12X12 Quilts in Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection 6 09-02-23

Another six quilts from past SAQA Benefit Auctions.  These are all leaves or trees from various years and countries.  I am fond of trees and their leaves, but I also look for different techniques and artists with a  distinctive style.  Four of the artists  shown here show their particular style.  

"Autumn Leaves"  Aileyn Renli Ecob - California  2012   12X12 

Commercial cotton fabrics, cotton batting, cotton thread.

Beautiful hand applique.  

"Rainbow  Trees"  Nikki Wheeler - Canada  2011  12X12

Various fabrics, fusing, machine finished edges, Machine quilting. 

"Evergreen"  Brenda Gael Smith -Australia  2011   12X12

Brenda's distinctive style.  Commercial cotton fabrics, Machine pieced and quilted. 

"Possibilities"  Deborah Boschert - Texas  2009 12X12

Deborah uses many of the same motifs in her various quilts. 

Cotton fabrics,  fusing, sequins, embroidery, Machine quilting. 

"Coastal Patterns - Banksia"  Susan Matthews - Australia  2013  12X12

 Canvas, ink, polyester thread, wool fabric.

Collagraph printint, lino block printing, fusing, free motion machine stitching.

"Laurel Leaves"   Terry Grant - Oregon  2008  12X12

Cotton fabric and thread.  Machine applique, machine quilting.

Terry does very exacting work and experiments  with  new techniques  that   she reads  about  or  invents for herself.  This quilt has such depth.  

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12X12 Quilts in the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection. 4 08-21-23

Although I love flowers, for some unknown reason I don't buy many flowered quilts. Here a re a  few that vary greatly in the techniques used.  I do  look for a variety of techniques and styles when  I  am adding quilts to the Collection.  Especially so with the 12X12 pieces.   Here  we have embroidery,  fusing, beading, cut and rearrange, and hand applique. 

"Fantastical Garden'   Gillian B. Moss - La Jolla, CA  2012  12X12

Lovely soft colors of thread against a screen printed square with holes left for the hand stitched flowers.  Straight stitches, cross stitches, back stitches, stem stitches, running stitches, fly stitches, single chain stitches - done in perle cotton and sewing cotton threads.

Cotton fabrics. Fused, machine applique and quilting.

Cute machine stitched June bugs are in the upper left quadrant.

"Gold Scarab"   Thom  Adkins  2010   12X12

Thom is known for the elaborate beading on his quilts.

"Ode to a Cabbage Rose"  C. Terry Meyer - Espanola, NM  2011 12"x12"
Cotton fabrics, metallic gold thread.  Machine reverse applique, machine quilting. 

It appears that Terry made nine blocks (there are nine 'surface' fabrics) and then cut them into fourths and recombined them to make four patches.  The edges of the patches are butted together and stitched with mono filament.
 

"Calla Lily"  Aileyn Renli Ecob - California  2010  12"X12"

Cotton fabrics. Fabric  pen. Hand applique,  Hand quilted.

Aileyn does the most exquisite hand work of anyone I know.

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Trees in TCQC 05-07-23

Our current challenge in the San Diego group is trees.  I have done a lot of tree quilts over the years and there are quite a few in the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection.   I looked through the 12"X12" pieces in the Collection and picked out these six to post tonight.  As you see they are mostly parts of trees; roots, leaves, fruit, and whole trees.  Everyone sees the subject in their own way and I am always delighted to see someone's vision.  The bottom quilt by Caroline Higgs is an amazing fused applique which is machine quilted around each leaf, twig, and trunk.  You can find the artist's name on the sidebar and click to find more information about the maker and the quilt.  

Village Series #7 Kristin La Flamme  2007

Evergreen  Brenda Gael Smith - Australia  2011

Rainbow Trees  Nikki Wheeer -   2011

Gingko with Fruit  Aileyn Renli Ecob - California  2014

Lake in the Woods   Sandra Hart -   2011

Essence of India  Caroline Higgs -    2018

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Quilt by Aileyn Renli Ecob re-posted 09-23-18

Here is a re-post from 2014 showing a quilt by Aileyn from the SAQA 2014 auction.  I have not  bid on anything in the current auction - yet!  Check it out at:   http://www.saqa.com/

Aileyn Renli Ecob quilt added to TCQC 11-16-14

I like Aileyn's work - there are four of her pieces in the Collection - and always try to be first in line on the day her quilts come up for auction.  This is the latest addition to TCQC from the SAQA 2014 online auction.  

"Ginkgo with Fruit"  Aileyn Renli Ecob   2014  12"X12"

Cotton fabric, synthetic accent fabric, cotton batting. Fused and machine stitched. Machine quilted. Decorative stitching on leaves and stems.  Reverse applique. 

The rusty colored outline is the bottom fabric.  Notice the even width of that outline. 

Nice variation in the leaves, including this print fabric used for two leaves.  The background is not blue - the picture above of the whole quilt is the most accurate color.

Nice wide sleeve, but it could use a little 1/4" ease so the hanging slat doesn't make the top roll over. 

Nice handwritten label, but no contact for the artist.  I know how to reach Aileyn, but others would not. 
 http://fiberonthewall.com/aileyn-ecob/gallery/
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Aileyn Renli Ecob quilt added to TCQC 11-16-14

I like Aileyn's work - there are four of her pieces in the Collection - and always try to be first in line on the day her quilts come up for auction.  This is the latest addition to TCQC from the SAQA 2014 online auction.  

"Ginkgo with Fruit"  Aileyn Renli Ecob   2014  12"X12"

Cotton fabric, synthetic accent fabric, cotton batting. Fused and machine stitched. Machine quilted. Decorative stitching on leaves and stems.  Reverse applique. 

The rusty colored outline is the bottom fabric.  Notice the even width of that outline. 

Nice variation in the leaves, including this print fabric used for two leaves.  The background is not blue - the picture above of the whole quilt is the most accurate color.

Nice wide sleeve, but it could use a little 1/4" ease so the hanging slat doesn't make the top roll over. 

Nice handwritten label, but no contact for the artist.  I know how to reach Aileyn, but others would not.
 http://fiberonthewall.com/aileyn-ecob/gallery/
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Aileyn Ecob 12 x 12 quilt in TCQC 02-02-14

In October 2013 I had so much going on in my life that I didn't post the 12" x 12" quilts I purchased from the Studio Art Quilt Associates online fundraising auction.  This is the first of a series until I have shown all of them. .

 

I know Aileyn from classes at Empty Spools Seminars at Asliomar in Pacific Grove, CA,  She does impeccable hand applique and exacting technical finishing on her quilts.   The background color in this image is more true than in the rest of the pictures - grey, not blue.

 

Just one leaf with a slight shadow.  Don't know why the background is blue in this pix.

 

I like the piping on two sides, this detail is at lower right

 

And a great rocky fabric on the back.   

 I saw this quilt on the auction site and thought how great it was to see an image similar to one I had taken at Bishop Creek in the Eastern Sierra.   I had forgotten that Aileyn had asked me if she could use the photo as inspiration and I didn't realize her source until I read the label - then I remembered.  I think she did a great job and I am especially happy to have it as part of TCQC.

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