Kathie Kerler

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

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Counted Thread in Kuwait

I’m thrilled to say I’ve been asked to judge and teach next April for the Kuwait Textile Arts Association in, where else, Kuwait. They asked if I were able to judge other types of needlework beyond quilting. I said, of course, and listed all of the techniques we studied when I did my London City […]

November 27, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Blackwork, Design, Fiber Art, Hand Embroidery, Hardanger, Kuwait, Kuwait Textile Arts Association, Quilt Judging - Leave a Comment

Poppies and Periwinkle

Will this quilt top ever be done? Not any time soon. I’ve put in embroidery and taken out the stitches. I stitched new stitches and took some of those out. Here’s the progress on panel one. I see I need to bring the stems of the small flowers down through the lower section. Otherwise, the […]

July 8, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Design, Embroi, P is for Poppies and Periwinkle, Quilt - Leave a Comment

From Inspiration to the Finish Line

At 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 23rd, I’ll be presenting my design process at the Northwest Quilters Guild show, describing how I move from inspiration through research and sampling to the final artwork. The quilts I’ll be using to illustrate my talk are those I’ve created for two international traveling exhibitions. The first one toured […]

March 14, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Design, Northwest Quilters Guild, Presentations, Quilts, World Heritage Sites Challenge, World Poet Challenge - Leave a Comment

Emily Dickenson and the World Poet Challenge

To create the moth, I immediately thought of using two fabrics I had on hand: a white Radiance for the main part of the body and an iridescent polyester organza for the highlights. For the composition, see my post of January 25th. I chose reverse appliqué for the construction technique, stitching a section of the […]

February 3, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Design, Emily Dickenson, Exhibition, World Poet Challenge - 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

Wall hanging in Progress–finally!

I’ve been working on an 18″ x 40″ wall hanging. I’m calling it “P is For Poppies and Periwinkle”. Obviously, the main flowers are poppies, while the flowers on the tall stems are called false indigo. I saw the combination of red and orange poppies with the periwinkle-colored false indigo in a neighbor’s garden last […]

August 9, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Design, Quilts - Leave a Comment

Some Quick Quilt Show News and More

Last weekend I received a 2nd place award for “Z is For Zinnia, C is For Cosmos” at the Northwest Quilting Expo here in Portland, OR. I love the “lemonade” quilt on the right. See more images in my gallery by clicking on the link. Then a few weeks back “Anasazi Roadways” was juried into […]

October 8, 2017 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: American Quilter magazine, Design, Northwest Quilting Expo, Patchwork Design--2018 Brazil, Vintage Quilts - Leave a Comment

Value Does All the Work

A couple weeks ago, I completed the ninth annual Master Art Series with Hollis Chatelain at The Oregon Garden. This year was all about neutrals and identifying our own style. Prior to class, we selected six pieces of our work: three that were successful and three that were not. Each day of the five days, […]

June 22, 2017 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Design, Fiber Art, Hollis Chatelain, Value - Leave a Comment

Drawing on My Computer

I mentioned in a previous post I was taking an on-line course called Digital Design from the Pixeladies. The ultimate goal of the course was to use a tablet and Photoshop Elements (PSE) to design fabric that you could have printed from one of the on-line printing companies, such as Spoonflower, or at home using […]

June 19, 2017 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Design, Photoshop Elements, Pixeladies, Wacom Tablet - Leave a Comment

Finishing the Top

To finish the border, I appliquéd the red triangles with red rayon thread. Then I couched the blue triangles with a Kreinik Metallic Braid in size medium in a matching blue. I considered couching around the inner edge of the triangular border with metallic black but decided to use the same Kreinik blue. Here’s the […]

August 25, 2016 - Filed Under: Blog, Innovative--Dimensional Tagged With: Design, Fiber Art, London City and Guilds, Quilts, World Heritage Sites Challenge - Leave a Comment

Quilt Building Doesn’t Always Go According to Plan

My next step was to construct the blocks in the four corners. I had my fabrics and needed to choose thread color and stitch. I matched the thread to the blue “four-leaf clover” under the fleur-de-lys. I know there must be a name for this motif, but I can’t seem to find it anywhere. I […]

August 20, 2016 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Design, Fiber Art, Quilts, World Heritage Sites Challenge - Leave a Comment

How to Build a Quilt From the Ground Up–Part II

As promised, here is how my World Heritage Site quilt featuring Chartres Cathedral is progressing. The first step was sampling threads and stitches in order to embroider the cathedral. From my stash, I chose a six-strand floss in the same shade of blue to match my blue fabric. I have done a lot of embroidery […]

August 19, 2016 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Design, Fiber Art, Quilts, World Heritage Sites Challenge - Leave a Comment

How to Build a Quilt From the Ground Up

As mentioned in a previous post, I’m participating in a new International Challenge. This time the subject is World Heritage Sites. Mine is Notre Dame Cathedral in Chartres. By the way, this Notre Dame is not to be confused with the more famous Notre Dame de Paris. I’ve been to Chartres twice, once during a […]

July 31, 2016 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Design, Fiber Art, Quilts, World Heritage Sites Challenge - Leave a Comment

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