It's Home!

Maple Leaf Rag went to quilt shows in Houston, Chicago & Long Beach, and has finally returned home today!


Victoria & Albert Museum, U.K. Quilt of Quilts

Quilt of Quilts

Maple Leaf Rag

View this quilt on the V&A website

http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/quilts/quilt/detail/id/390

Festival Gallery of Quilt Art - Town and Country

Here is Maple Leaf Rag, which is currently showing in the above-named special exhibit at the International Quilt Festival in Houston. It will travel to Chicago and Long Beach in the coming year, and continue on tour until 2011, possibly even to a quilt show near you. It's 48.5 x 49 inches and is pieced, fused, and machine quilted. The design is based on a photograph taken by John Hartgerink of Baton Rouge, LA and used with permission. The black areas are composed of 23 different black on black prints and form traditional Maple Leaf blocks. The title references a Scott Joplin tune, which was later choreographed by Martha Graham.

Breaking News

My quilt, Maple Leaf Rag, will be in the Festival Gallery of Quilt Art, Town & Country exhibit at the IQA shows in Houston, Chicago and Long Beach, as well as other venues until 2011! Sorry, no pictures until the show opens.

Busy, Busy, Busy, but not much (I can) show for it

The past six weeks or so have been very busy. I have made three quilts during this time.

Can't show these 17" x 22" journal quilts, but here are the parts I cut off. Top piece is stamped, fused, thread accented, embroidered on organza, painted, and heavily quilted with metallic thread. Bottom piece is painted, appliqueed, thread accented, fused, overlaid, and quilted with metallic thread. Pictures of the actual items to appear in late October. Some may appear a bit sooner. Both have nature themes. Doesn't this make you want to see them?

This was the first finished, and is 48" x 48," which is pretty large for me. Can't show it yet, so here are some of the leftover bits. It's pieced, fused and heavily quilted, and also has a nature theme.