Heirolglyphics Interrupted by Patricia Washburn

Today, I want to share a pieced quilt by Patricia Washburn from Taunton, MA titled "Heiroglyphics Interrupted #1.  This is such a well executed piece of art and a showcase for a fabric collage.  The FMQ design is perfectly chosen to add another dimension to the piece, so much so that it seems equal to each of the other elements of this quilt. The black and white shapes make a great foundation structure that also leads your eye all the way through it and perks up the color choices.  This wins an award in my mind for exceptional design in the abstract art category!  I aspire to this quality of work.

At the Lowell Quilt Festival, 2013

 



 



Strings & Things!

This is THE ONE I’ve been working on as I worked on all the others in the past 2 months or so.  Although it was a lot of work I think it was really worthwhile; in fact, I think it’s my best quilt so far!

Very much a scrappy quilt, the auditioning and choices made of which fabrics to use together probably took the most time!  I made enough rejected blocks to make another quilt out of, but went on to make these choices block by block.  As you can see the colorway is quite different from the ordinary but I did persist to make it work – I do love to solve problems, perhaps the main work of any artist.

I wanted it to be unique and made just to suit myself and I think I accomplished my goal quite successfully!  It has a lively colorway, yet is fairly monochromatic.  There is a balance of harmony and tension

For the first time I used wool batting and loved quilting it.  Each block is Free motion stitched in a different pattern. I have not even washed it yet and it looks as defined as a washed quilt. It’s about an 80 inch square and made almost entirely of commercial fabrics.

It's also my first Quilt As You Go.  You can see the method I used here on youtube  or here at ludlowquiltandsew.



Strings & Things hanging on the clothesline with the sun showing through it.

Detail of Finished Quilt On Design Wall
 

Sundappled Back of Strings & Things.



Detail of one block.

You can see this quilt at the Lowell Quilt Festival!

APPLETON MILLS
 

219 Jackson Street, Lowell MA 01852

 

Admission: FREE

Quilts from the Boston Modern Quilt Guild

Gallery Night Reception

Friday, August 9, 5pm - 8pm

FREE admission to all venues on gallery night!  Hope To See You There!
 

winter vision - a new art quilt

New small art quilt - #4 - only 96 to go! 

  

I did frame this one. I wanted to see if I like the deep frame wrap around look to mount these babies on and I do!  Can't really see much of it here but you get the idea.

 

 

Again, I experimented with texture and dimension.  Like my "Let Them Be Wild" quilt

(Turtle Moon Impressions: Let Them Be Wild) I used small scraps of fabric hand-tied with embroidery thread to build a textural quality.  This time, they're the shape of  leaves and some are printed with the text of a some words I journaled (also on the top of the frame) about taking the photo which is also digitally printed on cotton - an old sheet, in fact, prepared with inkAid. It's also bordered with a sliver of one of my new digital skins and quilted with gold metallic thread.  I'm doing the happy artist dance!

 

Another Madrona Road Quilted Tote Bag

My Elna is back and in great shape!  Finished another Madrona Road Challenge tote bag.

 

The original Pattern that I referred to for construction of both totes is from Quiltoutloud, but the link I have seems to be outdated - it was published in 2009.

 

However, I'm not great at following patterns, due to both lack of technical proficiency and my dominant creative bent, so the creative pattern is mostly mine and the construction pattern is mostly theirs. 

 

 

Also, yesterday was the January meeting for the Boston Modern Quilt Guild where Hema did a great tutorial on free motion quilting.  Small world...we realized I was her daughter's Toddler Teacher in daycare! 

 

 Hema is quite accomplished at free motion quilting.  You can find her blog here: http://malinisquilts.blogspot.com/

Let Them Be Wild

"Let Them Be Wild" was named after a verse in the poem Inversnaid by Gerard Manley Hopkins. 

This quilt was born as a political statement,  a desire to inspire others to contemplate and honor

 the wet and the wild, to preserve our oceans and the life within them.

This is the last batch of pics I'll be posting from the LQF and are from either The Whistler Museum of the Brush Gallery and are among my own faves of the show.

I didn't get the title of this but it is a
Wen Redman, whose work I love
...anyone know the title?

Don't know who did this or the or below
but I think they're wonderful!

Carrie Hedstrom did this,
"The Woman With The Tattooed Hands."

This is Peggy Brown's "Duet III."

Susan McCraw, "Fascinatin' Rythm."

Mary Durda of Needham, MA did this bold geometric
called "Woman In A Man's World."

Nancy Crasco's "Lost In A Fog" is a fine example of a transfer printed quilt.
It's brilliant in execution, especially in its' minimalist construction.

This "Nocturne Dupont Plant" and the one below, "Nocturne Bewers Mills Lock"
are by the talented Pamela Allen of Ontario, Canada.

This was the smallest quilt but it left a large impression on me:
"Backyard Owl" by Cheri Wilkins of  Kittery Point, ME.

Again, I don't know who did these, top and bottom, but I remember that they're by different artists and thought they were both striking!

There were many more, of course, than you have seen here.  Some I simply got terrible pics so I can only blame myself, but some of the most well known quilter's don't allow you to photograph their work and there were some extraordinary pieces among these!  What can I say - take it in yourself next year!

Now, I'm going out to enjoy some of this very fine weather!

These beauties just drew me to them! Perhaps the most appealing aspect of this group is their originality. Each is a unique design with striking colors and all are well executed.

The first, Virginia Autumn Leaves appears to be the most traditional design, yet it's quite alive in today's world with Ann's choice of colors and the arrangement of each type of leaf that exists in her backyard.

Detail, original designs of hand-appliqued leaves
highlighted by free-motion quilting.

Whereas, the next two are clearly contemporary designs; 

each are also creative compositions, unique designs that speak with a voice of their own!

Spider  Orchids, Carolyn Olsen, Glenmont, NY.
Stunning design and colors!

Look #3 by Gail Dwyer, Winthrop, MA

Detail, awesome colors and composition!