July LAG Meeting

Quilt Trunk Show of Fiber Arts was our program for July.  Cynthia Levis and Rhonda Baldwin gave a wonderful presentation along with many examples of fiber art.  No longer is the term quilt being bandied around  Now the range of fibers being used in decoration goes the gambit from painting, stitching, to printing and photography.   Among several new techniques that were foreign at least to me, was the term Eco Printing.  YouTube videos about boiled books, is the same for fabrics, incorporating nature into the fabric, or papers if one so desires.  Jelly printing, mineral plates, free motion quilting, are all terms one may encounter when creating fiber arts.  These ladies, both members of SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) gave us many wonderful ideas, that could be a starting point for artists of all mediums.  Carmen Stineman