"High Fiber Diet" Closing Reception

The Closing Reception for DAFA's Annual Show, High Fiber Diet, was a night full of inspiration, amazing work, and lots of good food. Jules Rushing's piece, Truck Quilt, was awarded Best In Show by juror Cynthia Padilla. Cynthia's rich background in textiles and design help provide thoughtful insight as to what makes a succesful piece.

Left to right: Penny Hurst, Best Felted Art winner Amber Waves of Grain; Jules Rushing, Best of Show winner Truck Quilt; Juror Cynthia Padilla and Sherrie Tootle

Fancy Fibers Farm, Quilt Country, and Creative Stitches and Gifts donated wonderful prizes for the winners. These supporters helped make it a special night. And thanks to Lu Peters, Sherrie Tootle and all the others who helped make this another successful show.

Left to right: Heather Pregger, Best Art Quilt winner, Resonance; Lu Peters, Judge's Choice winner, Dinner Jacket; Lisa Covert, Best Hand Stitching winner, Gestalt I

April Soncrant and Denise Spillane closed the evening announcing the winners from the Community Service project, Connections. Each quilt submitted to this part of the show will be donated to the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative which raises money for Alzheimer's research. DAFA has helped raise over $2,500 for AAQI.

Left to right: Cathie Mercer, Viewer's Choice winner, There Is Beauty All Around; Brenda Wyatt, C.C. Young Award winner, Connections In The Brain's Tangled Garden; Varda Main, Best Interpretation of a Theme, I Miss You Already; Community Service chair April Soncrant announces the winners.

DAFA art quilts supporting AAQI

Finding My Way Home
Lu Peters

DAFA ART QUILTS HAVE BEEN HOT SELLERS on the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative website. In just this past month 10 of our members' art quilts have sold, making our current total 13 quilts sold for an amazing $1,000! Yes, DAFA members, you are all Fiber Art Quilt Rock Stars in my book!

I checked the list to see how many DAFA art quilts have been pulled and slated to make the trip to Houston for the International Quilt Festival, and there are 22! I just know that all of them will be purchased and greatly loved and admired in their new homes.

Monday night I hope you will be in attendance for Recycled Runway: From the Sidewalk to the Green Catwalk. Lu Peters promises it will be a wonderful program. Thanks to so many of our members who have been working hard on their projects.

See you on the Runway!

                                                                                                         -- Jules Rushing, president

Dallas Area Fiber Artists Support the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative

Above left: April Soncrant's "Super Highway." Above right: Jo Appleton's "Hidden Pathway."

We are busy watching the action on the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative site with the monthly auctions. Last month a few of our members' art quilts sold from the “ForSale” section, and Super Highway by April Soncrant has been selected for the September Quilt Auction.

A link has been added to the blog sidebar for the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative. You will also be able to keep an eye on the sales progress of the DAFA art quilts.

The Dallas Area Fiber ARTists have our own page so visitors to the AAQI website will know about us and see the quilts we have donated to AAQI.  

On August 15, AAQI wrote about DAFA's participation and our Priority Art Quilt project. It was very exciting for those of us who "Like" AAQI on Facebook to see the post.

The volunteers with Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative are busy sorting and selecting art quilts to take to the InternationalQuilt Festival in Houston in November.  They are listing the art quilts they are pulling for Houston, and some of the DAFA art quilts have already been selected.

During our September meeting April Soncrant and Denise Spillane will let us know about the next Priority Quilt Challenge for DAFA. Plus, Lu Peters will let us know about a 2013 show for which we have been asked to be the exhibitors.
                                                                                                                 --Jules Rushing