Paper Quilt Project

A sad story

2012-01-27T11:58:00.001-06:00

Dear Participants,

I know it's been awhile and I know that I have once again neglected this project. In all honesty, I did my very best to complete this project by the end of 2010; however, this project can only be completed if all artists submit their work. We were almost there! It is extremely disappointing when there are only two pieces holding up the project.

Unfortunately, I don't have the same time anymore (now that I am a stay at home mom) to commit to this project as before (i.e. finding more replacement artists, shipping paper packets, etc). But I still haven't given up hope.

One day I will finish this project. I know I appear to be the slowest, most unreliable project planner in the world, but I have always been the only person to work on this project. This project was the dream of a young artist in her early twenties with all the time in the world, but that young artist has grown older and now has a family. Who knew a lot could happen in five years?

It was my goal when I began this project in 2007 to have it completed by the end of the year, but I can only do so much to help to finish this project. I guess you can say I got in over my head on this one, but no matter how much time passes I am determined to get this done... sometime before I die.

Thank you for your understanding. Thank you for your patience. Thank you for keeping hope.

I will update again when I have something exciting to share. In the meantime, I will do my best to do what I have to do to finish this project.

Sincerely,
Dawbis

Update

2011-05-22T23:37:00.003-05:00

Hi All,

Still here. Just been going through a lot of changes in the past few months. While it's been quiet on the blog, I've been busy behind the scenes and working with the remaining artists. It looks like we're almost there. Just three more pieces and the project will be complete! Once all of the pieces have returned to me, the quilts will be sewn, an auction will be held, and lots of other (secret) projects thereafter. Hooray!

I'm still around if you need to get a hold of me at paperquiltproject@gmail.com. Thank you!

New Artwork

2011-01-07T16:16:00.004-06:00

Happy New Year everyone! I've got great news to report. Over the holiday I received some lovely new artwork and they are now up on Flickr for your viewing pleasure! Thanks to the following artists: Sara Guindon, Rossitsa Minovska-Devedzhieva , Javier Gonzales Burgos and Mia Christopher for helping to bring this project one step closer to being completed!

In addition, two quilts were also completed over the holiday! While I still need to get a photograph of Quilt #8, you can view Quilt #4 below:

Artists (from top-left to bottom-right): Shelby Fischer, Pergylene Acuña, Miguel Tanco, Kim Kutner, Gordon Wiebe, Ana Ventura, Marjorie Ann Velez, Javier Gonzales Burgos, Raquel Salomón, Christine Haynes,Jane Moore Houghton, and Yvonne Stehle

Thank you all for your participation in the project!

Slowing Down

2010-12-21T08:01:00.002-06:00

Hi there! I know it's been awhile since our last post, but things here have been slowing down because of the holidays. I am also in my ninth month of pregnancy :) I expect things will pick back up in the next few weeks and we will have the project finished by the end of January. I'm crossing my fingers!

I hope everyone is having a lovely holiday. Happy (early) New Year! I'll be sure to make an update on the 1st of January to give you a better idea of where we are in the project.

Thanks so much for your patience, all!

New Artwork

2010-11-10T07:35:00.003-06:00

Three new pieces have been added to Flickr!

Thank you Samantha, Trinia, and Pergylene for your beautiful contributions :)

September / Quilt #9 Completed!

2010-10-19T09:56:00.002-05:00

Another beautiful quilt completed! Here are the works in Quilt #9 (September). You can view all of the artwork close-up here.

Artists (from top-left to bottom-right): Sherill Anne Gross, Sonia Esplugas, Cecilia Alfonso Esteres, Amy Karol, Valeria Cis, Brittni Wood, Jay Deitrich, Yael Frankel, Catherine Campbell, Alicia Varela, Davide Bignotti, Samantha Wedelich

Thank you all for your participation in the project!

New Artwork

2010-10-19T08:24:00.002-05:00

You can now view two new pieces of work by Jenny and Heidi on Flickr!

I will be posting two more pieces later on today by Gemma and Davide! Be sure to check back later for those :)

December / Quilt #12 Completed!

2010-10-18T08:32:00.006-05:00

I have exciting news folks! Well, it's pretty exciting for me :) We have successfully completed another paper quilt. In 2007, this would have been the "December Quilt," but I have renamed it to be "Quilt #12." You can view all of the artwork close-up here.

Artists (from top-left to bottom-right): Robert Alejandro, Gustavo Aimar, Geninne D. Zlatkis, Marina Haller, Andrea Sardo, Emma Kidd, Leigh Metcalf, Jenny Meilihove, Marianne Horton, Niniji, Jared Andrew Schorr, Dawbis.

