Lisa Jenni quilt in TCQC 07-01-12

When I first saw this quilt in-the-fabric last year in the display of the Living Color exhibit of quilts at the Association of Pacific West Quilters show in Tacoma it almost leapt off the wall at me.  It is such a striking image and the color is wonderful.  So, for nine months I have thought about bidding in the online auction - which was last week.  As always with auctions I thought about the organization and, like every non-profit these days, its need for funds.  So, I stayed on top of the bidding and this quilt is now a part of the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection.
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"Nature's Lace"  Lisa Jenni - Sammamish, WA  36"W x 24"L
Hand dyed cotton fabrics, Misty Fuse, cotton thread. 
 Machine and hand appliqued. Machine quilted.

A postcard from her daughter in north Australia inspired this quilt.  Lisa said, "....a beautiful rainforest palm tree canopy.  The 'gazillion' shades of green in the picture manifest Living Colour for me.  What could be more living than a green forest?"   Lisa's website:   www.thinkquilts.com

The stems were stuffed and then hand appliqued to the quilt.

Such great attention to detail.

Lisa calls this machine quilt pattern "McTavishing".  Notice that the corner miter is stitched down - something that makes quilt judges very happy. 

Great fabric on the back and an appropriate choice for the subject on the front.

This garish label was provided by the organization.  As you see they anticipated that the quilts would be auctioned at a special event in 2010, but somehow that didn't work out.  So, two years later they auctioned the quilts online.