Last year the Surfside Quilters Guild held their first fund raiser "December Fest", a live auction, silent auction and basket raffle. It was very successful, but it was difficult to have the event between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So, this year we are having "November Fest" which will take place on Tuesday, November 9th. There are 17 items on the live auction and 67 raffle baskets - we dropped the silent auction which was the least effective event. You can check everything out on the front page of our website: http://www.surfsidequiltersguild.org/
Last year the quilt below was one of the live auction items and I bid hard for it. I have long admired Nancy Ota's sewing ability, not just as a quiltmaker, but as an embroiderer, applique artist, and... well, just about everything she does. Some years ago I won a little angel quilt she made and donated to Beach Cities Quilters Guild, so "Sea Leaves" is the second Ota quilt in TCQC.
"Sea Leaves" Nancy Ota 2007 21.5"W x 21"L
Cotton batiks, hand dyed cotton, commercial cotton. Machine pieced, appliqued, quilted.
Started in a workshop with Lorraine Torrence.
Nancy is an expert seamstress - look at the smooth edge stitching on the bias strips. And notice the tiny seagull slipped in between the leaves.
And look at her control with stitching her signature.
Whatever batting she used certainly makes the quilting stitches stand out.
Nancy has a pattern company and sells her original bag patterns. She also teaches classes in sashiko and in the construction of her unique bags. http://www.nancyota.com/
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As a non-quilter, I can appreciate this as a magnificent work of art!
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