Quilt Festival - Long Beach #11 07-31-10

This first quilt is from "Tactile Architecture 2009" and was made by a blogging friend. I do admire her work which has a whimsy that is different than that of Bodil Gardner, but just as appealing. Kristin has a lot of experience with being uprooted as she is married to a military man and has moved house many times.

Kristin recycles and uses references to traditional patchwork with the intent of connecting the past to the present. This piece is approx. 52" square. There are several of her small quilts in TCQC. Check out her website at:
http://www.kristinlaflamme.com/

"Ahuimanu Stream" Elizabeth Schowalter - Kaneohe, Hawaii An original design done with freehand applique, hand piecing and hand quilting. "This quilt was inspired by the stunning beauty of my island home. This stream begins as a waterfall high in the Ko'olau Mountains of O'ahu, Hawaii. As it journeys to the sea, it leaves in its trail a mystical paradise where nature's colors, songs, and scents burst forth in flowering blooms and soothing water rhythms." Elizabeth http://lizquilts.com/Home_Page.html

This is quite a beautiful quilt. The style she has used is similar to that of Terry Grant of Beaverton, OR, who also leaves a fine outline of black between the pieces of her applique. To me this design is reminiscent of the Craftsman art of the late 19th Century.

My friend Nancy Ota graciously allowed me to share her photos also. I have deleted the duplicates we took - I didn't do my usual thorough job of looking at every quilt and reading every sign, so there are some in her album that I missed completely. Enjoy!

http://picasaweb.google.com/DELQLTS/QFestivalLBeachOtaPix072910_files?authkey=Gv1sRgCPqaos_7hNy1ngE#

Quilt Festival - Long Beach #10 07-30-10

Barbara Barrick McKie is an incredibly prolific quiltmaker who has developed her unique method of photography and thread painting into a fine art. She had eight quilts and some photographs on display at QFestival. I first saw her work at Quilt Visions and was fascinated trying to figure out how she had created that quilt. Since then I have seen and admired her work at shows, online and in magazines. She shares a website with her husband, a sculptor. http://www.mckieart.com/Pages/main_pgs/Main_home_frame.html

Barbara takes amazing photos, transfers them to fabric and thread paints them in a way that makes them so real I want to reach out and pet the animals.

Pretty amazing, huh? I have shown her work previously on this blog, check for her name on the right sidebar.

Quilt Festival - Long Beach #9 07-29-10

This quilt is from "Hands All Around XXV: International Quilts".

"Show Me The Road To Timbuktu, Take My Hand And Let Us Go." (Approx. 60"W x 40"L)

Bodil Gardner - Lystrup, Denmark http://www.bodilgardner.dk/

I have always enjoyed Bodil's work and have two 12x12 pieces in TCQC. The little whimsical details are delightful - see the little patch on the hem of this lady's skirt, the cup in her hand, the funny little sheep in the background.

Part of the special exhibit "West Coast Wonders 2010"

Great quilt - good color, a variety of shapes, and repetition to emphasis the shapes. (Approx 28"W x 34"L)

www.sandralauterbach.com Reading Sandra's Bio I learned that her parents started Alexander Henry Fabric Co. That is quite a background for an art quilt maker!

Quilt Festival - Long Beach #8 07-28-10

This lovely quilt was part of the "Celebrate Spring 2010" exhibit

The sign doesn't tell us that this is a silk quilt - as far as I could tell.

The applique is very fine with tiny stitches - perhaps silk thread.

As you can see, the quilting is done with tiny, even stitches.

In 2008 one of Deborah's quilts won the Quilt Festival Founder's Award, you can see that quilt at

http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/blog.php/blog_id/1419

Quilt Festival - Long Beach #7 07-27-10

I enjoyed the special exhibit "America Collects Quilts: Int'l Quilt Festival's Antique Quilts". There were 36 quilts, so it was hard to choose just one to post here. I have no idea why I chose this one, the colors?, the design?, the details? The quilting was not fine, in fact a little quirky.

"Four Block Rose and Coxcomb" Circa 1880 by an unknown maker. Hand pieced, appliqued and quilted. The color in the quilt is much more even than in the photo - those strategically placed spot lights are great for seeing the quilts, but not so great for photography.

Just think about it, she was undoubtedly working by candle light or kerosene lamps.

"Horned Puffins of the Pacific" Emilie M. Belak - Danville, Washington

Machine applique, pieced and quilted. Couching, painting, dyeing [also scrunching of fabric. Del] Inspired by the late Joan Colvin's painterly art quilts. "My favorite Province, British Columbia, has everything to please one's heart: oceans and mountains, fields and waves, beaches and snow avalanches, singing birds, lumbering grizzlies, and playful Orcas. Horned puffins, attractive and charming sea birds, lay a single egg in a deep crevice on cliff or hillside. A hinged bill enables these expert fishers to snap up fresh prey while keeping a firm grip on those already caught." Emilie

I chose this closeup because the fish made me laugh - I find it very witty with its glassy eye!

Quilt Festival - Long Beach #6 07-26-10

I thought this was one of the most exciting exhibits at the show and have heard at least a dozen other viewers express the same thought.

"Piccadilly Square" Gyleen X. Fitzgerald, quilted by Beth A. Hanlon- Ridder. Approx 38" square
"The strips used are from three previous quilts using my hand-dyed fabrics. I was surprised I had kept the leftovers together so they were very easy to locate even though several years had passed since I made the original quilts. The border fabric came from a lovely little shop in Austin, Texas. I love the fact that there are more colors in the pineapple blocks than in the border fabric, yet it all reads so harmoniously." Gyleen

"Really Red" Charlotte Noll - Machine Pieced and Quilted, Hand beaded with dark red faceted beads around the inside edge of the binding. The black around the quilt is the curtain behind.

"Birds Fly Over the Rainbow" Barbara Polston quilted by Beth A. Hanlon-Ridder

Approx. 38" square The black around the edge is the curtain behind.

Quilt Festival Long Beach Page #5 07-25-10

This quilt is from the "Hands All Around XXV - International Quilts" exhibit.

I looked very closely with my magnifying glass to see if I could figure out how she made this. I think she sewed the design on a layer of cotton and a layer of net and then cut out the cotton leaving the net as the 'connector'. But I can't imagine doing such work - how does one avoid cutting the net?

It would not be so successful without the diagonals.

Or without the checkerboard sashing.

No Goggle listing for Jane Lloyd and she isn't on the SAQA listing - I'd like to know more about her and her work.