Aileyn Renli Ecob quilt in TCQC 11-04-12

I do love Aileyn's work, mostly done by hand, and here is another of her quilts. 
This one was purchased at the SAQA online auction in October of this year.

Oak leaves in the golden autumn colors, set off by dark brown bark and still some green leaves in the background.  I especially like the green fabric with the dots which adds some liveliness.  The other Aileyn quilt in TCQC is a Calla Lily.  I cannot find the post that shows just that quilt, but here is a picture of it and another Calla Lily quilt she showed at Pacific Int'l QFestival 
http://www.delquilts.blogspot.com/2011/01/calla-lily-by-aileyn-ecob-part-of-tcqc.html
It was a prize winner that year.
See more of her work at www.fiberonthewall.com


"Autumn Gold"  Aileyn Renli Ecob - Walnut Creek, CA   2012  12" X 12"
Cotton Fabric and thread.  Hand and machine sewing.  Machine quilted.  Fabric markers used.

Aileyn does beautiful handwork - her applique stitches are almost invisible.

And her hand quilting is small and even.

A nice deep sleeve with an extra quarter inch to accommodate those fat poles used at some quilt shows.

Nice to see the stitching on the back.  I believe this is a Marimekko fabric.

And a clearly written label with contacts.  I have added the date and the size.

PIQF 2011 10-17-11

I drove home from San Juan Bautista today - it was an easy drive with light traffic and not too warm.  It was six hours with a stop for gas/Starbucks and a pit stop.  I made it here before the "rush hour" traffic, unloaded and returned the rental van, picked up the Lexus, returned home and took a nice long nap.  More about van rental later. 

About the pictures...   I take pictures of quilts that I like or think are interesting, but I also take some that I think will interest friends and some that have unusual or original techniques.  Going to any quilt show is an educational experience for me, so I spend a lot of time looking closely at the quilts.  Which is why nobody wants to tag along, I take too long! 

If you want to see more of a quilter's work you should first check the sidebar to see if I have posted their names.  Then Google the name followed by "quilt" to find references that are online elsewhere.

This is just a sweet quilt that incorporates a memory fabric to make it special to the maker.  The swirly background is a step above the usual meandering stipple that adds a lot of character. 

Nancy is a dear friend who makes truly wonderful quilts - this is the second I have posted this year.  It is so bright with perfect value steps in the colors.  Notice those little colored dots that pull the color into the black and white. I can hear someone saying "those are places to rest your eyes"!

www.nancyota.com

 

Jan made the prize winning quilt of Audrey Hepburn that I posted yesterday.  She has done a great job with this realistic iguana.  The leaves and Juan's tail overlapping the inner border create great depth.

Juan's crest is truly 3-D.

This quilt (and many others) has two labels because it was part of the main PIQF competition exhibit and also of the Special Exhibit of Quilts of NCalifornia.   I usually don't show both labels, but in this case they give entirely different information.  The color in my pictures is not true, but the best of the five full images I took.  The sky is actually more peach than yellow.  It is a very beautiful quilt, perhaps my favorite in this exhibit.

Notice the orange line between the hills and the sky - it makes a visual accent for the colors of each.

I think that one of the reasons the reflections look so real is that the black "poles" don't fit perfectly over the light colored reflection.  The little spaces at the ends create the hovering effect that real reflections have.

Great color in this quilt and interesting stitched outlines.  On my Pfaff 1222E, which is not a computerized machine, I can use up to DMC Perle #5 on the top so I don't need to work from the back.  One advantage to have a thirty year old machine!

Click photo for enlargement.

Very simple, very graphic - this is a memory quilt that will endure for several lifetimes and still be "new".

Another quilt from the talented Aileyn, a friend from Empty Spools Seminars at Asilomar.

Jean is Aileyn's sister and I also know her from Empty Spools Seminars.  They both do very nice work in  entirely different styles.  This quilt has a wooden "doohickey" just like on a real sailboat. 

Blogger will let me post only a limited number of images all together, then I have to add them one at a time, which takes forever.  Maybe tomorrow I will post several pages, so be sure to move down when you reach the bottom of a post. 

More April Program for Surfside QGuild 04-15-11

 This is pretty much an arbitrary selection of small quilts from the Collection.  I tried to select pieces that illustrate various techniques and styles.  I believe I have talked about all of these in my Blog on various Sundays - check for the artist's name in the sidebar for more information.

Top row:  Calla Lilly - Aileyn Renli Ecob 2009, Liberty - Kathleen McCabe 2009, Amidst the Fire - K.Grace Howes 2009,  4 fiber artist trading cards, Pomegranate #2 - Dijanne Cevaal 2006, Blue Butterfly - Bonnie Sabel 2009.

Middle row: I Know a Rhino - Ami Simms 2006, (below) Red Nest - Claire Fenton 2006, Tillamook Rooster - Terry Grant 2009, Oregon Junco - Terry Grant  2007, Fantasy Flowers 1 - Julia Zgliniec 2010.  

