Virginia A. Spiegel

I Beelieve by Judy Coates Perez

Judy Coates Perez is an award-winning textile artist who is well known for her highly detailed, colorfully painted whole cloth quilts. She explores themes drawn from folklore, mythology and nature, working in a variety of media.

Often blending quilting skills with techniques drawn from her graphic arts background, she uses textile paints, dyes, inks, acrylic powders, artist’s pencils and craft metal on her art quilts and mixed media textile work.

Judy has generously donated this artwork to Fiberart For A Cause’s fifth annual Invitational Reverse Auction of Fiberarts to be held March 24 – 26, 2009.  

100% of the proceeds are donated directly to the American Cancer Society.

I Beelieve includes cotton fabric painted with textile paints and paper collage fused to heavy weight interfacing and machine quilted. Aluminum metal was machine stitched and embossed with freehand drawn designs. The doors of the house are open to reveal a glimpse of nature. The artwork is 5.5×9.5”

Judy has written numerous articles for Quilting Arts and Cloth Paper Scissors magazines and has been a guest multiple times on Quilting Arts TV. Judy has also been published in The Quilting Arts book, Mixed Mania, Prize-Winning Quilts: The Best of the International Quilt Association Shows, Contemporary Quilting: Exciting Techniques and Quilts from Award-Winning Quilters.

Update:  Judy has generously written a little technique talk about this artwork on her blog.

Fiber postcard by Liz Berg

Liz Berg has a special postcard sale in progress to benefit Fiberart For A Cause on her blog.  What a great idea and especially so during the holiday season when many people are seeking unique and handmade holiday gifts.

100% of the proceeds go directly to the American Cancer Society through Fiberart For A Cause’s donation page.

Thank you, Liz!

We have several other Fiberart For A Cause fundraisers in progress; check out the details here. Fiberart For A Cause has donated $165,000 to the American Cancer Society and will continue to grow that number through 2009.

Believe by Karen Stiehl Osborn

Karen Stiehl Osborn has posted her collages for Collage Mania here.  I love them!  

It’s not too early to submit YOUR jpegs for Collage Mania 2009.  The Call for Artists is here.   

The deadline is April 1, 2009, but collages are displayed for patrons to peruse in, more or less, the order in which they are received.  I also will be featuring collages here on my blog right up to Preview Week 2009.

Let Karen – Karen(at)KarenStiehlOsborn.com –  know you are planning to participating this year and she will add your name to the growing list of artists. 

Our goal is to raise $20,000 for the American Cancer Society in three days. Last year we raised over $13,000 with more than 200 collages, so you can do the math about how many wonderful collages will be needed for 2009.

Please let me know if you have any questions and thank you in advance for your support!

Talk about win-win.  For a $5 donation to the American Cancer Society, you can learn all about machine wrapped cording through a multi-media workbook.

According to its creator, Linda Matthews of Creative Textile and Quilting Arts, the  …multimedia ebook includes step-by-step instructions for making wrapped cording on your sewing machine, including video, sample photos, options and applications, tips and tricks, and resources.

Cynthia St. Charles
Begin 6″h x 8″w Recycled printer paper, dyed and painted with acrylics. Printed with original handcut rubber stamps, photoscreen print of turkey vulture in flight in acrylics. Mounted on 10″x8″ 100% recycled backing board (white mat included). From Collage Mania 2008.

The Call for Artists for Collage Mania 2009, a Fiberart For A Cause fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, is now up here.

All materials are acceptable, but collages should contain some fiber (paper, fabric, or other fibrous material). There are no restrictions on content or style. Art quilts are, of course, acceptable and encouraged.

Collages may be any size and finished in any manner, but they must be finished or mounted to 10×8″ (25.4 cm x 20.3 cm). The orientation may be either horizontal or vertical. There is a ink to a FAQ on mounting artwork in the Call.

I honestly was not going to do Collage Mania this year, but Karen Stiehl Osborn stepped forward and saved the day.  She will be receiving and processing your jpegs.  As noted in the call, also e-mail her if you intend to participate this year.

The deadline to send your jpegs to Karen is April 1, 2009, but do remember that collages are shown in more or less the order they are received.

Collage Mania will be held May 5 – 7, 2009 with all collages offered for a minimum donation of $80 to the American Cancer Society through Fiberart For A Cause on Gold Donor Day, May 5, and a minimum donation of $40 on May 6 and May 7. As this is a fundraiser, patrons are encourage to donate a bit more if they are able for a favorite collage.

Collage Mania 2008 raised $13,000 for the American Cancer Society in two days.  Our goal for Collage Mania 2009 is to raise $20,000 for the American Cancer Society in three days. I hope you can join us and please do contact me if you have any questions.