Looking at quilts 08-19-19

Brenda Gael Smith of Australia posted this album of winners at the Australian Modern Quilt Show:

https://www.modernquilters.com.au/show-winners-2019/?fbclid=IwAR2AMCbpsiRt8pR8JS0bHejY32ZTi_lCrsV_RzYqwdzK4FI1oCo84_qiLKs

Luana Rubin has posted a commentary on what is new and upcoming in quilts.  If you have an hour the quilts are interesting and the dialog is in both English and French:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIeVaTY1bSM&list=PLZgAQ0EdcSXinq8actFasXR7HAN3t6Tsn

Luana Rubin has also posted pictures from several 2019 international quilt shows.  Check out her Flicker pages at:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/luanarubin/albums0
She hasn't finished the pictures from Birmingham 2019 - soon!

I have pictures that I took at the Quilt Museum in La Conner, WA, but I haven't edited them. 

This was Mabel's favorite, a very striking image.  

And this was mine.  I'm bothered that the zippers were not mentioned in the materials used, they are such a major part of the design.

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Quilt & Textile Museum in La Conner, WA 07-31-19

Last day in this area and Mabel and I drove to La Conner to see the exhibits at the Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum.  They have rearranged their rooms and the gift shop is on the main floor with exhibits on the second and third floors.  The stairs are difficult for me, but I hung on to the bannisters and made it up and down.  The main exhibit currently is SAQA's  "Shifting Tides: Convergence in Cloth" (June 28th - September 29)/  Quite a nice selection juried by Ann Johnston.  Here are a few pictures to tempt you to see the exhibit when it is at Visions Art Museum in San Diego in Jan - Apr 2021.

Del Thomas and Mabel Huseby in front of Mabel's favorite quilt. 

I am an admirer of Kathleen and her quilts.  I recognized this immediately as Kathleen and her husband - even from the back.  Lovely quilt. 

 

Leaping flames and burning trees.  WOW!

Unusual and intriguing.  I kept going back to look at this one several times. I do wonder about the zippers which are not mentioned in the materials or the explanation.  

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