Halloween quilt in the past 10-31-20

Here is a Halloween quilt from 2013.  Surfside Quilters Guild has a Monthly Mini every month where a member donates a quilt, purse, table topper, etc., and the guild sells tickets at the meeting.  Whoever holds the winning ticket wins the Month Mini.  I've donated most years and in 2013 I did this fun quilt in October using a Halloween print for the background to provide the eyes and bats and other spooky things.  

(Thanks for the correction, Carol)

"Jack"  Del Thomas  2013  Fused, Machine appliqued, machine quilted.  I don't find a measurement on this quilt, but I think it is about 30" wide. 

I don't usually even look at Halloween fabrics, but I did for this one and was delighted to find this creepy black cat for the backing. 

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A resting day 10-30-20

 

In late September KoKo was asleep on my lap whilst I read in my recliner.  I don't know where Froggy was that night. And this was one of last times this happened!  Soon after I was stricken with the Sciatica and KoKo has been staying with friends in Placentia.  With the pain and my inability to walk I couldn't take care of him, so he has been with Cherie and Jim all this last month.  Friend Carol drove him home one day last week for a short visit, but it was very painful for him to be on my lap.  We are going to try it again tomorrow for just a couple hours.  He can't come home for good until I can take him on his two daily walks. 

Yesterday I had the spinal injection which absolutely wiped me out for the rest of the day and most of today.  Friends tell me it is the anesthetic that effect me so strongly, so today I have been drinking lots of water and mostly resting in my recliner. So weak and wobbly I could hardly read.  But as the day went on I felt better and more able to do a few things that needed to be done.  I still have the ache in my left knee, thigh, and hip joint which flares into sharp pain now and then.  I try to change my position and even massaged it a bit.  But the skin is very sensitive and hurts even with just a quilt on it.  This is a very strange "disease" that I can't quite get my mind around.  Why does it just hurt in certain places when the actual "hurt" place is in my spine?  Anyway, I am still working on getting back on my feet.   I don't want to get addicted to pain meds so I have only had two Norco pills today and hope to hold to that tomorrow. 

Sorry I have been lax on my blog, but, as you see, I don't really have anything interesting to talk about!

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Quilts from SAQA 2020 online auction #7 10-28-20

A friend pointed this quilt out to me and every time I looked at it I was more intrigued.  The maker is from SCalifornia and recently had an exhibit at a San Diego gallery.  I was not able to drive down to see it, but did look at some of her work online.  I like this one best of all,  And it does have a bird!

"Chicken Girl"  Tracy Potter - California  2020  12" square

Linen handkerchief with embroidery, commercial cottons, photographs printed on fabric, hand embroidery, machine pieced and embroidered. 

I don't know the method for transferring the image to fabric, but I believe it was black and white with the color added afterward, possibly with colored pencil.  

You can see the embroidered flowers on the original hanky along with some thread drawing in the background, possibly hand done many years ago.  And the artist has added blanket stitch around the outside edge using red perle cotton.  The background is entirely covered in random straight stitches, frequently referred to as seed stitch. 

 

From the front the border looks like polka dots, but now you see that the fabric is printed with white eggs, a witty tie-in to the front. 

And Tracy has listed her website on the label.  Thank You, Tracy.

www.tracypotterfiberart.com 

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Quilts from SAQA 2020 auction #6 10-27-20

 Yes, I do love yellow!  But I think this quilt appeals to me because it personifies AUTUMN.

"Sunflower Season in Santa Fe"  Mary Jo Stipe - New Mexico 2020  12" square
Commercial cottons and batiks, button, sequins, beads applied by hand.  Machine pieced, machine raw edge applique, machine quilting. 

The white stars on the left are printed on the fabric and each topped with a sequin and a tiny bead. 

Back with label.

Close up of label.

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Quilts from SAQA 2020 online auction #5 10-26-20

 Such wonderful color in this quilt, it makes me happy.   Balanced design and lovely little details. 

"Orange Orchards"  Jan Soules - California  2020  12" square

Commercial and hand-dyed cotton fabrics, hand embroidery, machine piecing and quilting.  

Notice the little detail of print fabric in tiny slices, adding different colors to the mix.  Machine stitched signature. 

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And the back is almost as exciting as the front.  I will probably hang this one backwards some times just to enjoy the riot of color and pattern. 

Title, artist name, contact info, date made and size.  Thanks for the good label, Jan.  

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Quilts from SAQA online auction 2020 #7 10-25-20

 Another bird quilt.  This time a Gentoo penquin which is only about 13 pounds and 2 -1/2 feet tall.  Sue, an award winning quilter from Ontario, Canada, has created several penquin quilts and has a line of penquin fabric from Northcott Fabrics coming out in November 2020.

www.sueshermanquilts.com

"Gentoo on Ice"  Sue Sherman - Ontario,CA  2020 12" square

Cotton Fabrics, colored pencil, thread painting, machine quilting.  

DETAIL of head. 

Back of quilt with label.  The sleeve across the top is white fabric. 

Label

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