APWQ QShow 08-31-11

The category with the most entries (41) was Traditional Large, unlike the other open entry shows I have attended where traditional has become a very small category.  Pictorial Small (34) came next and then Art Small (28).  Here are the pictures I took of those quilts.  If you are interested in further info on the categories and size requirements let me know and I will send them to you.

Here is another quilt made with Ruth McDowell's techniques. A rather Cubist version of an Indian brave.

The label is misleading - try reading it "The center of the quilts is foundation pieced....".

Nice color and there is the grey again.  I was told today that the "modernists" are using a lot of grey.

I found the colors in this quilt pleasing (yellow and blue, again), but the design seems very chaotic - perhaps that is intentional in keeping with the artist's statement.

And this is the entire poem which was posted in a separate label with the quilt.

Appropriate name, great color and a very festive feeling. 

A sort of pastel Amish look.  Nice smooth curves in the quilting, but how does it relate to the design?

Unusual but effective use of crayon rubbing - a technique that has been around for a very long time, but mostly on paper.  The hand quilting is primitive which seems in keeping with the uneven rubbing.