Looking back at TCQC 02-23-14

I started showing quilts from the Thomas Contemporary Quilt  Collection in 2007 and this is one of the first I shared.  It is "Quenching Rain" by Melody Johnson.  It is 16.5" wide and 16.75" long.  Melody's method is fusing and piecing with both machine and hand quilting.  This quilt was inspired Melody lives in Tennessee which suffered a drought in 2007. When the rain came it was so welcome and life giving that she expressed her joy in this quilt Her work is distinctive, so colorful and full of stylized motifs that it is easily recognized. When she posted this quilt on her website I was smitten. One unusual feature is that she used vintage fabric along with her usual intensely colored, hand dyed fabric. Hand dyed cotton fabrics created by the artist, vintage cottons Fused, hand and machine quilted