After three days I have yet to see even half of the quilts! I have spent a lot of time talking to people about the Visions Art Museum while volunteering at the Visions table. The biennial exhibit, "Brainstorms" will run from October 20 through February 17 and this is a good time to get the word out. We are passing out bookmarks with the exhibit information and a little map on the back, along with brochures for membership (you should all be members!) and a card with info about the museum.
Here are a few pictures I took today of quilts that caught my eye.
Here are a few pictures I took today of quilts that caught my eye.
Such a soft and gentle image and done in colors that seem to reflect the 1947 world. As always, I am attracted to quilts that have a little of the old in with the new, in this case the basket blocks down one side.
It is very difficult to take pictures of the labels with the shadows cast by the pole lights - this label was not nibbled by a mouse!
There are always a few tide pool quilts at large quilt shows, but this is the best one I have ever seen. It appears that these are actual shells and stones and plants - NO, they are all fabric and thread.
The corrugated red shells appear to be pleated organza.
The barnacles are fabric and the wonderful sea star appears to be wrapped cord.
As most of you know I sponsored the Twelve by Twelve exhibit for Houston, Cincinnati and Long Beach. And it has been a phenomenal success at each venue. I am so glad that I was able to help so many quilters see this amazing set of 288 12" square quilts. This is the first time I have seen them in-the-fabric and I am so very impressed with the growth of these twelve dedicated quiltmakers over the past five years.
The quilts are hung with each artist's work located in the same place on each panel. The top left pieces are all done by Deborah Boshert, the top center pieces by Gerrie Congdon... and so on.
The Twelves book only shows the first set of quilt created according to themes selected by each member.
The second round of quilts is based on colors. Again chosen by each member. These twelve quilts reflect the colors of the eruption of Kilauea volcano, a color selected by Kristin La Flamme, the member who lived in Hawaii. The placards below have very small print, but if you click on each image they will enlarge.
The fourth round of the Colorplay series was purple/yellow, selected by Karen Rips.
I took these pictures at the very end of today when almost everyone had left the hall. At most other times the area looked like this image below.
4 comments:
Del, thank you so much for sponsoring the Twelve by Twelve exhibit at Long Beach. It was wonderful to see the pieces all together. Fantastic work.
Dear Del - Thank you so much for enabling us to share the first two series of Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Challenge with so many people at the three IQF shows. The internet is a wonderful thing (and we couldn't have undertaken this project without it) and we have the enduring record of the Twelve by Twelve book publication but nothing matches the nuances and texture of an exhibit "in the cloth". Your generosity of spirit is truly heartwarming.
Oh Del, that Clovis Bounty quilt was one of my favorites this year!
I didn't get to view all of the 12x12 quilts because my sister had become too tired. There were so many things to see!!! AND I missed seeing you!!
The 12x12 exhibit was amazing! I really enjoyed looking at each and every piece.
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