Every summer, Brigham City, Utah holds, what I consider, one of the best small quilts shows around. Brigham City is a small town in northern Utah generally know best for peach orchards and LDS Church history. The quilt show is held in their "museum" which is in the basement of the senior center. The first year I went, I made the mistake of going through the main floor door and and had to ask directions which took us through a senior exercise class and down the back staircase. I know better now. The show. above, is hung in three smallish rooms and is FREE. This means return visits and the need to add to their donation box. Below are a few of my favorite.
Bali Boys by Linda Anderson from California
Sunshine of my Winter by Ana Faustian. These two used a lot of thread painting over digital photography and applique.
Peace and Quiet by Cynthia England. This was pieced and appliquéd. Gorgeous!
The Honey Log by Aileyn Renli Ecob
Savanna Trek by Linda Anderson. She did Bali Boys as well.
This is one of very favorites. I remember seeing this in a magazine and being amazed by the detail she was able to incorporate in her quilt. The title is Mother Earth and Her Children and was designed and quilted by Sieglinde Schoen Smith.
Another favorite was one I had seen at the Houston Quilt Show. Venetian Menagerie by Melissa Sobotka from Texas. Hard to look at this and think it is appliqué!
Below is Ana, my granddaughter. We are spending Friday mornings learning how to sew a quarter inch seam allowance and design a pillow top. Maybe one day she will be putting her quilts in a show!
Ana,
ReplyDeleteRemember, it will all 'quilt out'.
Grandpa
I love Cynthia England's quilts, having seen them and her in Houston. I have one of her books and some of her fabric. It is amazing when you look at them they read like a painting but when you get close up you see they are made of so many little fractures of fabric.
ReplyDeleteI think I have seen the Mother earth quilt if it is an old one, possibly in Houston I guess. Though not to my taste, you have to admire them workmanship and imagination.
The Venetian Menagerie is just wonderful, all that layered detail. I looked close up and it looks painted to me, is it possibly a painted wholecloth quilt with appliqué elements?
Ana, great to see you quilting. I am sure you will make a fantastic pillow top and I look forward to seeing it here on the blog when you have done it.