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| My blocks |
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| Jane before the class started |
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| Jane's samples |
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| Jane's four blocks together |
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| My block is ready to trim |
Today (Friday) I took a workshop with Jane Hall who is very elderly but very delightful and sharp as anything. She promised us it would be the easiest workshop we would ever take and so it proved but all the more enjoyable for that and a strategy for successful string pieced blocks was passed on. And I did get round more of the quilt categories.
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| Melissa Sobotka's Silk Road Sampler which won the $5000 award for innovative artistry. She was inspired by a vendor's array of applique cushions in the Spice Market, Istanbul. I used to cross the bridge from where we lived to buy spices there. The maker used fused applique techniques to make this remarkable quilt. |
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| This illustrates a scientific paper about perception..Elaine Wick Poplin's Vertigo attempts to creae the illusion of concentric rings which do not intertwine though peripheral vision says that they do - fascinating. |
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| This is REM Rapid Eye Movement by Sonia Grasvik illustrating the rapid eye movement indicating the sleeper is in a hidden world of dreams. |
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| Detail of block |
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| So we didn't have to queue a second time |
2 comments:
The Silk Road Quilt won best in show at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival in February this year, I loved it and was astounded by the detail on it.
You seem to be having a great trip, and you blocks are colourful and fun.
Helen
Love your bright blocks and it has given me the idea to use this idea for our group quilt for our next year's show. We have mixed abilities and this would lend itself to a group project with good results for all and a great finished quilt as the outcome.
Jane look so sweet and how lovely she is still teaching workshops and sharing her skills and talent.
Jo x
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