Kathie Kerler

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

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Kuwait Update

I’ve finalized the class samples for the two handwork classes I’m teaching next April in Kuwait. My contact there named Hanan asked me to send photos so her association members could begin signing up. I also sent images of small pieces to show them what they can do after they learn the techniques. Here’s the […]

December 10, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Blackwork, Counted Thread, Fiber Art, Hand Embroidery, Hardanger, Kuwait, Kuwait Textile Arts Association, Quilt Judging - Leave a Comment

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

Lizzie Farey–Basketmaker Extraordinaire

Yes, I was in the UK the first half of August and this is now the end of November, but I really want to introduce you to Lizzie Farey of Kirkcudbright, Scotland, who was our first and my favorite artist studio visit. Back in the early 80’s I made several baskets and enjoyed the process, […]

November 26, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Basketry, Fiber Art, Handcrafted Holidays, United Kingdom - Leave a Comment

Busy Day at the FiberArts Guild

Today was our quarterly meeting at the Columbia FiberArts Guild. So many activities going on. We are going to be featured as a guest guild at the upcoming Clark County Quilters Guild Show, which is March 28th through 30th, where coincidentally, I’ll be one of the judges. I submitted my quilt “Z is For Zinnia, […]

March 13, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Basket-making, Clark County Quilters Guild Annual Show, Columbia Fiberarts Guild, Fiber Art, Jackie Abrams, Vessels - Leave a Comment

Wonderful Mixed Media Exhibit

The current exhibit called “Peace and Justice” at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center features calligraphy and mixed media by three artists: Inga Dubay, Kanaan Kanaan, and Sara Harwin. The center is located on Capitol Highway in southwest Portland with the exhibit running through February 22, 2019. I took some photos, but many pieces are framed […]

December 26, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Calligraphy, Exhibitions, Fiber Art, Mixed Media - 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

A Final Exam! Really?

Our final lesson in Pixeladies Photoshop Elements on-line course was to select a photo we hadn’t worked with before and make at least five adjustments. I picked a photo I had taken of a wall hanging by my friend Mary Telford during our Oregon Garden exhibition. Here’s the original: As you can see I did […]

August 2, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Fiber Art, Photography, Photoshop Elements, Pixeladies - Leave a Comment

Judith Phelps–Thread Artist

I’ve been remiss to not follow up with more quilts from the Clark County Quilters Show. But I’ve been occupied getting my own quilts ready for my featured quilter exhibit at the upcoming Northwest Quilters Show May 11 and 12. In fact, I still have one wall hanging to quilt and bind/face. Nevertheless, I want […]

April 16, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Clark County Quilters Guild Annual Show, Fiber Art, Northwest Quilters Guild, Quilt Judging - Leave a Comment

Artwork From Ireland

We moved into a new home mid-January and have been unpacking, organizing, storing. and hanging ever since. Today, we hung the final piece among our photos and artwork. It’s a felted and embroidered wall hanging I purchased the day we visited The Quay Gallery where all of the artwork was such high quality I wanted […]

February 25, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: art, Felting, Fiber Art, Handcrafted Holidays, Ireland, Susan Basler - Leave a Comment

Seoul, South Korea–More Day Ten

Day ten was so full, I split it into two posts. After the indigo dyeing workshop we went to one of the most unusual restaurants I’ve ever been to. Here’s what the tables look like before guests are seated. Note the “slot” between the raised sides. The server arrives pushing a cart. On top of […]

December 27, 2017 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Fiber Art, Korean Knotting, Maedub, Seoul, South Korea - Leave a Comment

Seoul, South Korea–Day Ten

We had the wonderful opportunity to attend a Haneul Mulbit Indigo Workshop in Bukchon in a Hanok, a traditional Korean style home. While I have done much fabric dying using a variety of processes, from dyeing in baggies, to dyeing in large vats, and dye-painting, I have never thought to learn indigo dyeing. When I […]

December 25, 2017 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Fiber Art, Indigo Dyeing, Seoul, South Korea - Leave a Comment

Seoul, South Korea–Day 7

We had two free days out of a twelve day tour and had a number of options of places to go and things to do. On our first free day four of us went to Dongdaemun Market, a huge shopping district comprised of several buildings. One building has nothing but shoes, another clothing, and a […]

December 6, 2017 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Dongdaemun Market, Fiber Art, Seoul, South Korea, Travel - Leave a Comment

Seoul, South Korea–Bogaji

Youngmin Lee, one of our tour organizers, saw my blog post of November 18th and let me know the Bogaji artist was Dukjoo Choi. There is a wonderful video of her show which took place a few years ago in Vienna. There is an English translation that explains the history of Bogaji also called Pojagi […]

December 5, 2017 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Art Galleries, Bogaji, Dukjoo Choi, Fiber Art, Seoul, South Korea, Youngmin Lee - Leave a Comment

Seoul, South Korea–Day 6

We took a nearly two hour bus ride to the city of Cheongu where we spent the day at the 10th Cheongju Craft Biennale. A number of countries presented exhibitions in this two-story industrial building. We were given a personal tour as an introduction to the exhibits. I was not excited by this work. I’m […]

December 3, 2017 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: art, Fiber Art, Seoul, South Korea, Travel - Leave a Comment

Seoul, South Korea–Day Two

I got up the morning after I arrived and decided to investigate the areas beyond the Insadong neighborhood. When I reached a six-lane thoroughfare and turned left, I was blown away by by the sight greeting me. Across the street was the entrance to the Jogyesa Temple, the primary Buddhist temple in Korea, whose grounds […]

November 6, 2017 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Fiber Art, Seoul, South Korea, Textile Tour, Travel - Leave a Comment

Food and Fiber Lovers’ Tour of Ireland

This was my second fiber tour with Kathy Brassill of Handcrafted Holidays. My first trip was three years ago in Scotland and England. I highly recommend Kathy’s trips. She specializes in the UK and Ireland and does but one trip a year as she is employed in three other jobs. Her trips have sold out […]

October 11, 2017 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Fiber Art, Handcrafted Holidays, Ireland, LLamas, Pottery, sheep farming, Suzanne Crampton, World Heritage Sites - 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

Cool Tools!

I discovered some nifty items among the vendors at my last two quilt shows and want to pass them on to you. Here are the first three. I will have two more as soon as I can find them! I bought them to use for my next big project, but I don’t know where they […]

March 2, 2017 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Fiber Art, Tools - Leave a Comment

Exhibition News: SPUN

I mentioned previously I had my piece Anasazi Roadways juried into a gallery exhibition in Connecticut. Here is the invitation, should you be local. Personally, after seeing the names of artists I’m exhibiting with, I would love to be able to go myself and see what I’m sure is wonderful work.

August 29, 2016 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Art Galleries, Fiber Art - 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

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