What these three quilt makers have in common is that they are all my friends. Jean and Aileyn are sisters, who I met at Asilomar some years ago and both Nancy and I are members of Beach Cities Quilters Guild.
This is a quilt with the tension and motion of a tiger. And the quilting adds to that. I like the irregular border and the "opening" at top right and lower left which add even more to the feeling that the tiger is moving.
You may have heard me mention the Calla Lily quilt that Aileyn designed in Jane Sassaman's class in 2002 - I felt that she was the most successful student at stylizing their drawing. This is another Calla Lily she did recently.
The curling shape of the ironwork complements the curve of the Lily and the leaves. The stonework really looks like stonework without being 'pushy'.
Her applique and quilting are the best - the blue ribbon that hung on this quilt was for hand workmanship. Congratulations, Aileyn. Notice that she has deepened the throat of the lily with just a bit of colored pencil.
Now that I know why some pictures won't enlarge I worked out the order beforehand when I put these on my blog. I had to make a little diagram and had to redo them twice, but finally it works. Seems safe to move them up or down, but not out of the sequence in which they were posted.
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