Quilt National - a full day 05-25-13

As you can see, it is much too late for me to be up.  But I wanted to show you a bit of QN '13.


"My Town by the River"  Pamela Allen - Kingston, Ontario, Canada  60"W x 48"L
I like Pamela's work - a lot - although I cannot add some of her quilts to TCQC, because they are too embellished.   She said she is trying to work in more monochromatic values right now.  This is her first time in QNational.   
 

Karen Rips with husband Ted.  Karen's very original quilt "High Water Mark" is hanging and I did take a picture of her with it.  But that will have to wait for another post.
 

"The Conversation"  Mary Ann Tipple - Elyria, Ohio 72"Wx92"L
I met Mary Ann when I came to the QN opening in 2009 and I think her work is exceptional.  A few years ago I added one of her quilts to TCQC, but have yet to post it on my Sunday blog.  The people in the quilt are her dad and his sister.
Mary Ann's quilt won the QSDS and was purchased at the opening.
 

The quilt "Springfield" by Brooke Atherton - Billings, MT., won the Best of Show award.  It is encrusted with many small found items - rocks, glass, pieces of wood, paper - and more.
I don't have an ID on the woman on the right.
 

"Sunlit Canyon" by Patty Hawkins is one of several quilts that sold immediately, but not to me!  The quilt is 52"W x 28"L.  Most of Patty's quilts depict some aspect of aspen trees, she lives in Estes Park, CO.

Tomorrow is the last of the events and I will have to decide on a route to go home.  But I may stay here another night just to reorganize and get a little extra rest.  It is 1am now - much too late.   But I am having a great time.    

Another Quilt from Visions 2010 03-14-11

Once again I admit to, essentially, being a thief.  Seeing the quilts at a Visions exhibit is such an awe inspiring event for me that I always want to share it by taking pictures.  The quilts are splendid, but I get real joy out of being able to see the fabulous details the artists have created.  This is one I would have purchased had it not already been sold. And hurrah for the buyer, of this and the other quilts that sold, for putting funds into the Visions bank account.  Every little (or big) bit helps keep this great exhibit coming back every two years. 

 
This piece is 45"wide and 41"long. 

The color is subtle and soothing.  Someone said it looked like a tombstone, but to me it resembles a piece of broken wall with moss and stains and graffiti.

The bluish area is composed of torn lace with lots of over stitching.  The little flecks toward the top are either stones or wood.  I hope they have been coated with something to keep the acid from eating the fabric.

 

Very small scraps of brown tone fabrics are scattered above the 'graffiti' which is done with both machine stitches and very long single thread couched stitches.

I have never previously noticed this technique on a binding.  So delicate, so time consuming, so much the artist's own "mark".  Beautiful binding!

Click on the pictures to enlarge.  I don't find a website for Brooke, but you can Google her name and find various sites that show images of her work. 

And you can enjoy this quilt and all those in Visions -2010 by purchasing a catalog!

http://www.visionsartmuseum.org/cart/listproducts.asp