Innovations in Textiles 2011 here in St. Louis

Luanne Rimel, has been accepted in the the "Innovations in Textiles" show with one of her quilts called (Venetian Stone 2)  This show will be from August - October.  There will be a gallery hop with two tour busses & a keynote address by Marci McDade on the weekend of September 16 & 17th.  Jim Hay a quilt artists living in Japan will be offering a 2 day workshop at the  "Craft Alliance" in St. Louis along with his eibition in the Charak Gallery there as well.  Please go to      www.innovationsintextiles.com       for more details about this show.
Below is a wonderful picture of Luanne, her works, with one that will be in the show.  They are 18" square and heavily stitched she said that you will be able to see in the detail of Sentinel...

Luanne is a member of SDA along with being the only "Missouri artist" to have a piece in Quilt National, coming to the Foundry Art Centre in September/October 2011.  She will also have the following exhibits:   MOFA Missouri Fiber Artists exhibit at Maryville University "Fiber Focus", juried by Lia Cook at the Art Saint Louis.  Three works at "The Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville IL.

(When you see the her works below, you will see why she was chosen to show at these events)...

Luanne has a website at:   http://luannerimel.com/default.aspx

 Venetian Stone 2    (piece in Quilt National)

Close-up with detail of Sentinel