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Saturday, May 9, 2009

New Quilts! Metamorphosis: New Quilts from Old Favorites

Cornered! with detail and Puss in the Corner inspiration blocks

In August of 2008, my son found a tiny kitten under the hood of the car, covered in grease and fleas. He cleaned her up and she won his heart, as well as the scorn of our other two cats. Boris the black cat is determined to be Alpha male, and is also proud of his prowess at catching (catnip) mice, while Moose the orange cat is the mighty hunter of lizards and bugs who’s afraid of everything. Oslo the kitten sleeps, dreaming, no doubt, of how best to annoy her big brothers.
Background fabrics are hand-stamped by the artist. Cats are threadpainted over fabric collage, and are based on photographs taken by the artist.

Robbing Retirement to Pay the Mortgage with detail and Robbing Peter to Pay Paul inspiration block

It’s a scary economic world these days. Job loss, foreclosure and bankruptcy are worrying citizens who have worked and paid their bills on time for the first time in their lives.
The heavy black line is the Dow Jones Average from April, 2008 through February, 2009. Note the big dip in late September. Actual headlines were transferred onto the fabric using printable t-shirt transfer material. All headlines are from The Alexandria (LA) Daily Town Talk, where my husband was employed from May, 1977 until his position was eliminated in December, 2008.

See all the challenge quilts at:
http://fiberartsconnsocal.org/exhibition_catalogs/Metamorphosiscatalog.pdf
Quilt block diagrams and original cat photographs are my own work.

New Quilts! Fragments: Urban Decay challenge

Sky with detail and inspiration photo

I went around the Alexandria downtown area one Sunday afternoon and took many photographs. There’s no shortage of urban decay here. Although Alexandria was burned to the ground during the Civil War, there are still a few buildings from the era of Reconstruction, as well as many built later and abandoned. This particular building appeared to still be in use as I could see lights on inside. I went back a few weeks later to take some more photos and could not find it.

Strata with detail and inspiration photo

The quilt is based on an original photo by the artist.
Currently used as a parking lot, this was originally an interior part of a business, back in the days when businesses in this area of town were thriving. Bricks from the exterior walls are also still visible.

See all the challenge quilts at:

http://fiberartsconnsocal.org/exhibition_catalogs/Fragmentscatalog.pdf
Both inspiration photos also my work.

Friday, May 1, 2009

I'm on the Quilts, Inc. and Quilting Arts Sites!

Here are my entries for Quilting Arts' Rock On! Challenge. I had previously published the reverse sides in an earlier entry. The backs end up looking pretty cool when the thread matches whatever is going on on the top.

Blackbird and reverse

California Dreamin' and reverse

Tea in the Sahara and reverse

For Quilts, Inc., Go to:

http://www.quilts.com/sqf09/enVivo/

Special Exhibits (menu on left)
Festival Gallery of Quilt Art: Town and Country
second row, far right

You can see many other quilts from the Chicago show on the site.

Quilting Arts Rock On Challenge:

http://www.quiltingarts.com/media/p/2716.aspx

http://www.quiltingarts.com/media/p/2715.aspx

http://www.quiltingarts.com/media/p/2714.aspx
You can see all the entries by going to "next." Way cool!