days of college textbooks. This is no mere coffee table book, this book has meat!…
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“Apple Records” and the 2018 SAQA Benefit Auction
If you are regular readers of the Pixeladies blog, you know that we are big supporters of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) and especially its annual benefit auction. We’ve individually bought quilts at auction, but as the Pixeladies we try to also donate a quilt every year. Last year we were unable to donate a…
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Kris’ 2018 SAQA Dream Collection
As Deb mentioned in our last post, it’s time again to start dreaming about the perfect art collection in the form of six amazing 12″ x 12″ art quilts from the annual SAQA Benefit Auction (Sep 17 – Oct 7). Deb actually posted not one, but two dream collections. I, on the other hand, have been…
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Deb’s 2018 SAQA Dream Collection
It’s getting to be that time of year again. Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) holds an auction of amazing 12″ x 12″ art quilts in September. This year it goes from September 14 through October 7, so mark your calendar! In addition to seeing all the quilts, you can view members’ dream collections of six…
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Tech Tuesday: Fabric Printing, Part 3
We are often asked to recommend a good online fabric-printing service. A few years ago we wrote a couple of reviews. You can read them here: Online Fabric-Printing Service Review 1 Online Fabric-Printing Service Review 2 This past summer we had the opportunity to write a more comprehensive article about online fabric-printing services for the SAQA* Journal.…
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Ahh, The Company We Keep!
I regularly check out the website of Studio Art Quilt Associates because they frequently change their homepage banners. For me, it’s a weekly art fix. Well, wasn’t I surprised to check in the other day to find this amazing collage: Wow, our Obama quilt is in great company! These artists have produced some amazing work, and we hope you…
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Bid On Our Quilt Starting Today!
As most of you know, we are proud members of Studio Art Quilt Associates, whose mission is to promote the art quilt. Their annual online benefit auction is currently underway, and you can bid on our quilt starting today at 2 pm EDT. “The Language of Color 7: Color IQ” is one in the series…
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Deb’s 2016 SAQA Dream Collection
Every year Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) holds an online auction of amazing 12″ x 12″ art quilts. They invite the public to post their dream collection. Kris and I just love curating the six quilts we would like to have in our houses (and, of course, really bid on). I started to create my…
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Kris’ 2016 SAQA Dream Collection
Every year Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) holds an online auction of amazing 12″ x 12″ art quilts. They invite the public to post their dream collection of six pieces. Deb and I just love perusing the collection to pick out what we would like to hang on our wall (and, of course, really bid…
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Bid On Our Quilt!
The SAQA Benefit Auction starts tomorrow. We donated this 12″x 12″ quilt to help support this wonderful organization. After all, earth without art is just “eh.” There are a lot of great quilts available (just in case ours doesn’t strike your fancy). When our #internkelly was doing her internship with the Pixeladies, we all put…
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#internkelly’s 2015 SAQA Dream Collection
The art quilts I viewed for SAQA’s 2015 Benefit Auction have enchanted and impressed me in so many ways. I am struck by the intelligence and innovation behind every quilt and delighted by some of the unconventional re-purposing of materials. As I browsed the evocative body of work, I found myself pausing on a select…
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Deb’s 2015 SAQA Dream Collection
Every year, SAQA members are invited to choose 6 quilts from the SAQA Benefit Auction they would love to own. Kris’s collection was Kind of Blue. Deb’s choices must have been inspired by the heat on the day she curated her dream collection*. It is called Riot of Color. Here’s the way I would hang…
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Kris’ 2015 SAQA Dream Collection
The 2015 SAQA Benefit Auction starts September 18. Every year, members are invited to select their dream collection. We always have so much fun doing this. Here is Kris’ dream collection. Both Deb and Intern Kelly will pick theirs in the next two weeks. The idea is to curate your own 6-piece collection that you…
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Bid On Our Auction Piece Today!
The 2013 SAQA Benefit Auction continues today in Houston, Texas, but you can still bid on the pieces online! Look for “The Language of Color 2: Getting to the Point.” Like all the other pieces in the auction, this piece is 12″ x 12″ and the money raised helps to fund the worthy programs of…
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Batik Watercolor in Miniature
Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) is holding its annual conference this year in Santa Fe. Whoopee is all I have to say! Never having been there and having to listen to all of Deb’s ravings about the place – not to mention a blog post about the Folk Art Market – I can’t wait. I’m…
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Ode To Sacratomato
The Northern California/Northern Nevada Region of Studio Art Quilts Associates (SAQA) is mounting its first regional exhibit this April. We had always wanted to organize an exhibit when we were the regional representatives, but it remained our big regret. So, when Franki Kohler organized one in Oakland, we jumped at the change to submit. Titled “Put…
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High Tech Quilts
Welcome back. Today you can see what fun I had with parts I gleaned from taking apart computer hard drives, cd burners and cell phones. At our Studio Art Quilt Associates convention in Santa Fe, we’re going to have a silent auction of miniature art quilts just for people at the conference. This will be…
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2011-2013 SAQA Trunk Show Premiere
For the second time in its history, Studio Art Quilt Associates organized a traveling trunk show. Deb and I had the honor of curating the show. Every member of SAQA was invited to submit a piece, and every pieced was accepted as long as it conformed to the size requirement (must fit within the 12″…