12X12 Quilts in Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection 7 09-13-23

The annual Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) annual fund raiser starts tomorrow, September 4, 2023.  There are almost 400 12"X12" quilts in  a reverse auction where the price drops every day.  Go to https://www.saqa.com/auction to find out how the auction works.  Go to  https://www.saqa.com/auctionview  to view  all the quilts, they are listed by maker's last name.  

For the last month of so I have been posting on my blog, images of the pieces I have successfully bid on in years past.  Go to www.delquilts.blogpost.com , look in the right sidebar and click on12X12.  The TCQC has over a hundred 12X12s from SAQA and other auctions, but I have just posted about 30 or so in this series.  This last post below are all bird quilts, which are my favorite subject.  

  

"Two Geese"  Els Vereycken  - Belgium  2011  12X12

The background appears to be a hand dye.  The geese are different white fabrics - bottom one is satin, the middle one is a sheer and the top goose is fine twill.   They are all machine appliqued using both straight stitch  and machine buttonhole,   Machine quilted.

 "In the Thicket"  Sonia Grasvik - Seattle, WA  2012  11.75" x 11.75"    Hand dyed and commercial cottons, silk thread, fabric ink pens.  Machine pieced, FMQ.

The lines on the left are narrow strips of fabric, fold and stitched into the seam.   The twigs on the right are satin stitch.   The bird is machine applique.

"From Above  - Crows"  K. Velis Turan - 2007   12X12

Cotton fabrics, cotton and rayon threads.  Dyed/painted, beads, metal embellishments.  Pieced border.

I especially admire the border - two similar sides and two wildly different sides.  The crows are applied by machine stitches.  

"Tillamook Rooster"  Terry Grant - Oregon  2009  12X12

Commercial cottons, Machine applique, Machine quilting. 

"Fish Dinner"   Sheila Gaquin - Washington   2018  12X12 

Commercial cottons.  Machine applique, Machine quilted. 

And a great back!

Although I usually choose realistic images, sometimes there are a few 
"original" birds that appeal.  Here are a couple "Wild Birds".

" Nite Song"  Nanette Fleischman   2009  12X12

An offset log cabin with a fantasy bird,

Commercial cottons, machine piecing and applique, machine  quilting.

"Taking a Break"  Lynn Welsch - New Mexico   2012  12X12

Such a happy, colorful quilt. Commercial cotton fabrics.  Machine appliqued and quilted.  I met Lynn in a Sue Benner workshop.  Such a nice person with a whimsical sense and good technical skills.

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Quilt by in TCQC 01-29-23

This is such a subtle little quilt.  I look at it with amazement every time.  It is just so WINTER!  When first seeing it I didn't recognize that it was a snow covered fallow field with some tire tracks and in the distance a stand of leafless winter trees.  

"Winter" E. Vereycken - Belgium  2010  12" X 12"

White cotton fabric, black thread, white thread, may have flannel for batting.. 

 Monoprint (I think), machine quilting with loose tension on top, edges turned to back for binding.

I have posted this quilt a couple times in the past.  Look under the "E"s on the side bar to see what I previously said and also to see another of Els (Elizabeth) quilts in the Collection.  I still do not find a website or blog for her.   

"Winter" - revisit a quilt by Els Vereycken 12-30-18

This post is from almost eight years ago.  I still find this quilt fascinating - such complex simplicity.   And it seems like a suitable post in mid-winter 2018.

Quilt from TCQC by Els Vereycken 02-13-11

This is the last of the quilts that I added to the TCQC during the Studio Art Quilt Associates online auction last autumn 2010 

"Winter"  Els Vereycken  2010  12" x 12"

Gray ink/paint on white cotton with black stitching.

 

A very plain back.  I suspect Els used a fabric from her "fabric library" that she didn't think she would ever use on the front of a quilt.  Notice that she turned up the bottom half inch of the image on the front of the quilt.

I was attracted to this piece because of the simplicity of the design and execution.  It is one of those works that is so striking from a distance and pulls me in closer to see the detail. 

Els lives in Belgium, but doesn't have a website that I can find. But here are a few websites that show some of her quilts. http://www.quiltingdaily.com/media/p/15682.aspx http://www.howoriginal.net/Snowflakes/artist_pages/els_vereycken.htm http://www.quiltingdaily.com/media/p/2836.aspx

Linda Colsh tells me Els is in the group  http://www.q-art.be/  with her - check it out.

Els Vereycken quilt from SAQA Auction 2014 02-01-15

I find Els' work very inventive and always enjoy seeing her quilts.  There is another one in TCQC  http://www.delquilts.blogspot.com/search/label/Els%20Vereycken

 

This one has the same sort of stark quality that I don't see very often. 

 

"Swallow"  Els Vereycken - Belgium 2014  12X12

Furnishing fabric (upholstery?), hand dyed fabric, hand and machine appliqued and quilted.

 

The white fabric that forms the border is the hand dye which feels so soft it is almost satin, but without the sheen.  There are four pieces of the darker fabric forming the background that are stitched with machine buttonhole.  Between these pieces there is a row of machine satin stitch which lends depth to the background.  The long wings are a dead giveaway that this is a swallow.

 

I  like the little "knotty" eye.

Nice label with full address and e-address, it is covered with a piece of vinyl.

For the edge, the white hand-dye is folded over and then topped with a grey iron-on seam binding.  It doesn't cover the edge of the turned under edge, so I don't know why she added that.    Quite a lovely piece with an unusual color palette.

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Quilt from TCQC by Els Vereycken 02-13-11

This is the last of the quilts that I added to the TCQC during the Studio Art Quilt Associates online auction last autumn. 

"Winter"  Els Vereycken  2010  12" x 12"

Gray ink/paint on white cotton with black stitching.

 

A very plain back.  I suspect Els used a fabric from her "fabric library" that she didn't think she would ever use on the front of a quilt.  Notice that she turned up the bottom half inch of the image on the front of the quilt.

I was attracted to this piece because of the simplicity of the design and execution.  It is one of those works that is so striking from a distance and pulls me in closer to see the detail. 

Els lives in Belgium, but doesn't have a website that I can find. But here are a few websites that show some of her quilts.  http://www.quiltingdaily.com/media/p/15682.aspx  http://www.howoriginal.net/Snowflakes/artist_pages/els_vereycken.htm  http://www.quiltingdaily.com/media/p/2836.aspx

Linda Colsh tells me Els is in the group  http://www.q-art.be/  with her - check it out.