Then Again Podcast Links
Many many warm fuzzy thanks to the folks at the Northeast Georgia History Center for having me on their podcast, Then Again! Episode 84 is called Patchworks of the Past & Present. You can find this episode on Then Again’s website, and also on Spotify (direct link here). I’m sure you can find it lots of other places, too. And while you’re at it, leave them a positive review!
Several times during our conversation, I told Marie I’d send her a link to this and that, so if you’re looking for those links, you’re in the right place! Enjoy.
Sarah's socials: Facebook, Instagram, Twitch
Cerulean Gallery in Amarillo and Dallas, TX
Great YouTube channels for beginning quilters: The Crafty Gemini, Just Get It Done Quilts
Gees Bend Quilters and the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
What is 'modern quilting'? (I'm not actually a huge fan of this organization, but this page does have a good explanation.)
Books I love:
The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters by Sherri Lynn Wood
Rosie Lee Tompkins: A Retrospective (The BAMPFA is currently taking orders for the next printing of the catalog.)
A Piece of My Soul: Quilts By Black Arkansans by Cuesta Benberry (1923-2007)
Godharis (quilts from Western India): This is the exhibition I saw at the International Quilt Museum in Lincoln, NE: Collecting and Recollecting
Thanks again to Marie, Libba, and all the folks at the Northeast Georgia History Center! I encourage you to listen to their podcast, Then Again (not just the episode I’m in) for a wonderful, conversational look at history from all angles.
Common Threads at Cerulean Gallery 10 Aug - 10 Oct 2018
Cerulean Gallery's exhibition Common Threads will feature 7 artists whose works are either fine art textiles or inspired by textiles.
We will also be featuring “The Art of Survival” from the Bra Talk Program of Panhandle Breast Health.
Please join us for the opening reception on Friday, August 10, 6 pm - 8:30 pm.
Cerulean Gallery is located at 814 S Taylor St, Amarillo, TX 79101. The gallery is open to the public Monday through Friday 10-3. Visit their website or call 806 576 0063 to learn more.
Featured Artists:
Sarah Atlee
Lizzie Bailey
Uta-Maria Krapf
Jane Roulston
Bonnie Siebert
Sabrina Siebert
Liana Yarckin
Walking on Sunshine
Walking on Sunshine Various fabrics and thread, machine pieced and quilted by Sarah Atlee, 2016 66 x 56 inches
I absolutely love working with donated fabrics. You get a bunch of things that were never meant to go together, and you make them go together.
Walking on Sunshine is headed to the Community First! village, an innovative housing solution in Austin, TX.
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Current Blocks for Art of the Month at Current Studio
Current Block 4: Eccentric Orbit Various fabrics and thread, machine pieced and quilted, 8.5" x 8" 2016 by Sarah Atlee
EDIT: I created this series of mini quilts for an Art of the Month Club at the former Current Studio gallery in Oklahoma City.
Sarah Atlee was the January 2017 Featured Artist for Art of the Month at Current Studio!
I am making a series of unique improvisational quilts, 8 to 9 inches square, exclusively for Current Studio.
Current Studio features a different artist each month for their subscribers. Sarah Atlee's art was featured in January 2017.
Dot Dot Dash
In Dot Dot Dash, I set out to explore visual rhythms. We know that I love stripes. Turns out, I love dots too.
I had so many fun fabrics to choose from. Some donated to the Community First! Quilters, some I purchased myself. In particular, I've been in love with this Dottie Jean Jacket print by Rashida Coleman-Hale for Cotton + Steel.
Does it get any better than strip-piecing?
So much fun to quilt this thing!
Aah, texture.
On the back: cream-colored flannel, and a variegated blue thread.
Along one edge, Community First! is spelled out in Morse code, using buttons. Light buttons for dashes, dark buttons for dots.
Dot Dot Dash was donated to the Community First! village, an innovative housing solution in Austin, TX.
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