Here are novice and quilts and a peek into some of the galleries. The second time winner of the novice quilts was a controversial choice but it chose itself as it was an immaculately made copy and as such within the rules as long as the other marks made up for the lack of design input.
However while my choices are not winners they win with me as do many other pieces with many other people and that's why I hope the show will contnue to be non juried unlike American Shows where every piece is highly finished and destined as a show Quilt.
This novice quilt by Kate Evans is a case in a point. I love the quirkyness and go for it nature of the blocks. Further it is a quilt(s) with a heart and a story. The label reads "Both pieces are cut from the same cloth and linked with hand quilting. One quilt is for my sister in Canada and one for me in the UK. The bear paw represents our Canadian heritage, the linen thread our Irish ancestry and the pearl buttons our Cockney foremothers. This quilt is a hug across the Atlantic." |
| NV 12 Geoff Kerrins: Patterns |
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| Joe Cunningham |
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| Joe Cunningham |
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| Joe Cunningham |
I always make a beeline for galleries displaying vintage quilts from which we can learn so much. These are red and white (obviously) from the International Quilt Museum and Study Centre in Nebraska.
They came from the 600+ donation of the Joanna S. Rose collection which was displayed to great acclaim in New York 2011. Oh that Turkey Red, now, it seems, no more.
These display a modern graphic sensibility and use of repeated shapes creating layers of pattern emphases.
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| Irish Chain |
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| Delectable Mountains |
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Road To California with negative
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| This must be from one of the art quilt galleries. |
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Another quilt with heart and with layers of
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