2. Studio Do you have a place where you can work on fibre art? Art Do you create original work from your own design? Quilt Do you create layered art with textiles and stitch? Associates Would you like to connect with other like-minded artists?
7. What is an art quilt? Quilt National's definition:The work must possess the basic structural characteristics of a quilt. It must be predominantly fabric or fabric-like material and must be composed of at least two full and distinct layers - a face layer and a backing layer. The face layer may be described by any or a combination of the following terms: pieced, appliquéd, whole cloth, stitched/fused to a foundation. The face and backing layers must be held together by hand- or machine-made functional quilting stitches or other elements that pierce all layers and are distributed throughout the surface of the work. At least some of these stitches or elements should be visible on the back of the work.
8. What is an art quilt? SAQA’s definition: a contemporary artwork exploring and expressing aesthetic concerns common to the whole range of visual arts: painting, printmaking, photography, graphic design, assemblage and sculpture, which retains, through materials or technique, a clear relationship to the folk art quilt from which it descends.
11. You might like to know about . . . New techniques How to exhibit your work How to photograph your work Shows that you can enter Having your work critiqued The best way to price and market your work Ways to network with other fibre artists from all around the world who do the kind of work you do
14. How do artists from all over the world connect with one another?
15. Connecting with other artists Daily, via Chat Group Locally, at regional SAQA meetings Nationally, at annual SAQA Conferences A whole network awaits you
24. HistoryofSAQA Believing in the need to establish a place for art quilts in the world of contemporary fine art, in 1989 Yvonne Porcella sent out 50 letters to artists and friends to rally them to her cause. And so Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) was born.