We celebrated our 1st year anniversary this past month. It was a great day since we braved the cold to combine our newest Collaborative work for the Relay of Hope Ontario Panel. Canadian Aids Society and Relay of Hope Run
Robynne brought this cause to our attention and we jumped right in designing a piece to represent Ontario for this Canada wide quilt. Our group is good at collaborations. We have completed 2 and have several in mind for entry into upcoming call of entries.
How do we do it?
First an idea is proposed...
There is a lot of discussion, chatter and free flowing ideas. With each member contributing in their unique way. (Usually controlled chaos)
A bit of sketching... choosing of fabric and then general guidelines of what we would like each member to do before the next meeting.
Then we go our separate ways and create in our own style what we have agreed on. So far this approach has worked in my humble opinion. Our different skills, talents, experiences and skill set seems to bring out the best in us.
This is what our panel for the Relay of Hope Quilt turned out.
We each had input into the design, fabric choices, techniques used and quilting of this piece. Mind you Al is still the master of long arm quilting but we all did a bit on this quilt.
This is our 2nd collaboration in the past year.
Our first was Metaphysical Collaboration and was juried into Fibre Content 2014.
How we did that will be in an upcoming post.
If you belong to a group try a collaboration. It is a great way to learn via others work process, stretch your skills and have fun!
Jo
To see more detailed pictures go to the Collaborations Page of this Blog.
Robynne brought this cause to our attention and we jumped right in designing a piece to represent Ontario for this Canada wide quilt. Our group is good at collaborations. We have completed 2 and have several in mind for entry into upcoming call of entries.
How do we do it?
First an idea is proposed...
There is a lot of discussion, chatter and free flowing ideas. With each member contributing in their unique way. (Usually controlled chaos)
A bit of sketching... choosing of fabric and then general guidelines of what we would like each member to do before the next meeting.
Then we go our separate ways and create in our own style what we have agreed on. So far this approach has worked in my humble opinion. Our different skills, talents, experiences and skill set seems to bring out the best in us.
This is what our panel for the Relay of Hope Quilt turned out.
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| Relay of Hope - Ontario Panel. |
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| Al Cote, Jo Vandermey, Karen Siariani, Robynne Cole |
We each had input into the design, fabric choices, techniques used and quilting of this piece. Mind you Al is still the master of long arm quilting but we all did a bit on this quilt.
This is our 2nd collaboration in the past year.
Our first was Metaphysical Collaboration and was juried into Fibre Content 2014.
How we did that will be in an upcoming post.
If you belong to a group try a collaboration. It is a great way to learn via others work process, stretch your skills and have fun!
Jo
To see more detailed pictures go to the Collaborations Page of this Blog.
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