A few more quilts from the Mancuso Oasis Quilt Festival in Palm Springs. I have another, final, set tomorrow evening.
There is a BIG trend to do channel quilting (the name Jean Ray Laury used in the 70s). Now I have heard it referred to as "matchstick", "toothpick", and "spaghetti" quilting. It is merely straight rows of stitching regardless of the pieced or appliqued design. I find that many times it detracts from the design. The quilting should have some relationship to the design.
This is such a happy quilt, but I don't understand the borders. It is nice that they are different, but why not on all sides? This seems a little tipsy to me.
The quilting is uninspired. Channel quilting might have been better.
It is not unusual to see skeletons on quilts these days. But I remember when Jonathan Shannon showed his 1994 Day of the Dead quilt it was a shocking event which cause much discussion and argument.
Notice the little cadavers dancing across the bottom.
The teeth are shiny like glass or plastic.
Here is an example of channel quilting that doesn't follow the design, but is an effective style for this quilt.
It took me several views of this quilt to figure out the title. The bottom closeup shows the bees in the fabric used for the hexagons - I have bleached out the image a bit so the bees are easier to see.
A bee in each hexie.
A lovely tribute to the tapa cloth makers.
Beautifully simple.
The idea behind this quilt is intriguing. It is similar to those quilts created by sewing a patchwork block every day and assembling them into a quilt. I don't think this one is as successful as some of those - perhaps because there is nothing in common between the blocks.
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