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Spring is at our door, or so it seems, giving me fresh new ideas about creating new fiber pieces. I hope you are inspired too.
Our next potluck meeting will be at 11:00 am on March 8th
at the Ambassadors for Christ Community Church in Albuquerque, 1540
Juan Tabo Blvd. NE (between Indian School and Constitution, on the east
side of Juan Tabo). Please remember that pieces for Beyond Tradition are
due that day. Please bring them to the meeting or make other
arrangements with Betty or me to drop them off beforehand. Also remember
that slats must be provided with your piece. Please mark all slats and
packing materials with your name or you will likely not have them
returned to you.
For those of you with pieces in Beyond
Tradition, please also include a small sample piece of work such as a
test sample of dyed fabric, a small quilted or beaded sample; anything
that shows some technique and can be put into a 3 ring binder that will
be put on display at the show to be looked at and touched. The sample
does not have to be a technique that you used in your piece for the
show.
We are fortunate here in New Mexico to
have a network of talented people who are eager to share their talents
and time so that we can all prosper. Our SAQA/NM Exhibition Committee is
happy to announce a new show for 2015:
Cultural Red
Where? At the Capitol Rotunda Gallery in Santa Fe
When? April-August 2015
Who? Entry is limited to New Mexico residents only.
Tentative calendar:
Call for entry released: March 8, 2014
Entries accepted: October 1 2014-December 30 2014
Acceptance notification by email: February 15 2015
Quilt delivery to pick up location (TBD): April 1 2015
More information on Cultural Red will be released on March 8th.
We are making plans for our April 4-5, 2014 workshop and opening reception for Beyond Tradition in Ruidoso. Vicky is planning a dinner outing on the evening of Friday, April 4th
(spouses and friends are welcome), a fabric painting workshop and
dyeing demo is planned for Saturday morning at 10-to lunch am on April 5th at Vicki Conley's Pottery Studio and the opening reception for Beyond Tradition will be Saturday afternoon at 2 pm
at the Hubbard Museum. Some of our local SAQA money will cover catering
costs for the reception. It should be a wonderful weekend! I hope you
can attend.
The Workshop/demo is free! All you
need to bring is a pair of latex gloves and painting clothes. You will
be able to watch several techniques using Color Hue dyes by Betty and
Holly and make a small sample piece to take home.
If you wish to purchase additional
materials to create on your own, dyes and silk are available from Dharma
Trading. The starter set is here:http://www.dharmatrading.com/kits/starter/sets/colorhue-silk-dyes-6-color-set.html
The product number is #CH6. You will
also need 6 2oz. squeeze bottles to mix in the dye. Betty will also have
a few silk scarf blanks for sale in case you fall in love with these
dyes and you will!
Vicki needs a count of how many will
be attending the dinner Friday night and how many will attend the
workshop demo Saturday morning ASAP. Please either respond to this email
or let Vicki know if and what you will be attending so that she can
make the appropriate arrangements. vickiconley55@gmail.com. I’ll pass whatever information I get on to Vicki. I will send out the address of the dinner place as soon as we know.
Thank you to Carol Caruso for all the
trouble she went through in trying to reserve a block of rooms for us in
Ruidoso. In the end we decided the small savings to each of you did not
outweigh the risk she would have to take if we didn’t fill the minimum
number of rooms. The following are several hotels and contact
information for you to make your own arrangements. Based on the response
we have for this workshop we may feel a little more confident making a
commitment to a block of rooms for future SAQA NM
events/openings/workshops. Thank you for understanding.
Hotels in Ruidoso:
Best Western
97 Camelot Dr, Ruidoso, NM 88345
(575) 257-3600
bestwesternplusruidoso.com/
La Quinta
26147 U.S. 70, Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico 88346
(575) 378-3333
www.lqruidoso.com/
Ramada
2191 W Highway 70, Ruidoso Downs, NM 88346
(575) 378-1199
www.ramada.com/.http://www.saqa.com/ruidoso.http://www.saqa.com/ramada-ruidoso/hotel-overview
Days Inn
26150 U.S. 70, Ruidoso Downs, NM 88346
(575) 378-4299
www.daysinn.com › ... › New Mexico › Ruidoso Downs Hotels
I hope to see you at the March meeting in Albuquerque. Don't forget show and tell.
Michelle Jackson
SAQA NM Representative
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