More quilts from Oasis quilt show 10-12-15

Here are eight more quilts from Oasis.  It is sometimes hard to decide what to photograph and I have become more discerning as I age and no longer try to take a picture of every quilt.  Some I take because of the wondrous work(wo)manship, some for the color, some for the subject and some because I want to show them to a quilting friend.  It is important to give credit to the artist and I rarely show a quilt without attribution.

 

This quilt is Best of Country for Israel.

I've taken pictures of Maya's quilts at other shows.  Check for her name on the side bar.

 

Simplicity, but it still looks like buildings

 

There always seems to be one really different quilt in these big shows.  This one cried out to be played with and when I walked past it on Saturday someone had poked in some of the cones.  Just couldn't resist, I guess.

 

Below is a side view - the cones are about 18" long. 

 

This is a datura which is closely related to brugmansia/Angel's Trumpet.
These flowers point up while brugmansia hangs down.

 

 

This quilt is the Best of Country for South Africa.  Fabulous quilting, but it kind of died on a background of the black backdrop.  Trapunto.

 

I'm always hooked by a bird quilt and this large image of a peewee is very nicely done.

 

 

This quilt received an Honorable Mention in the Traditional category.

 

 

I do not  care for the "Rainbow Goddess", but the background is truly amazing.  Such delicate images, very realistically done.

The crocodile whose tail becomes a river and a seahorse within a wave.

 

Kangaroo, meerkats, lion, turtle, polar bear, and some kind of antelope.

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Quilt Festival - Long Beach 08-06-11

The one part of my brain that doesn't seem to have many black holes is that which stores information about quilts and their makers.  Of course, I can't remember the names of my dearest friends or what I had for breakfast six hours ago, but I can always seem to dredge up what I need to know about quilts - not necessarily instantly, but with a little rummaging around in those little grey cells.  This first quilt was shown this past weekend at Quilt Festival,  but I am also posting a quilt, which I remember well, by the same artist that was shown at Quilt Festival - Long Beach in 2008.  I was fascinated by that quilt as I am with this newer one and I knew instantly that they were made by the same person.  What is Maya's technique?  I can tell she doesn't start in the middle or on any of the sides and work her way outward or inward.  Does she cut all the pieces with "sawtooth" edges or just those that will lay on the top?  And how exactly does she cut them?  Scissors?  Rotary cutter?  Exacto blade?  ?? 

 

I couldn't find a website for Maya, but here is an article about her

http://columbusjcc.org/centerscene-weekly/2011_may5_no18/maya_chaimovich_quilts.php

Rich in texture and color, the impact from a distance is of a lovely painting.

Close views reveal patterned fabric and dense stitching.

Hundreds of fabrics, most of them recycled, create a colorful puzzle.

Several tassels are incorporated into the mix.  [sorry about the poor picture]

This quilt was part of a 2008 special exhibit about space and the sky. 

Bits and pieces of fabric, lace, ribbon, metallics ...whatever.  It all makes a rich tapestry of air and space.

Back to 2011.....

http://www.bluemoonriver.com/

36"W x 48"L   Susan has an awesome talent with a sewing machine and very creative ideas.

Such marvelous control to create these smooth, close-spaced rows of stitches....

..... that make the feathers look like real feathers. 

Paint and stitching combine for an elegant quilt.

http://www.deborahsstudio.com/

Deborah's distinctive details  help identify her quilts wherever they are hanging.  Notice the tiny seed stitching in the center and the row of little "trees" across the bottom  - hand stitching makes a statement.

http://www.sherrykleinman.com/

36"W x 48"L   I wish I could have taken a closeup of this quilt.  The little lines on the fabric are indeed, rows and rows of names.  They give the appearance of seersucker fabric, don't they.  It is a great quilt - a forever  treasure for Sherry's family.