QFestival LBeach #3 Posted 07-30-09

One of the comments I have heard about this event is that there weren't enough traditional quilts. I find that odd, because it seemed to me there were quite a few. This entire Festival is Special Exhibits, some are at the end of their travels and some are just beginning theirs

The "19th Century Patchwork Divas" is a group devoted to using traditional patterns and reproduction fabrics from the 1800s. Their work is very precise and the quilts could deceive us into believing they were a hundred years old and had never been out of the cupboard. They were quite beautiful. Above and below are two general views of some of the twenty-three quilts in this special exhibit.

There were also quilts using traditional patterns in other exhibits. This one was shown as part of "Country Living Classics" co-sponsored by Country Living Magazine and Int'l Quilt Festival.

You may notice that all the signs in my pictures are on a slant - that is because when the image is straight on the light reflects on the printing and it is illegible.

The blue is much more "old indigo" than in these images, but I could not adjust the color without showing the red-orange becoming neon. I think this is a most amazing use of African fabrics, an outstanding quilt in my book. The balance of the verticals, horizontals and diagonals is just 'melodious' to my eye.

How many of us would think of using these unusual prints in such very familiar block patterns? Good for Mickey Beebe.