Thank you all for your participation in the project!

To All Participants

2010-10-17T11:03:00.002-05:00

Your inbox should have a new email from me regarding the project and recent updates. Please be sure to check to see if you have an email from me in your inbox or junk mail. It is important that you read it and send a reply. Thank you!

New Artists

2010-10-16T11:15:00.000-05:00

A big welcome to David Kozma, Paola Zakimi, and Rossitsa Minovska-Devedzhieva to the project!

Thank you for your submissions and desire to participate in the project :)

P.S. - Be sure to check back next week for a very special news update.

New Openings

2010-10-15T17:26:00.001-05:00

Edit ** There are no longer any openings for the project. Please stay tuned for special news next week ** (October 16, 2010)

Hi Folks,

We have a couple of new openings in the project :) I'm going to go through my inbox this weekend to see if I can find a few artists who have made submissions to the project. If you wish to make a submission, please do so soon. I hope to have all the artists I need for the project by the end of next week.

Thanks again to all who sent in emails! Best of luck to you all :)

New Artwork

2010-10-15T12:51:00.001-05:00

Happy Friday everyone!

Just wanted to let you know that I received 3 new pieces in the mail this past week. You can view them on Flickr or in the Quilt Gallery.

More on the way!

This Just In...

2010-10-08T14:06:00.000-05:00

The amazing Matt Cipov has just announced that he will be selling prints of the artwork he created for the Paper Quilt Project in his Etsy Shop! Run and grab a copy of this cool piece as individual prints will not be sold here.

Lovely Art Added

2010-10-08T13:19:00.000-05:00

Just a little update to say that two new pieces of art have been added to Flickr. You can even catch a glimpse of some progress photos by Jinne in the Flickr Group Pool!

Artwork in Flickr

2010-10-01T16:39:00.000-05:00

Two new pieces by Geninne and Tanja are now available on Flickr for your viewing pleasure!

Thank you ladies for your beautiful contributions :)

New!

2010-09-23T17:22:00.000-05:00

Two new lovely pieces have been added to Flickr! Thank you Lori and Heather for your wonderful contributions!

Flickr Group Pool

2010-09-22T07:21:00.000-05:00

Have you had a chance to peak at the Flickr Group Pool lately? Artists are adding their collages to the pool before they get posted in the PQP gallery!

A Big Thanks & Welcome!

2010-09-22T06:59:00.000-05:00

Thank you all for your submissions to the project. I'm sorry I am unable to write back to all of you, but the amount of submissions has been incredible. I am slowly, but surely looking for an artist to fill the last spot in the project. Please be patient and understanding with me. I am just a single gal running this show :) I do truly appreciate the support I have been receiving for the project and am extremely grateful for your kind words. Thank you from the bottom of my heart :)

Lastly, I just want to give a big welcome to a few artists to the project:

Both Pin Pal girls will be joining us for Quilt #6. Hooray! Welcome Sam and Sarah! In addition, Pergylene Acuña from the Philippines has also joined the project! I'm very happy to have you be apart of this amazing project! Welcome :)

New!

2010-09-10T18:57:00.000-05:00

We're almost there folks! Not only do we have nearly all the artists we need, the artwork is coming in fast and the quilts are filling up quickly! It's exciting to think about it and I cannot wait to see every quilt completed.

Let's welcome Heidi Kenney and Susanna Rumiz to the Paper Quilt Project!

And before you start your weekend, be sure to check out Minifanfan's contribution to the project!

New Work & Artist

2010-09-08T11:12:00.001-05:00

Let's welcome the newest artist to PQP, Lee Crutchley! :) So great to have you join us! Your collage papers are on their way.

If you have time, please take a look at Sandra Juto's piece for PQP. Isn't it special?! Thank you Sandra for such lovely work :)

New Artwork Added!

2010-08-30T10:36:00.001-05:00

New artwork has been submitted from Ali J. and Lina Safar! Both pieces are available on flickr for your viewing pleasure!

New Artist and New Artwork!

2010-08-25T08:50:00.000-05:00

Friends,

It is amazing to me how much progress has been made over the past few months. Thanks to all the Paper Quilt artists who have placed their faith in me to make this project into something grand. Every time I look back and admire all of the artwork that has been sent in for this project, I feel extremely grateful that so many talented artists were so willing to participate. Especially now that it's been years since the end of the initial project, many of you still believe in the project and that makes me heart melt. I just wanted to let you all of you know how happy you have all made me feel and how appreciative I am to have you be apart of PQP. Thank you so much!

Before I go, I want to welcome a new artist to the project, Jinnie Lee of Lilacmoon Studio. Welcome Jinnie!!

