The World Quilt Competition is one of the Mancuso shows and was held in August in New England. Every year a Special Exhibit of selections from the show is part of PIQF. I did not take pictures of every quilt, nor even of the winners, but you can see all of the winners on the Mancuso website at: http://www.worldquilt.com/activities_detail.asp?id=124
I am always making little sketches of things I see on vacation, but that is as far as it goes. Here is a lady that used her memories/sketches to create a lovely garment.
Precise work on a (probably) difficult fabric. But the glow and the shine are integral to the work.
This quilt is a good antidote to the gloom of a Pacific Northwest winter!
It is a lot more difficult to make something like this work than one would think. The color, the contrast, the shapes all work together here to make a fascinating whole. Morag has tucked tiny bits of fabric in the seams and/or quilting and couched heavy threads to create texture and color contrast. This is a quilt that "speaks" to me!
Coincidentally I spent Saturday at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles attending the presentation of their new collection of Molas donated by two serious collectors who are getting up in age and need to "downsize".It is a great collection of wonderful Molas. This modern version of the Mola style is very well done.
This is the entire quilt. I think it is very beautiful, but am put off by the political statement.
Shirley has very good technical skills - those little points are a bear to do.
If you look at the picture of the entire quilt you can see there are several 'streamers' of tiny side-to-side houses. They remind me of some of Kristin LaFlamme's work - she currently lives in Hawaii and is married to the IBOL man. http://kristinlaflamme.com/musings/
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