Quilt Festival - Long Beach 08-04-11

From Tactile Architecture - 2010
Another of the regular exhibits that originate at the Houston show and travel to the other venues.

 

www.kristinlaflamme.com

I always enjoy Kristin's quilts - houses with roots appeal to me.

Lots of hand stitching that can only be seen in closeup.

www.carolannwaugh.com

How interesting to see this quilt from Carol Ann Waugh since I just purchased one of her quilts while I was in Denver.  This is so very different than the work she is currently doing.  I like this quilt, especially the great blue wall, but I'm not sure the suburbs need urban living.  At least in SCalifornia.

 Do they allow  people to lay on the floor and take  pictures?  I tried it at the Monterey Aquarium under the sardine dome and they told me to get up and go away!

A great image - the distortion makes it even more interesting.

Great ribbon done in the style of Libby Lehman. 

 
www.kristinlaflamme.com

Another wonderful "rooted" house from Kristin.   The severe contrast between the light and dark makes it difficult to take a good photograph.

Again, lots of hand stitching and embellishment.

Below is the way the quilt was shown at the Festival.

http://www.janesquilts.com/    http://www.kristinlaflamme.com/   http://sandralauterbach.com

 
             35"W x 25"L                                               24"W x 32"L              

Jane Hamilton,  Kristin La Flamme, Sandra Lauterbach

http://www.ruthpowersartquilts.com/

Another pieced wonder from Ruth Powers.  Yes, it is pieced, not appliqued.  39.5"W x 46"L

http://www.kvelisturan.com/

A whole cloth quilt with a lot of texture.  Original color combination. 

www.embellishmentcafe.com/NEWwallgallery.htm

 

I'm always intrigued by water towers when I am on a road trip.  Some of them are decorated with designs that reflect something about the town - milk bottles, pumpkins, tomatoes, etc.  I have never seen any towers like these, but I think they are glorious.  Actually, Placentia has a water tower, I'll have to take a picture sometime.

A 12 X 12 quilt from SAQA auction by K. Velis Turan 03-20-11

This quilt is from the 2008 SAQA online auction.

" From Above - Crows"  K. Velis Turan - New York  2007  12" X 12"

 

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.  

Very detailed embellishment with some metal rings centered with beads and others not.  

 

The back is certainly something that has been in K.Velis' 'fabric library' for quite a few years.  I'm guessing it is a print from the mid 1990s. 

I'm intrigued by this quilt and enjoy trying to figure out the methods and techniques she used.   There is an article about her in the Feb/Mar 2011 issue of Quilting Arts Magazine and one of her pieces is on the cover.  You can also see her work on her website www.kvelisturan.com