Lastly, be sure to stop by Flickr to see all of the new art being submitted to PQP. You can now view Danita's artwork for the PQP! Thank you Danita! I love it :)

Welcome Luc and Javier!

2010-08-18T11:24:00.000-05:00

A warm welcome and thank you to both Luc of Ilustrista and Javier Gonzales Burgos for joining the Paper Quilt Project this past week! So happy to have you both.

I am so excited about all our new artists and cannot wait to see their work posted up in the gallery, along with all the original work submitted to PQP!

Only 8 more openings to go!

P.S. - I finally completed my personal piece for Quilt #12 (December)!

Jared Andrew Schorr

2010-08-16T18:19:00.000-05:00

I just received an email from Jared about his piece for PQP and I could not wait for its arrival in my mailbox to show you his amazing creation! I'm speechless.

New!

2010-08-16T09:13:00.001-05:00

I received two new pieces for PQP in the mail recently and wanted to let you know that I have added them both to the Gallery and Flickr.

Thank you Jordan and Jane for your contributions!

Updates

2010-08-09T11:00:00.000-05:00

First, I would like to welcome Lina Safar and Lori Joy Smith to the Paper Quilt Project! I am very happy to have you both be apart of this and look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Second, I just noticed an update on the Flickr Group pool! Check out the beautiful work by Jordan Grace Owens!

Third, thank you to all the artists who have participated in this project and to those of you just joining the project. Thank you thank you thank you! I cannot wait to see all of your entries and to get this project finished up so we can get to the exciting part of sewing the quilts together!

PQP Paper Packets

2010-07-21T14:54:00.000-05:00

I finally got together a bunch of paper packets. I'll be mailing them out tomorrow, so hopefully you will find one in your mailbox very soon. If you're waiting on me to send you a packet of paper, please be patient. I am moving as fast as I can :)

When your packet of paper arrives and you're feeling up to sharing your progress, please feel free to upload any photos over here on flickr.

Welcome Timothy and Lorena!

2010-07-19T20:19:00.000-05:00

We've got two new artists who will be joining us! Timothy Karpinski and Lorena Alvarez Gómez, I'm so happy and excited to have you both be apart of this! Welcome and thank you!

We're getting closer!

2010-07-12T06:47:00.000-05:00

This past week or so has been amazing. The response has been better than I expected, so thank you to everyone who has submitted work or agreed to participate in this project. It means a lot and your enthusiasm has helped me to gain confidence in getting this project done.

Again, I wanted to stop in and welcome our new artists! Thank you to Sandra Juto, Miranda Methvan, Danita, Gemma Correll, Jorden Grace Owens, Minifanfan and Jared Andrew Schorr for joining us! Everyday gets more and more exciting :)

Hello to New Artists!

2010-07-08T08:47:00.000-05:00

A big welcome to Davide Bignotti and Jenny Meilihove! They are the most recent artists to join the project and boy am I glad to have them both :)

Thank you Davide and Jenny for considering this project! I can't wait to see your contributions.

More New Artists!

2010-07-07T14:19:00.001-05:00

I'm so happy to say that we have two new artists joining the project! Mia Christopher and Geninne D. Zlatkis! How exciting. We may have enough artists soon enough. Thank you for your support. I am delighted to have you both be apart of the Paper Quilt Project :)

Welcome New Artists

2010-07-07T10:31:00.000-05:00

I just wanted to take a moment to welcome Ali J and Jane Moore Houghton to the Paper Quilt Project! Thank you very much for joining the project! I look forward to seeing what you both come up with.

Here We Go Again...

2009-10-18T09:22:00.000-05:00

The Paper Quilt Project is back! After a 2 year long haitus I am ready to get this show on the road. I am sure most of you have made up your minds that I had abandoned this project altogether, but here I am.

What happened? Well, in 2007 we had 144 artists signed up to help complete the project, but unfortunately somewhere along the way we lost the participation of a few artists. In addition, my personal life got complicated. Feeling discouraged and burnt out I decided to put the project aside when the year was over. Although I allowed myself to forget the password to the old tumblr blog, I never did forget why I started the project in the first place. So here I am, ready and willing to give it my all again.

Several quilts need replacement artists and I am now looking for 21 new artists to help fill in the gaps. As soon as we can complete each quilt, I would like to accomplish the following:

1. Find a Charity
2. Raise funds by auctioning off the quilts
3. Turn this project into a book

I will need your help. If you would like to contribute to this project in other ways than contributing art please contact me for details. I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you to everyone who has participated or contributed to this project in someway.

All the best,

Dawbis