Top row: Boundary Waters #30 - Virginia Spiegel 2007, Checks & Bars Jumble - Sue Benner 2009, House - Sally Sellers 2007, Night Fire -  Elizabeth Barton 2007,

Bottom row: Vest Pocket Tour II - Joan Schulze 2001, Gentle Reminder - Linda Colsh 2008, Don't Piss Off the Fairies - Ruth Powers 2008, Happy Birthday, Del - Judy House  2003.

You might notice that all of these small quilts have been created since 2001.  Prior to that, artists did not make many small quilts and, to be honest, I wasn't interested in such small pieces.  Realistically, selling nine 12x12 quilts at $100/each is much easier than selling one 36" square quilt at $5000.  I would like to support as many quilters as I can, so I started buying smaller quilts that fit within my selection parameters. .     

This is the folding design board that Mabel Huseby created for me and I have enjoyed it and use it whenever I can.  It was an "ha-ah" moment when I discovered that the small quilts could be pinned up before I left the house and the board simply unfolded at a meeting to display the quilts.  I also pin up a short description of each piece.

The two slats slip out and then fit in the horizontal sleeves to hold the board rigid.  

Here is the board folded with the handle and the closing tabs on the left, fastened with Velcro over the edge.  If you are interested in the pattern for this Portable Design Board you can contact Mabel at mabelh2@msn.com 

"Calla Lily" by Aileyn Ecob part of TCQC 01-30-11

This quilt was part of the Studio Art Quilt Associates 2010 online auction.

"Calla Lily" Aileyn Ecob - Walnut Creek, CA 2010 12" x 12"

Hand appliqued, Hand quilted, Shaded with Tsukeniko Inks.


Aileyn explains Why Calla Lilies?  "Calla lilies are one of my favorite flowers - I grow them, photograph them and use their elegant image in my quilts."


I know Aileyn from classes at Empty Spools at Asilomar in Pacific Grove, CA. One year it was a class with Jane Sassaman teaching us how to stylize motifs. It was a great class and the calla lily that Aileyn did was a gorgeous shape, still identifiable as a calla lily, but so elegant and smooth.  I have always coveted that piece. And then in 2008 I walked into Pacific International Quilt Festival and the very first quilt I saw was the one below, , not the one started in Jane's class, but another sophisticated design.

Isn't that a beautiful piece of work? I'm pretty certain there was a ribbon hanging on the quilt, as there are on so many of Aileyn's quilts. Her designs are always elegant and her technical skills are fabulous. I am so proud to have one of her quilts in the Collection.
See Aileyn's work at http://www.fiberonthewall.com/

PIQF #7 Aileyn Renli Ecob 09-21-09

Aileyn is an award winning quilter and this quilt won the best hand workmanship in the wall quilt category.

Her applique is so perfect one wonders how she does it - very carefully, I suppose.

The goldfinches are posed just as live goldfinches perch on plants to feed on bugs and seeds.

If you click on this to enlarge you will be able to read the poem that inspired the quilt.

This is another Aileyn quilt, every bit as wonderful as the thistle, but no ribbons are given by the Northern California group.

The colors are not true, I'm afraid. The blue-violet has more of a grey cast.

Again, if you click on the pictures you will be unable to see the applique stitches.

Pretty much the same detail area, but I wanted to be sure I had a good image! After the show is over there is no chance of going back to retake pictures.

3 more from PIQF 10-30-08

What these three quilt makers have in common is that they are all my friends. Jean and Aileyn are sisters, who I met at Asilomar some years ago and both Nancy and I are members of Beach Cities Quilters Guild.

This is a quilt with the tension and motion of a tiger. And the quilting adds to that. I like the irregular border and the "opening" at top right and lower left which add even more to the feeling that the tiger is moving.
You may have heard me mention the Calla Lily quilt that Aileyn designed in Jane Sassaman's class in 2002 - I felt that she was the most successful student at stylizing their drawing. This is another Calla Lily she did recently.The curling shape of the ironwork complements the curve of the Lily and the leaves. The stonework really looks like stonework without being 'pushy'.
Her applique and quilting are the best - the blue ribbon that hung on this quilt was for hand workmanship. Congratulations, Aileyn. Notice that she has deepened the throat of the lily with just a bit of colored pencil.

This tight closeup shows the stitching even better.

There are two problems with signs, they are sometimes hung too high for my 5' 4" body and the light reflects off either the paper or the print. So, I try to take a picture that one can read, rather than one that is straight.

Everything Nancy makes is beautifully done. She is an expert at applique, quilting, piecing, designing, etc. and her quilts are flat and squared up. I have a tiny angel she made a few years ago, but someday maybe I will have a larger quilt for the TCQC.

Click on the photo and see how tiny and even the quilting is. You can't see her applique stitches at all. A fabulous piece, Nancy.

Now that I know why some pictures won't enlarge I worked out the order beforehand when I put these on my blog. I had to make a little diagram and had to redo them twice, but finally it works. Seems safe to move them up or down, but not out of the sequence in which they were posted.

The Alliance for American Quilts auction opened today on eBay at: http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=The+Alliance+for+American+Quilts&category0=