Kathie Kerler

Kathie Kerler - Fiber Artist, NQA Certified Judge, and Writer

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Archives for October 2018

The Visions Experience

Last Saturday was the opening of Quilt Visions 2018: Connections. I was honored to have my piece “Terra I” selected as one of the 43 works out of 353 by a jury of three renowned artists. As this year was the first time I’ve submitted to Visions, one of the two premier art quilt venues […]

October 24, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: art, Quilt Shows, San Diego, Seaport Village, Visions Art Museum - Leave a Comment

World Fairy Tale Quilts Have Arrived

This Saturday and Sunday, all 90 World Fairy Tale Quilts will be on display for the first time in Oregon, having traveled Japan, France, and throughout the United States. Here’s a link from the Newport News Times that tells all about it. https://newportnewstimes.com/article/world-fairy-tale-art-quilts-show-coming-to-yachats Here’s my quilt.

October 23, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: International Fairytale Challenge, Quilt Shows - Leave a Comment

Guest Artist as Butterfly

Saturday was my first time exhibiting in costume! When I was invited to be the guest artist at the Columbia River Piecemakers Quilt Guild Show, I was told most of the guild members would be in costume. Why? Because St. Helens is the site where Disney filmed Halloweentown, which the town celebrates during the month […]

October 14, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Columbia River Piecemakers, Fiber Art, Halloweentown, Quilt Shows - Leave a Comment

Northwest Quilters’ October Quilt Guild Meeting

Monday night we had an interesting mix of speakers. The new owner of Montavilla Sewing Center in Lake Oswego came to our meeting to talk about their latest shop, which formerly was The Pine Needle. Generally, Montavilla’s stores sell machines and offer classes associated with their machines. This store is adding fabric to their line […]

October 11, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Guild Meetings, Northwest Quilters Guild, Quilts, Zigzag Pizzazz - Leave a Comment

Poppies and Periwinkle Progress

In between judging and what feels like a myriad number of other commitments, I’ve been working on my latest wall hanging, “P is For Poppy and Periwinkle”. I’ve finished the embroidery on the flowers and leaves. Here’s where I’m at. Next up is couching on my hand-twisted cords for stems. Below is a photo of […]

October 10, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Design, Quilts - Leave a Comment

Sunbonnet Sue As You’ve Never Seen Her!

Without a doubt, the most creative quilt at the Northwest Quilting Expo was made by Flora Joy of Johnson City, Tennessee. She wrote, “Twelve separate, freestanding curvy blocks have been sewn at their top borders to a separate base quilt. Viewers can lift each Dutch doll/Sunbonnet Sue to read the block’s unusual but true story […]

October 8, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Boise, Boise Basin Quilters Show, Fabric Zoom, National Association of Certified Quilt Judges, Northwest Quilting Expo, Quilt Judging, Quilt Shows, Sunbonnet Sue - Leave a Comment

Quilt Show Extravaganza!

The last two weeks of September were filled with judging three quilt shows in succession with wonderful quilts in each. The first show I judged was in La Conner, Washington located on a channel of the Swinomish River. I was lucky enough to have a room at the Channel Lodge with a beautiful view of […]

October 7, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Boise Basin Quilters, La Conner, Northwest Quilting Expo, Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Fest, Quilt Judging, Quilt Shows - Leave a Comment

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