Monday 10 November 2014

Some Whimsy and some amazing art quilts

Eloise Joins the Circus by Janet Fogg, I love Janet's quilts and love the whimsy she adds to them.
 Remember the Ladies by Connie Harris Farrington.


 Trish and Tweety by Wendy Butler Berns.
 Out of the Box by Dorothy York.
 Artist created hand dyes, batiks, discharge overdyeing, fusing, machine quilting and hand quilting.
 Sitting Duck by Trish Nichols.
 Frame of Mind by Flora Joy...Jackie Kennedy at first glance..
 ...Oprah Winfrey on second glance...
 ...Mother Teresa on last glance
 The Water Boy by Marilyn Wall.
 Prelude to Winter by Beth Porter Johnson.

 Umbrellas in the City by Terri Krysan.

 Source of Life by Hollis Chatelain.

 Healing Waters by Hollis Chatelain.
 I think her details are amazing no wonder she was a prize winner.
 Left, The Birds dropped a Sunflower see by Mary Ann Vaca-Lambert.  Right, Dazzling Dahlia by Andrea Brokenshire.
 Details, hand painted, hand beaded thread sketching, echo quilting and free-motion quilting.
 Hand painted, fused applique turned edged on confetti background.  Unmarked free motion quilted and thread painted.
 Arizona Starry Night by Alicia Sterna.
 Small pieces were lightly glued and then covered with tulle and secured with quilting
 Yellow Mellow in Paradise by Andrea Brokenshire.  Hand painted fused applique turned edge on confetti style background, unmarked free motion quilting and thread painting.
 Swoop by Terry Aske.  Inspired by a photo of the Skytrain over the Fraser River in New Westminster.
 Mated for Life by Sally G. Wright.  Fused raw edge applique, painted free motion quilted couched.
 Red Sunflower by Susan Bianchi based on a photo take by her husband.
 Hand sewn buttons and beads on wholecloth quilt, machine quilted couched binding.
 Rhythm and Roses by Karen Eckmeier.
Her topstitch-piecing techniques, couching, and hand beading.

2 comments:

Rachaeldaisy said...

Thanks for sharing all these amazing quilts!!

Rebecka said...

All I can say is WOW! Beautiful work.