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| G Wong, Peace Out on my Starship. |
After a long hiatus, I reconnected with my quilt guild, Quilters' Connection, by attending this year's quilt show, held at Keljik Hall, part of St. James' Armenian Church in Watertown, Massachusetts. The show was up Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18, and here are some of the quilts which particularly caught my eye.
The show's title, "Creative Expressions in Fabric," is all-encompassing and, indeed, every kind of quilt, and technique, was on display, including contemporary quilts, landscape quilts, traditional quilts, both pieced and applique, and documentary pieces. Some examples of each are grouped together in this blog, just for ease of presentation. Enjoy.
Contemporary graphic quilts - riffs on traditional designs:
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| Jen McPhilimy, Flying Geese. |
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| Rita Alesi, A Dozen Pluses. |
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| A Dozen Pluses, detail. |
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| Deborah Rocha, 2 Zigs : 3 Zags. |
Deborah Rocha, Red Squares.
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| Missy Shay, Contempo Twist. (Quilted by Georgette Gagne.) |
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| Stephanie Shore, Water Grasses 4. |
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| Water Grasses 4, detail. |
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| Terry Greenstein, Starry Night. |
Pictorial (representational) work, in techniques old and new:
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| Karen Hohler, Berlin Crows. |
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| Don Hileman, Love Birds. (Quilted by Felicity Hileman.) |
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| Love Birds, detail. |
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| Karen Pulaski, Rose. |
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| Renate Parisek, Black Eyed Susans. |
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| Nancy Wasserman, The Girl and Her Dress, detail. |
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| Wendy Drobnyk, Sea Creatures, detail. |
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| Sea Creatures, detail. |
Landscapes:
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| Diana Galson-Kooy, Trees at Dusk. |
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| Tricia Deck, Lincoln Bridge. |
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| Carol Anne Grotrian, Soiree at Walden. |
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| Soiree at Walden, detail of shibori dyeing. |
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| Soiree at Walden, detail. |
Documentary - a record of a historical event, in this case a Red Sox World Championship:
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| Rosemary Bawn, Mookie Magic. |
Highlights in applique and embroidery:
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| Nancy Howard, Mrs. Lincoln's Sampler. |
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| Mrs. Lincoln's Sampler, detail. |
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| Susan Holsing, Salem Witches, detail. |
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| Salem Witches, detail. |
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| Salem Witches, detail. |
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| Marla Richmond, Jo's Kitties, detail. |
Precision piecing:
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| Cathy Papazian, Kaleidoscoping. |
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| Ginny Such, Peace Cranes. |
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| Peace Cranes, detail. |
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Sara Schechner, Ian's Astro-Electrical Wonder. (Quilted by Kate and Tom Wellen.)
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Some images of the show:
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| Visitor and quilts. |
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| The ever-popular boutique. |
Finally, here in New England it's been a slow start to spring, but we are saying "good-bye" to winter at long last. The quilt below captures the feeling of a bleak yet beautiful snowscape. I would have added a shadow to the tree as, even in the heat of summer, the shadow of inevitable winter remains.
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| Deborah Kuhlman-Hussey, Solitude. |
