Hi Everybody!
It’s a blustery, cold, rainy, windy day in the Pacific Northwest and soon we will be into the business of the Thanksgiving weekend. This is a good time to celebrate the creativity and talent of quilters who are in our midst. While at Quilt Market I was able to view the IQA exhibit. I showed a few other quilts in an earlier post on this blog. Below is a handful of more amazing 2012 IQA quilts in a wide array of styles, and colorations. Enjoy!
Synergy by Nancy Sterett Martin and Karen Sistek Owensboro, Kentucky
Nancy and Karen took a close-up photo of a poppy, which inspired this quilt. This poppy quilt was hand painted on silk by Karen and machine quilted by Nancy. The materials used were Habotai silk with Red Label dyes. I thought you might like to see a close-up of this quilt, as it’s so beautifully created.
The colors of the petals are glorious with the harmony of analogous colors. Look at how the quilting adds such dimension to the design. Looking at this quilt in the exhibit, it shone so exquisitely.
Flower of Light by Janet Fogg,
This was a fascinating quilt to observe. There was so much to observe with all of the subtle nuances within the design. This quilt was inspired by the Fleur de Lis symbol. As Janet Fogg explained, it represents the lily, purity, and the Queen of Heaven. The images of the lily and maiden appear through the 20 six-pointed stars—–like a vision on a mosaic stone wall. This is an original design using six-pointed Divided Star blocks. Janet is from Milwaukee, Oregon.
This quilt was machine pieced and quilted. Janet used hand-dyed fabrics by Jeanette Viviano, metallic painted fabrics, commercial batiks, Warm and White batting, Permacore thread, buttons and crystals.
Belles Fleurs by Mary Arnold, Vancouver, Washington
This quilt was inspired by a painting Mary painted when she was younger with her talented artistic mother’s help. I thought the flowers were so charming and I loved the lighting and shading on the table. Belles Fleurs is hand appliquéd and machine quilting. Mary used hand-painted fabric, batiks, and hand-dyed fabric. I thought you would enjoy the beautiful hand appliqued flowers, so I have included this detail image (below).
Can you imagine creating all of those little petals? Wow! I just loved this quilt. It was so realistic.
Balancing Act
Created by Sherri McCauley, Frances Holliday Alford, Barb Forrister, Connie Hudson, Leslie Tucker Jenison, Susan Lewis Story, and Kathy York—-all from Lakeway, Texas
This group of friends and quilters (listed above) had a mutual fascination with cairns and balanced rock sculptures. Hence, the idea for this quilt. Independently, each created her own rocks and then they worked on the rock placement together. As a group, they were able to form the balanced stacks and create balance.
I loved this quilt. It was so much fun to observe. It was fascinating. Here are some detail images, so that you can see how wonderful this quilt is.
What fun! Balancing Act was created with a variety of techniques: machine pieced, machine and hand quilted, hand embroidered, fusible appliqué; background pieces are individually machine quilted and joined with zig-zag stitching; shadows are hand painted
Materials included hand-dyed cottons, felts, velvet, silk organza, batiks; metallic foils, fabric paint, ink, commercial fabrics, embroidery floss, batting, and fusible web.
The Beauty of Wild Nature by Aiko Miyata and 15 Friends
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Aiko and her friends from their quilt class visited Hawaii. Every single plant they saw in the tropical gardens stimulated them with their beautiful appearances. In this quilt, the group of friends tried to express the beauty of wild nature by combining these fabrics. The quilt was hand appliquéd and hand quilting. This quilt was designed by Kathy Nakajima.
This was an interesting quilt to view. It was soothing, eye-catching in a quiet way, and filled with lots of details. I liked the clever originality of this quilt.
My Journey to Baltimore by Lois Podolny, Tucson, Arizona
This beautiful quilt is Lois’s first Baltimore Album quilt. The blocks for this quilt are from a pattern by one of my dear friends, Mary Sorensen. The quilt setting and border are Lois’s design. It took three years for Lois to complete this quilt.
Lois created this quilt with hand appliqué and machine quilting. She used cotton fabric, wool batting, and silk thread. Blocks are from a pattern designed by Mary Sorensen.
I love Mary’s block designs. They work so well together. They are wonderfully balanced, which is not always the way it is with many Baltimore Album quilts. Great job, Lois! Oh, another detail treat:
Oh so beautiful!
Well, it’s time to take a break. I will post more quilts in a day or two on my Playing with Color blog at JWD Publishing’s website. So check it out sometime during this Thanksgiving weekend.
Talk to you later!
Joen
